Come with me, my payee / To the sea . . . the sea of debt / I want to tell you / How much I owe you  Do you…

There is a common assumption that deprivation is a condition associated with unemployment.  But if you get a job, you can work your way out of poverty and deprivation.  That…

Are you getting tired of unsubstantiated claims that social protection payments are a disincentive to taking up a job?  Me, too.  These assertions pass for informed commentary on the unemployment…

In a follow-up to it pre-budget submission, UNITE has produced a smaller document – Wages, Labour Rights and Economic Recovery – developing proposals on wages and labour rights.  Though these…

So we’re out of recession.  But, as the Minister for Finance warned, we shouldn’t start throwing our hats in the air.  We’re still in a domestic demand recession with investment…

In the run-up to the budget all manner of proposals are being put forward –tax measures, spending cuts.  We debate what sacrifice this or that groups can make to bring…

Today the new insolvency service goes live.  Today is the beginning of a new kind of poverty – insolvency poverty. Our rulers, giving deep consideration to the problems posed by…

UNITE has launched its pre-budget submission entitled, ‘Beyond Austerity’.  It puts forward a number of proposals that seek to expand economic activity – growth, investment, employment and consumer spending which…