The State Financial Officers Foundation claims to be a nonpartisan, neutral body representing the guardians of state finances. In truth, the corporate donor–dependent nonprofit pushes a right-wing austerity agenda under the guise of fighting fraud.
After a long delay, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has passed a state budget — a budget that does almost nothing to protect the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers about to lose health care and food stamps due to Donald Trump’s federal budget cuts.
Capitalism is creating a crisis of care by treating childcare as a private burden instead of a collective responsibility. Parents and educators are trapped in a system demanding ever more labor while undermining the institutions sustaining social reproduction.
Countless influencers and quack positive-thinking gurus tell us that success is all a matter of individual effort. International Workers’ Day reminds us that individuals are happiest when we have others standing alongside us.
The struggle for social justice has never been more urgent. Working people are the engine of our society. Yet, this engine is being milked to fuel a crisis of greed.
“Being shackled to Westminster's permanent austerity agenda is causing an untold amount of harm to people across the North. Executive parties have shown us time and again that they will accommodate that agenda whether it's handed down by the Tories or by Labour.” Gerry Carroll
Almeno un giorno di telelavoro obbligatorio a settimana, trasporti pubblici più economici, taglio del riscaldamento e voucher energetici per le famiglie vulnerabili. Sono alcune delle misure che la Commissione europea raccomanda ai Paesi membri nella bozza del piano ‘Accelerate Eu‘, atteso il 22 aprile, per fronteggiare la crisi energetica legata alla guerra in Medio Oriente. […]
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"Rather than begging Westminster for help that clearly isn’t coming, the Executive must step in today. It is entirely within their remit to provide the £15.8 million to keep these services afloat."
Cuts to Community and Voluntary Sector Will Have Devastating Impact on Support for Vulnerable People. Stormont Must Intervene
"The UK entered the pandemic ill-prepared and with its healthcare systems in a parlous state."
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Labour federations Cosatu and the South African Federation of Trade Unions have led calls for a budget that addresses massive unemployment and weak growth
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