End #zero-hours contracts: protect #workers from #exploitation
Insecure #work rampant. Millions are unsure how much they’ll earn from week to week
They struggle to plan their lives, look after their children, or budget for future
Govt's manifesto committed to banning zero-hours contracts by providing #WorkersRights to guaranteed hours, other protections
- #Employers are seeking to undermine the pledge
Squeals of horror over #PriceCaps – but how are we going to fix our broken #food system?
The news that the Treasury was asking #UK #supermarkets to cap price rises on #essential foods was greeted with predictable squeals of horror this week. Supermarkets were reportedly “furious”
This caterwauling is a distraction from two #unpleasant facts ...
#PeopleNotProfits #groceries #HumanRights #UnitedKingdom #global
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Remember 2022? 4,950 people #died in cold #homes
People chose between #heating and eating. #Corporations posted record #profits. Nothing changed.
Here we are again.
A private corporation owns the backbone of #Britain's #energy network.
They’re making billions, and we’re all paying for it.
Sign the petition.:
#electricity #privatisation #nationalise #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PeopleNotProfits
...and all because climate action would be too expensive for some companies
(At least to 5 "justices")
Every Country the #UnitedStates Has #Invaded, #Bombed, or Staged a #Coup In
A complete accounting of nearly 400 #US #military interventions across 80+ countries since 1776 - from the Barbary #Wars to the #War on #Terror. Every invasion, bombing campaign, CIA-backed coup, and #covert operation, #mapped and #documented.
https://www.davemanuel.com/us-military-interventions-invasions-coups-complete-list.php
#USAggression #USThreats #America #terrorism #PeopleNotProfits
#US #tech firms successfully lobbied #EU to keep data centre #emissions secret
Legally questionable #confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of #Microsoft and trade groups ...
#CorporateGreed #greed #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #CO2 #ClimateEmergency #corruption #lobbying #USThreats #PeopleNotProfits #LifeNotProfits #CorporateTerrorism
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#NHS Profit Leak Map
Yearly NHS spends billions of taxpayers money on private companies
It's meant to treat #patients, pay staff, run #hospitals
Because private #corporations make a profit, not reaches patient care. Huge amount goes to #offshore owners; some leaks out as profits & interest on debt
For this research we analysed £12 billion of expenditure by NHS #England & local NHS bodies over 2 years
https://profitmap.squarespace.com/nhs-profit-leaks?source=mastodon_fediverse
#PeopleNotProfits #SaveOurNHS #HealthCare #greed #Privatisation
Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership
Hold a binding national #referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership.
Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our #privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
Mark
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