Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 21 October 2002
A big hike in the national minimum wage will hit "vulnerable" companies, the CBI has warned.
GMB abandons strike ballot
Press Review 3 October 2002
Union backs down on PFI strike threat
News Article 3 October 2002
The government appears to have put off a potentially damaging confrontation with trade unions over the controversial private finance initiative.
Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 1 October 2002
The minimum wage will this week rise for more than a million workers.
Forum Brief: PFI
Policy Consultation 19 September 2002
Tony Blair's bridge building "redistribution" speech aimed at winning over dissenting Labour activists may have failed.
Forum Brief: Tony Blair's TUC speech
Policy Consultation 11 September 2002
In a speech meant to appeal to Labour's heartland supporters, the prime minister insisted yesterday that trade unions had been a critical influence on his government and called on them
Forum Brief: Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 12 August 2002
The TUC has called for a big rise in the minimum wage.
Forum Brief: Low pay survey
Policy Consultation 8 August 2002
The failure of Britain's bosses to pay their staff enough money is spreading misery across the private sector, according to a new survey by the Alliance and Leicester.
Forum Brief: Local government pay
Policy Consultation 6 August 2002
A national strike by local council workers has been averted, after a pay deal worth 7.8 per cent was agreed last night.
Forum Brief: Workplace training
Policy Consultation 30 July 2002
Urgent reforms are needed to both learning in the workplace and further education, a new report has warned.
Forum Brief: MP pension plans
Policy Consultation 19 July 2002
Ignoring a cabinet plea for restraint and amid a growing pensions crisis, MPs are seeking a generous increase in their final salary pension scheme.
Forum Brief: Local government strike
Policy Consultation 17 July 2002
Local authority workers take the first national strike action in 20 years today, with the prospect of further industrial action ahead.
Forum Brief: CSR - Corporate response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
Gordon Brown has unveiled plans which will see the public sector spending more than the value of entire economy of the continent of Africa over the next three years.
Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 11 July 2002
A new report has called for a simpler and more comprehensive pensions policy in a bid to avert a pensions timebomb.
Union boss to meet Brown not Blair
Press Review 26 June 2002
