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‘Zero-hour Contracts’, ‘Labour Flexibility’ and Other Euphemisms of the Neoliberal Agenda

How the markets, business and their political allies break the social contract. Recent stories of ‘zero-hour contracts’ should come as no surprise. They are but one consequence of the rise of neoliberalism. Profits are prioritised over people; workers’ rights are eroded under the banner of ‘labour flexibility’; and the social safety net is recast as […]