The problem: We need to get 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. …

We need to get 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. But in a recent poll only 45 per cent of the population say they are certain to get the vaccination (just 35 per cent of those aged 35–44) with 18 per cent saying they definitely or probably would not. …

Here’s the problem. To get back to normal, we need to get 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. …

This weekend, the TUC is 150. 1868 was another world in terms of work – as anyone reading the list of occupational unions who sent delegates to the first meeting in Manchester would recognise. The sisters and brothers who founded the TUC and built their unions took a risk. They…

In the US, yesterday was Labor Day. Wikipedia tells me that the bank holiday “honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws and well-being of the country.” UK trade union twitter certainly enjoys sharing US memes about the importance of trade…

I wrote this piece for Sheffield University’s SPERI, as part of their partnership with OpenDemocracy on labour rights and worker organisation in the modern economy.

I wrote this piece for the Centre for London’s London Essays edition on Work.

Yesterday, Lindsay’s boss asked her to work a double shift — again. Her tutor rang to find out why she’d missed her NVQ class — again. And a client, let down by the agency and left unwashed and hungry, rang in tears — again. Sitting in Lindsay’s car, disturbed by…

Let’s start with a few (relatively uncontroversial, ish) assertions: Trade unions are a good thing Work isn’t good enough for many people — especially younger people Union membership is static — and young people aren’t joining unions Trade unions aren’t doing enough to keep up with how work is changing …