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Jun 17, 2022
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TUC - join the march and rally

1. #DemandBetter - Demonstrate tomorrow

Tomorrow trade unionists will demonstrate in central London in a march and rally called by the TUC, against a backdrop of a deepening cost of living squeeze and falling wages as inflation soars.

As the TUC points out, labour market figures show real pay is tumbling, now £17 per week lower than the 2008 level.

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Alex Collinson @Alex__Collinson
New labour market stats: Real pay continues to tumble, now £17 per week lower than their 2008 level. 14 years of pay stagnation.
Chart showing real weekly pay since 2000. Real pay grew between 2000 and 2008, but began to fall around the 2008 financial crisis. A recovery began in Jan 2014, but real pay still remains £17 below the 2008 level.
6:47 AM ∙ Jun 14, 2022
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The severity of the squeeze is such that the measures announced by Rishi Sunak will not be enough to fend off the impact on millions of households. The Tories do not have a plan for long-term financial security - in particular, without real pay rises there will be, as Frances O’Grady has argued, a continual lurch from crisis to crisis.

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Frances O'Grady @FrancesOGrady
It shouldn’t have taken the Chancellor this long to act. His dithering and delay has caused needless hardship and worry. The govt still doesn’t have a plan for giving families long-term financial security. Without proper pay rises we’ll keep lurching from crisis to crisis.
12:31 PM ∙ May 26, 2022
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This is why all people fighting to protect their jobs and pay deserve total support including those - like RMT workers - who take strike action.

  • Emma Forrest, the Assistant General Secretary of the National Education, has written for Modern Left on what educators will be demanding as they march tomorrow.

  • Demonstrate this Saturday and demand better. Details here.

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