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Month: November 2017

Could Scent-And-Scratchcard Row Bring Ryanair Down?

Posted on 24/11/2017 by Simon Sapper

Ryanair's woes continue: You know things are bad when you turn on your own staff.

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Blueprint For Union Growth – But Still Much To Do

Posted on 19/11/2017 by Simon Sapper

The importance of concerted action to arrest and reverse declining membership levels can never be over-stated or repeated too often. And this is an existential crisis partly of our own making.

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Lies, Damned Lies And Fake News

Posted on 14/11/201714/11/2017 by Simon Sapper

Fabrication, dissembling, being “économique avec la vérité” is seeping into everyday discourse on a wider scale and to a greater extent. It's time to stop the lies.

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51 Days’ Work And No Pay – Why We Need Equal Pay

Posted on 10/11/2017 by Simon Sapper

Supporting equal pay is as much in my interests as those who, statistically, I am paid more than. 

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Not Fit For Office? Then What Are The Options?

Posted on 05/11/2017 by Simon Sapper

It’s not been a great week for the mother of parliaments.  Sounds like we need a beefed up Committee for Standards in Public Life. They’ve a big job to do.

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