Inflation
With dodgy deals looming, the rank and file must organise to seize control of the unions
Editorial June 2023, No. 404
Inflation rip-off destroys workers incomes while rich profit
THE LATEST inflation figure of 10.1% surprised many economists. It won’t have surprised many workers —except that it wasn’t higher. The Mirror reported on the day of the announcement, ‘Struggling households are now faced with shocking food prices, with cheese 49% more expensive than a year ago, eggs up 28%, sugar 33% and a white […]
Defend workers’ incomes against inflation
INFLATION HAS reached its highest level since the 1980s. The November rate for the UK was 10.67%. Between September 2021 and September 2022, food prices increased by 14.5 percent. At the same time annual wages rises in the private sector stood at 6.7% and 2.9% in the public sector. The purchasing power of wages has […]
Unite the resistance to the cost of living crisis
Workers face the biggest cost of living squeeze for a generation
As inflation bites: make the bosses pay
Prices rise at record rates.
Here’s to 2022 – for a revolutionary new year
Editorial December-January 2021-22, No. 389
Fight inflation – for a sliding scale of wages!
For a 1% increase in wages for every 1% increase in prices.
