By Jeremy Dewar Workers in Britain are being hit by a triple whammy this month: inflation heading towards 5%; a £20 cut to Universal Credit, hitting the unemployed and worst paid workers; and the ending of furlough for 1 million workers, throwing hundreds of thousands out the door. These are not ‘temporary blips’ that will […]

Mass unemployment and the scourge of long-term joblessness have returned.

Coronavirus cases are surging once again.

The pay gap is widening.

1930s unemployed movement.

HIstory of the National Unemployed Workers Movement.

Take this motion to your trade union or Labour branch.

Passed by Lambeth Unison

How Marxists explain the causes and consequences of unemployment under capitalism

Every person should be entitled to a living wage

Fight for work or full pay.

Students must organise solidarity with workers struggles.

Labour’s unemployment policy means handouts for the rich.

Ending the furlough scheme threatens many thousands of jobs.

As unemployment rockets, union rank & file and unemployed must launch fightback.

In the last two weeks of March, 950,000 people successfully applied for the income support part of Universal Credit. The DWP has moved 10,000 backroom staff onto the frontline to cope with the 10-fold surge in demand

Increasing numbers of young people are being forced to work for free as school leavers, college leavers and university graduates enter a flat jobs market, writes Rachel Brooks.

SOME PEOPLE would have you believe that young people today are lazy and that they don’t care about education. Adverts tell young people how terrible their life will be without the right shoes, deodorant or iPhone. Teachers and celebrities tell us that there is a world full of opportunities and it’s our own fault if […]