Monthly Archives: June 2022

Irish basic income for arts workers – update

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Paul Evans

I’ve already posted a couple of times about the plan to pilot a sectoral Basic Income for arts workers in Ireland. Today I attended a TUC seminar on this with Karan O Loughlin from SIPTU (the Irish union that covers … Continue reading →

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UK economic outlook – forecasts downgraded – what this means for freelancers

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Paul Evans

Unless someone tells me otherwise, it seems that the biggest issue for many freelancers arising from the cost-of-living crisis is the question of rising fuel costs – and this is likely to hit workers in film and TV particularly hard … Continue reading →

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Living Wage Foundation response to the cost of living crisis

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Paul Evans

As the cost of living soars at rates not seen for more than thirty years, the Living Wage Foundation has announced plans to bring its annual announcement forward from November to late September. The previous figure was announced in mid-November … Continue reading →

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Health and Safety research resources.

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Paul Evans

We are looking at doing some comparisons between different industries on the physical stress that applies to particular types of work (and ultimately, perhaps, with the industries covered by Bectu in comparison with other countries). One resource Karl Raw from … Continue reading →

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