Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
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The great outsourcing swindle
From short pay, zero-hours contracts and ridiculous workloads there is just no evidence that private companies will be on the side of their employees — or good for the nation's health, writes HELEN O'CONNOR
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
UNDERNEATH the slick advertising and company logos lies a hidden world of precarious work driven by corporate greed as hospital cleaners, porters and catering staff lose their pay security.
Pay is frequently incorrect and workers no longer get hired on full-time contracts. NHS pay progression, NHS pensions, NHS sick pay, overtime pay, weekend pay enhancements and yearly automatic pay rises have all been removed for the vast majority of outsourced workers.
A multi-tier workforce is emerging in hospitals as each Tupe transfer to a new employer sees pay, terms and conditions diminish even further for the new influx of hospital ancillary staff.
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