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Time to stop unpaid internships

June 16, 2010

I was looking over a list of jobs with various agencies in Brussels. A large number of these sought ‘interns’, for unpaid positions. The UK’s Tatler magazine recently had an article called The Interns: Never have so many battled to get coffee for so few. The Tatler article puts the issue into a […]

40462, Economy and Finance, Employment, English, Equal opportunities, labour, Social Exclusion, Social inequality, Social Welfare

Future jobs are green jobs?

June 14, 2010

According to a research presented yesterday by Isfol (Italian Institute for the Development of Worker Trainings), around 37% of people under the age of thirty living in Milan area would like to have a green job. Young people seems to be aware that this sector, more than others, can offer real opportunities for job placement… » read more

Employment, Energy and Climate Change, English, labour

A question of trust

January 19, 2010

An interesting new poll from Politics Home of 1,200 voters has found that less than half of Labour voters expect the party to fulfill its manifesto pledges.50% of Labour voters think it is fairly, or very unlikely to fulfill its manifesto pledges, whic…

English, labour, lisbon treaty, referendum, UK

England voted BNP, not UK

June 11, 2009

Sir, Regarding ‘Former MEP: UK far-right success ‘won’t last’‘: I was rather taken aback to see numerous references to ‘the UK’ having voted for the BNP in the interview with former Labour MEP, Richard Corbett. I think this is seriously misleading, as ‘the UK’ includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as England, and… » read more

BNP, Corbett, Elections, English, EU Elections 09, labour, UK

Why They Fight

November 14, 2007

Greetings from high above the streets of Paris, where the biggest labor battle in a decade is taking place. As I strolled the streets last night you could feel the tension in the air. The strike had begun, across the country transport workers were walking off the job. At many of the nation’s universities, students… » read more

labour, QualityofLife