reports
USA: Goodyear strikers' picketline report
A critical, but balanced, picketline report about the current Goodyear workers' strike in Topeka, Kansas by a member of the Kansas Mutual Aid Collective.
By Dave Strano, KMA
Study on temp-work in German car industry, 2006
A recent study on temp work in the German automobile industry reveals that the companies in this sector try to hide the fact that they employ temp-workers.
Bosses' pensions boom
Company executives are receiving huge pension payouts while schemes for workers continue to be cut, states a report published today.
The Yorkshire post reported that bosses in the UK's top firms retire on at least 71 times the basic state pension for a married couple and can usually stop work at 60, researchers found.
A total of 112 company directors are currently entitled to a pension worth at least £200,000 a year, while 27 are in line for at least £500,000, said the Labour Research Department.
Persistent poverty increase
The Joseph Rowntree foundation has recently produced a study report that shows that persistent poverty (poverty is defined as a family income below 60% of the median income) in Britain is on the increase.
There are approximately 3.5 million children living in poverty in Britain today. That's more than a quarter of the total child population.
Abuse of power in the NHS - the Kerr Haslam Inquiry
Ellen Kemp looks into the sexual abuse scandal involving vulnerable people that didn’t rock the nation.
In July 2005 the Kerr Haslam Inquiry reported its findings to the Minster of Health. Unlike of the Shipman inquiry or the inquiry into the deaths of babies in Bristol, this report has not made the headlines.
