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1. Commission on Vulnerable Employment public consultation Author : Commission on Vulnerable Employment
Earlier this year the TUC established a Commission on Vulnerable Employment. The Commission is undertaking a major investigation into the causes of, and solutions to, unfair treatment at work in the UK. It is comprised of 16 senior figures from busin...
Wednesday, 19 September 2007 | Read more...

2. Reducing Poverty, Increasing Support Author : Richard Exell
"Reducing Poverty, Increasing Support" is the TUC response to the Freud Report on the Government’s welfare-to-work programmes. This response argues that Government policy should aim at helping benefit claimants to get jobs, rather tha...
Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

3. The economics of migration: managing the impacts Author : Richard Exell
"The Economics of Migration" argues that migrant workers are not responsible for unemployment or low pay and are not a drain on the welfare state. The policy response to migration should be to provide extra training for low-skilled workers ...
Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

4. The North’s Economy: The Trade Union View Author : Ian Fitzgerald and John Stirling
Economics has often been referred to as ‘the dismal science’ and it is certain that the story of the Northern Region’s economy has made for dismal reading for many years now. This Report was commissioned by the North Regional TUC to...
Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

5. The closure of LG Phillips: AMICUS reps baseline questionnaire Author : Ian Fitzgerald
This report presents the first-part of a three-part survey of AMICUS LG Phillips trade union representatives. The survey was undertaken during the closure period of the LG Phillips plant in County Durham, AMICUS tendered Northumbria University to und...
Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

6. Private Equity - what response from the Trades Unions? Author : Martin Wicks
Until a few months ago ‘private equity’ meant little to anybody other than economists or investors. However, the prospect of take-overs by PE firms of major companies such as Sainsbury’s and Boots has prompted a discussion in the me...
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | Read more...

7. Amicus - Valuing Public Services Author : John Earls
Amicus has published Valuing Public Services, a document outlining some key issues for Amicus in respect of public services. The paper is structured around six Amicus 'public service values': * Valuing public service users and staff ...
Thursday, 01 February 2007 | Read more...

8. The business case for the living wage Author : Deborah Littman
Even with the overall decline in unemployment over the past nine years and improved incomes for the poorest families, the gap between the bottom and top income earners has continued to grow. It is clear that work is not proving an antidote to poverty...
Friday, 15 December 2006 | Read more...

9. Third Sector Provision of Employment-Related Services Author : Denis Lenihan
This is a report (commissioned by PCS) by Steve Davies, senior research fellow at Cardiff University's school of Social Sciences, into the provision of employment related services by the third sector. The report comes as the governmen...
Tuesday, 04 July 2006 | Read more...

10. A sledgehammer to crack a nut Author : Union Ideas Network (UIN)
An analysis of the PFI scheme to fund the new Northern Neuro Disability Services Centre on the Walkergate Park site.
Tuesday, 13 June 2006 | Read more...

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