Thousands applied to become agricultural and horticultural workers after appeals by government and farmers for a new “land army” to help prevent millions of tonnes of fruit and vegetables going to waste during the coming period.
Coronavirus is exposing how deeply higher education has mortgaged its future to the international markets.
Take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service (EEAS). It indicts China and Russia for spreading fake news, including “claims that the EU is disintegrating in the face of COVID-19”.
Transport union RMT has called on the government to ensure that its support for the regional bus industry during the coronavirus epidemic will be used to protect workers and maintain services.
Media descriptions of “health heroes” often stops at doctors and nurses. At the front of the front line, though, are the ambulance services.
Workers in the creative industries across Britain have sparked their trade unions into urgent action to save jobs for the future, act on behalf of freelancers threatened with destitution and safeguard the pay and conditions of full-time employees who are “furloughed”.
16 April 2020
With massive spikes in workers looking for farming jobs, some farmers are still chartering flights to bring in workers from eastern Europe.
16 April 2020
Workers in the creative industries across Britain have sparked their trade unions into urgent action to save jobs for the future.
16 April 2020
Ingenious online schemes are keeping skills alive, encouraging others to join in, and raising morale in difficult times.
16 April 2020
The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.
14 April 2020
London’s ambulance service has been under heavy strain. But it has not buckled. Key to its resilience has been the acceptance of responsibility by the main trade union, Unison.
5 April 2020
Transport union RMT has called on the government to ensure that its support for the regional bus industry during the coronavirus epidemic will be used to protect workers and maintain services.
