Tag Archives: zero-hours contracts

I cried today …

Posted on October 9, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

I CRIED TODAY! because I am fearful … Fearful of the tory elite. I watch the news as the poor, they beat. Zero hours, tax credit cuts, death, destruction, NHS dismantilisation.  tory voices cry … “ONE NATION” But I have … Continue reading →

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Zeroing in on zero hours contracts

Posted on July 13, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

“Please don’t write about this on your blog mum”, my son had begged me. So to protect him and the company he slaves   works for, both will remain nameless. Here is the definition of zero hours contracts from ACAS: … Continue reading →

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Zero-hours contracts have nothing to do with flexibility and everything to do with dodging tax

Posted on April 6, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Spectator London, United Kingdom. 3rd August 2013 — People hold placards in Oxford St London protest against use of zero-hours contracts for more than 85 percent of Sports Direct workforce. Could you live on a zero-hours contract? David … Continue reading →

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He wouldn’t (couldn’t) answer …

Posted on March 27, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

From Jon Ashworth Labour General Election Campaign Deputy Did you see David Cameron last night? He was in the same studio with Ed Miliband, at the same time, with the same audience — but he wouldn’t debate him head-to-head. We … Continue reading →

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Why can’t Britain create decent jobs? Meet the women struggling against low pay and zero-hours contracts

Posted on February 25, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Guardian Cecily Blyther, a learning support officer, has been on a zero-hours contract for six years. Photograph: Mark Passmore for the Observer/AP Sarah, 44, married with a son aged four, has a degree in modern languages, two … Continue reading →

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Sports Direct worker ‘too scared to call in sick’ is left paralysed by blood clot

Posted on January 2, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Mansfield and Ashfield CHAD (local newspaper) … and no body from Sports Direct was available for comment … I wonder why that was. editorial image A Sports Direct warehouse worker who feared he could lose his job by … Continue reading →

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This is why we hate big business Mr Cameron!

Posted on December 30, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Facebook This is why we hate big business Mr Cameron Steve Thompson AN OPEN LETTER – TO JD WETHERSPOON I have dined in your establishments many times but I write to inform you that I will never do … Continue reading →

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The reality of zero hours contracts

Posted on December 19, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from TUC website #DecentJobsWeek: I love being a home care worker, but I hate the insecurity 17 Dec 2014, by Helen in Working Life Oh joy! Today I received a letter from HMRC stating I have been overpaid tax … Continue reading →

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The media giant, the cleaners and the £40,000 lost wages

Posted on December 7, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Observer Francisco Javer Horedia, 37, has cleaned for 15 hours a week at Saatchi & Saatchi for two and a half years. For weeks, the 35 low-paid and mostly Spanish-speaking cleaners who tend the grand offices of … Continue reading →

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Low-paid Britain: ‘People have had enough. It’s soul destroying’

Posted on August 31, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Guardian Society. Yes, they have jobs … but the five people featured below are typical of millions who have no security, no holiday or sick pay, limited hours, and no dignity at work! Nia Hughes, who is fighting … Continue reading →

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