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The minimum wage was increased to RM1,500 last month. While it may be good news to some people, unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of earning
Your weekly dose of under-reported news… Got a story tip? Email us: editor@leftfootforward.org 1.Current uncertainty leaving millions in
Thousands of key workers working on Christmas Day are earning less now in real terms than a decade ago, according to new analysis published by the
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Tony Burke is Assistant General Secretary at Unite and Chair of the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom The European Commission is proposing new laws to
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Aleppo countryside – Asim Melhem “I believe that teaching is a sacred profession and that a teacher has a crucial role in the development of
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Researchers: Mental Illness Is Connected To Economic Exploitation And Hardship. Photo by kevin turcios on Unsplash No matter how strong a person is,
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Palestinians going through a checkpoint to work in Jerusalem Sharon Sukhram writes in a TUC blog: Today, on this UN Day of International Solidarity
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Beyond the minimum wage to dignity and respect. In a briefing paper published recently the Resolution Foundation sets out a significant yet
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Women are most likely bearing the biggest health risks from the coronavirus crisis. Working women are most likely to be bearing the health risks from
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You’re a hero. You’re saving us all. We can’t live without you. Your hair looks amazing today, what kind of conditioner do you use? People who
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There might, somewhere, be a satirist who had a fleeting thought that having a minister, whose utter incompetence led to care workers being obliged
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I have always had a problem with those who focus on the need to reduce low skilled immigration. Skilled migrants are OK, so the argument goes,
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On Tuesday, the government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended that, after Brexit, the current £30,000 salary threshold for work visa