Jobs and Social Rights

Farage’s call for unions to affiliate with Reform sparks furious backlash

Farage’s call for unions to affiliate with Reform sparks furious backlash Unison, Britain’s largest union, has led warnings over workers’ rights and job losses against Nigel Farage’s invitation to trade unions - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Trade union leaders and Labour MPs have reacted with fury to Nigel Farage’s invitation for unions to affiliate with Reform UK. The extraordinary call by Mr Farage came after recent polling suggested that Reform may have as many if not more trade...

The woman helping Europe’s far right crack Brussels

BRUSSELS — Marieke Ehlers has one of the most important jobs in Europe’s far right: Turning a movement built on opposing Brussels into one capable of shaping its laws. She’s the chief whip of the Patriots for Europe, the third-largest group in the European Parliament, at a time when the far right is playing a much larger and more influential role both in Brussels and across the continent. Ehlers takes on her new role as the so-called cordon sanitaire — in which centrist...

Why Europe's labour needs clash with its migration policy

Europe faces a paradox: economies need workers while governments tighten migration rules. This tension grows as the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact takes effect on 12 June, marking the bloc’s strictest migration policy in decades. Europe is simultaneously in desperate need of workers and determined to keep more people out, with its Migration and Asylum Pact taking full effect on June 12.

Millions to get sweeping new work rights under government plan in Tuesday update

Millions to get sweeping new work rights under government plan in Tuesday update Unpaid carers such as those looking after elderly parents or children when they are sick could get new protections to help them keep their jobs Millions of people could get sweeping new work rights under plans announced by the government on Tuesday. A consultation has been launched by the Minister for Employment Rights to boost the number of people who are able to work while juggling family responsibilities....

The Old Campaign Playbook Is Dead

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube How do you build a winning campaign for the era of AI? In the aftermath of the 2024 race, Democrats have been struggling to adapt to the new logic of the attention economy.

Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems tend to map on to societies, both because such general historical frameworks are handy for thinking about the past, but also because they make useful rules of thumb for imagining fantastical societies. So essentially here we are asking: how do societies end up with the sort of armies they have?

The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro

When Marco Rubio was named secretary of State, many in both South Florida Republican circles and the American energy industry exulted. But one man who bridged both worlds knew he had a problem. A longtime investor in Venezuela, the main source of crude oil needed to produce the asphalt that had made his family rich, Harry Sargeant III kept relations with top officials in Caracas even as they seized most foreign oil holdings.

When the President Takes a Cut

MiraOne founder explains why one-size-fits-all healthcare is fading

The health sector today is rapidly moving towards finding improved ways of offering personalization and preventive care. In this day and age, MiraOne has been introduced to bridge the gap between data and actionable wellness. It is a comprehensive blood test that gives a new and better perspective of understanding the body by combining blood markers, genetic insights, and medicine-response analysis into a single report.

California Dem gov candidate Tom Steyer prompts mixed reactions for video with trans athlete AB Hernandez

California Democrat gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer posted a video with prominent transgender athlete AB Hernandez on social media on Friday, expressing support for the trans teen as Hernandez looks to win another set of state titles in girls' track and field. The video went viral across social media, with a mix of praise and criticism across the political spectrum. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSteyer's video supporting Hernandez earned praise from some liberal social...