Unite have got the Labour Research Department to add up the salaries of bonuses of the top UK banks for the five years betwen 2003 and 2007.
Here’s the press release. (though I can’t find the full dossier online).

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A spokesman for the Premier League has rejected the proposition – supported by the unlikely partnership of trade unions, civil society organisations and Boris Johnson - that cleaning and catering staff employed by London’s football clubs should be paid £7.75 an hour. The League stated that clubs make a “substantial contribution” to the economy, that [...]

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The annual TUC PensionsWatch report, out today, finds that the credit crunch is yet to hit senior directors’ pension plans. The report looks at the pensions of directors in 102 top UK firms and finds that the average director can look forward to retiring at 60 on a pension of around £200,000: 25 times the national [...]

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