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UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a new blow in the row …

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Guardian urged to ‘press pause’ on Observer sale as more strikes planned

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife

BBC

Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife Getty Images Modern fences are often so thoroughly impenetrable, they can slice up already-scarce habitats and restrict wildlife to increasingly small scraps of land. Getty Images Białowieża Forest is the last refuge for wild bison in Europe, after they were nearly hunted to extinction A global problem Around …

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2 months, 1 week ago

UK gender pay gap reduces to 7% for 2024, ONS data shows

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Will legislation to improve workers’ rights live up to the billing?

The Independent

A new Labour government is hardly worthy of the name if it doesn’t address the legal rights of working people. Workers will have a right to a guaranteed-hours contract if they work regular hours over a defined period • “Fire and rehire practices” will be mostly outlawed – again, there’ll be talks on what exceptional circumstances might apply • Age …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

TUC leader attacks previous Conservative government

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4 months ago

Union leader gets behind Starmer’s Brexit deal in bid save the UK’s car industry

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4 months ago

TUC calls for commission to repair ‘broken’ public services

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Half of LGBT+ people say they are bullied or harassed at work, survey shows

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour warned that French-style overhaul of workers' rights that gives immediate access to flexible working, sick leave and dismissal protection could end up costing jobs because employers will be war

Daily Mail

Labour has been warned that its plan to reform workers' rights could lead to higher unemployment because firms will be reluctant to take on new staff if they run the risk of being sued. The King's Speech included a vow to give employees a right to flexible working from 'day one', as well as immediate access to sickness and parental …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

UK economy flatlines in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s election hopes

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK economy recorded no growth in April in a blow …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant

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WARSAW, Poland — A controversial judge who fled from Poland to neighboring autocratic Belarus has been put on a wanted list, a step toward an international arrest warrant on espionage allegations, the Polish national prosecutors’ office said Thursday. Even if Belarus does not heed the international warrant, it will restrict Szmydt’s ability to travel internationally, authorities have said. Poland’s services …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 1.5m women drop out of workforce

The Telegraph

Women are driving record worklessness because of ill health, analysis has found, as a growing number drop out of the jobs market because of neck and back pain. More than 1.5m women have dropped out of the workforce because of long-term sickness, according to analysis by the Trades Union Congress, which blamed rising NHS waiting lists for the crisis. This …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Long-term sickness pushing more women out of work than ever before, study finds

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The union attributed the sharp rise in women experiencing long-term sickness to “overstretched” public services, surging …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Women twice as likely as men to miss statutory sick pay, new figures reveal

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1 year ago

Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

Associated Press

What happens in the teachers’ lounge, anyway? Well, not in the brilliantly taut and absorbing “The Teachers’ Lounge, ” in which that room — and gradually, the whole school around it — hosts an expanding web of uneasy power dynamics, mutual suspicion and misinformation, and that’s just for starters. “The Teachers’ Lounge” dives immediately into the controversy that will tear …

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1 year ago

Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

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1 year ago

Remember when teachers were inspiring, life-changing? Not so at the movies these days

LA Times

Dedicated teachers are a movie — and Oscar — staple. ‘American Fiction’ Jeffrey Wright’s professor Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is placed on leave for antagonizing both students and fellow faculty with his confrontational, dismissive attitude. Screenwriter/director Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of real USC English professor Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure” affords Emmy-winner Wright endless opportunities to highlight the intelligence he always brings to …

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1 year ago

Review: In nail-biter ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ an educator discovers the limits of justice

LA Times

Suspicion has poisoned the middle school where Ms. Nowak has been teaching for a few months. “The rules apply to everyone,” Ms. Nowak, who always prioritizes her pupils’ well-being, states right before a discovery forces her to interrogate the rigidness of her moral compass. Video evidence of the real culprit’s identity indirectly affects Oskar, a quiet, math-inclined boy in Ms. …

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1 year ago

Why ‘Teachers Lounge’ is sparking passionate audience responses

LA Times

Since debuting at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, İlker Çatak’s “The Teachers’ Lounge” has earned rave reviews and won over moviegoers across the world. So they lecture people on what they thought, or ‘That’s not how it works at our school,’ or ‘This is exactly what happened to me,’ and then another teacher would get up and they would …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Union backing for Labour’s New Deal for Working People

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The TUC said Labour’s New Deal for Working People would also boost growth after …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rayner to strengthen workers’ rights ‘within Labour’s first 100 days in office’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We will boost collective bargaining, to improve workers’ pay, terms and conditions.” She later …

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1 year, 3 months ago

James Dolan’s sketch of the Sphere becomes reality as the venue opens with a U2 show in Las Vegas

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — It started as a crude sketch — a circle with a stick person inside. “Everything from our audio and networking system, visual displays, camera systems stored — it’s all required to deliver an effective Sphere experience.” The state-of-the-art venue has become a traffic stopper — especially at night. Tourists and air travelers have “That’s cool,” said Glenn …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Trade Council Union requests employers to be flexible with employees wanting to cheer on England in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

The Hindu

Britain’s Trades Union Council has issued a plea to employers: be flexible with employees keen to cheer on England at the Women’s World Cup. “Millions of workers around the UK will want to cheer on their national teams.” The European champion takes on Denmark in its second game of the World Cup at 9:30 a.m. BST. “Employers shouldn’t score an …

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UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax

Guardian urged to ‘press pause’ on Observer sale as more strikes planned

Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife

UK gender pay gap reduces to 7% for 2024, ONS data shows

Will legislation to improve workers’ rights live up to the billing?

TUC leader attacks previous Conservative government

Union leader gets behind Starmer’s Brexit deal in bid save the UK’s car industry

TUC calls for commission to repair ‘broken’ public services

Half of LGBT+ people say they are bullied or harassed at work, survey shows

Labour warned that French-style overhaul of workers' rights that gives immediate access to flexible working, sick leave and dismissal protection could end up costing jobs because employers will be war

UK economy flatlines in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s election hopes

Poland puts judge who defected to Belarus on wanted list, opening way to international warrant

More than 1.5m women drop out of workforce

Long-term sickness pushing more women out of work than ever before, study finds

Women twice as likely as men to miss statutory sick pay, new figures reveal

Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

Remember when teachers were inspiring, life-changing? Not so at the movies these days

Review: In nail-biter ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ an educator discovers the limits of justice

Why ‘Teachers Lounge’ is sparking passionate audience responses

Union backing for Labour’s New Deal for Working People

Rayner to strengthen workers’ rights ‘within Labour’s first 100 days in office’

James Dolan’s sketch of the Sphere becomes reality as the venue opens with a U2 show in Las Vegas

Trade Council Union requests employers to be flexible with employees wanting to cheer on England in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023