What about the WorkERS?
Issue section: In my view column1st March 2013Issue: March 2013378ByKevin DevineWhat is the state of relations between employers and workers in the UK? This is the question the latest Workplace...
View ArticleThe Great Lockout: Dublin 1913
Issue section: Books1st July 2013Issue: July / August 2013382ByKevin DevineJohn NewsingerAlmost exactly 100 years ago, one of the most important struggles of workers on these islands took place. The...
View ArticleThe stamp of militancy
Issue section: Feature1st September 2013Issue: September 2013383ByKevin DevineOne hundred years ago thousands of workers took part in what became known as the Great Dublin Lockout.The Irish state...
View ArticleThe Silver Tassie
Issue section: Theatre2nd May 2014Issue: May 2014391ByKevin DevineLyttleton Theatre, London, until 3 JulySean O'Casey is best known for his "Dublin Trilogy" - the trio of plays dealing with the Irish...
View ArticleThe growth of outsourcing
Issue section: In perspective column4th June 2014Issue: June 2014392ByKevin DevineThe effective privatisation of public sector jobs can be resisted by shop floor militancy.Like many of the aspects of...
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Promised You a Miracle: UK80-82
Issue section: Books30th November 2015Issue: December 2015408ByKevin DevinePromised You a Miracle: UK80-82Andy BeckettAllen Lane£20.00Buy from BookmarksGuardian journalist Andy Beckett’s tome about the...
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How to make Apple crumble
Issue section: News30th September 2016Issue: October 2016417ByKevin DevineApple-FW.jpgThe news that the Irish government is to appeal the European Commission’s ruling that it must collect €13 billion...
View ArticleCopeland: A warning to Corbynistas
Issue section: Comment3rd May 2017Issue: May 2017Kevin DevineWhen Labour lost the Copeland by-election on 23 February 2017 the media went into overdrive to blame Jeremy Corbyn. Thankfully Labour held...
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Not in Your Genes
Issue section: Books29th May 2017Issue: June 2017425ByKevin DevineNot in Your GenesOliver JamesVermillion£7.00This looks a lot like a self-help book. Each chapter ends with three “takeaways” — short...
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The Ferryman
Issue section: Theatre3rd July 2017Issue: July / August 2017426ByKevin DevineGielgud Theatre, LondonUntil 7 Octoberthe_ferryman.jpgPaddy Considine (centre) in Jez Butterworth's latest play, The...
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What chance a fight over pay this year?
Issue section: News3rd January 2018Issue: January 2018431ByKevin DevinePaycap.jpgPCS organised a model ballot. Pic: PCSThe cost of living is higher and the squeeze on earnings is back with a vengeance,...
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The Value of Everything
Issue section: Books3rd September 2018Issue: September 2018438ByKevin DevineThe Value of Everything Mariana MazzucatoAllen Lane£20.00Mariana Mazzucato has emerged as a sharp critic of right wing...
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Not Working
Issue section: Books4th March 2020Issue: March 2020455ByKevin DevineNot Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? David G BlanchflowerPrinceton£24.00Government figures on the labour market are, on...
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