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The year 1999 marks the 75th anniversary of the death of the man who, together with Leon Trotsky, made a decisive contribution to the cause of socialism and the working class in this century, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. To mark the occasion, we are republishin
Gas boilers to be banned within 15 years The installation of new gas boilers is to be banned by the mid 2030s as the UK shifts to low-carbon alternatives such as heat pumps and hydrogen boilers. A newly published government paper says the UK will “transition completely away from natural gas boilers” as part of its target to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. The announcement comes a week after the independent Climate Change Committee recommended phasing out gas boilers.
Low-paid workers face pandemic 'double whammy' Published image captionA fifth of UK hospitality jobs - 660,000 - have been lost this year Britain's low-paid workers face a "double whammy" as Covid-19 accelerates the pace at which technology replaces human jobs, according to a report. The Commission on Workers and Technology said sectors such as retail and hospitality are being hit twice - first by furlough, then automation. It said pay gaps will widen, with the young, women, and minorities hit hard. Commission chairwoman, Labour MP Yvette Cooper, said the rewards of new technologies "won't be...
Employees on payrolls plummet by more than 800k Protesters seek government action to save hospitality jobs Ilyas Tayfun Salci / Shutterstock.com There were 819,000 fewer workers on company payrolls last month than at the start of the pandemic, with the hospitality sector accounting for a third of the decrease, according to the latest Office for National Statistics data. The number of payrolled employees in November fell by 2.7%, or 781,000, compared with the same month last year, early estimates showed. There were 28,000 fewer people in payrolled employment compared to the previous month. Im...
Automation has been a boon for the warehouse. The productivity gains have driven the economy, particularly during this year, as businesses throughout the logistics sector have been able to handle the pressure of a continuous peak, and strain on ‘normal’ warehouse activities. Take the home delivery market. Parcel carriers enacted peak planning back in March and haven’t really stopped since then. They had invested in having the capacity, and now find themselves in a tricky position of having to invest even further in the automation of networks to sustain a major economic and behavioural s...