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SAINSBURY’S annual shareholders’ meeting was taken over by fairtrade campaigners yesterday as its new chief executive was bombarded with demands to implement the living wage.
The supermarket was less likely to brandish its slogan “live well for less” this week after some of its investors used the day to quizz incoming boss Mike Coupe on the group’s commitment to a fairer pay.
But he was reportedly noncommittal about the London hourly rate of £8.55 and of £7.65 elsewhere.
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
