“Key workers’ hourly wages are 8% lower on average than other employees” Institute for Fiscal Studies The response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has underlined the critical role of the UK’s key workers, many of whom are in relatively low-paid sectors such as food or social care. Overall, a third of key worker employees […]
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USMCA: A victory for American workers, needlessly delayed by petty politics
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor On Wednesday. January 29th, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law, at long last replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump called it “…the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries […]
Refugee crackdown will HURT America — in more ways than one
The Trump administration’s decision to further limit the number of refugees who can apply for asylum in the United States will not only have dire human costs in terms of refugees forced to remain in dangerous situations — it will also hurt America in […]