Union leader bemoans “wasted year” of blinkered austerity policies

Posted on 10 Aug 2012 by The Manufacturer
In his 2010 budget, Chancellor George Osborne outlined the need for considerable cuts across the public sector

Tony Burke, assistant general secretary of Unite, blogs on economic immobility and the forgotten “March of the Makers”.

Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary at Unite the Union
The Bank of England’s latest warning that the economy has hit the buffers and will come grinding to a screeching halt later this year comes as no surprise. Unite have been warning there is an urgent need to dump the cycle of…

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