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Commission on Vulnerable Employment public consultation |
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Written by Commission on Vulnerable Employment
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
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 business, civil society, academia and trade unions, and will be publishing its final report in Summer 2008.
We are now intiving evidence submissions to the Commission. The scope of our Commission’s work is wide – we are looking at employment across all sorts of different jobs and sectors. Groups of workers we are giving particular consideration to include agency workers, migrant workers, homeworkers, casual workers and those working informally. We are interested both in formal responses to our consultation questions, and in seperate reports or papers that you feel could inform the Commission's deliberations. The deadline for responses to the consultation is the 30th November 2007. We very much hope that you will be able to contribute.
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Reducing Poverty, Increasing Support |
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Written by Richard Exell
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
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"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 than threatening them with penalties. It also argues that services currently provided by Jobcentre Plus should not be contracted-out or privatised."
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The economics of migration: managing the impacts |
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Written by Richard Exell
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
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"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 and to enforce employment standards, such as the minimum wage. "
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The North’s Economy: The Trade Union View |
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Written by Ian Fitzgerald and John Stirling
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
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 inform its own analysis and argument by drawing on the knowledge and experience of senior trade unionists to examine their perceptions of the key economic problems and the strategies necessary to transform the Regional economy.
As the TUC has suggested nationally in relation to Regional economic problems:
"The solution is not to try to make every regional economy like those of south eastern England, nor is it to flood the pockets of poverty with make-work schemes. The solution is complex, multifaceted and involves the redistribution of resources and a genuine transfer of power." (TUC July 2002 Half the World Away)
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The closure of LG Phillips: AMICUS reps baseline questionnaire |
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Written by Ian Fitzgerald
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
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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 undertake a tracking exercise to map out the skills, current employment and trade union activities of representatives as they moved forward following the traumatic closure of the plant.
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