Olympic Sites: A celebration of Olympic values?
"In this special issue of CLRNews we have tried to document the construction involved for different Olympic Games, the social and employment issues and problems raised and the longer-lasting...
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Exploitation – the reality behind London 2012’s Adidas clothing
by Murray Worthy, campaigner at War on WantAdidas this week comes under pressure to tackle the sweatshop conditions in its supplier factories as War on Want launches a new campaign...
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legacy lost
My piece in Occupied Times 15'In Search Of Legacies Lost' will soon appear here, fully referenced (at time of writing it remains embargoed).read more
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In search of legacies lost
The former Arena Field, site of the Media Centre, in 2008 Runners are sent ahead to drum up excitement; the circus rolls into town, and the people pay. Show over and profits taken, the circus pulls...
View ArticleBoris does Flag Fan Dangle Thing
Perfect casting for being hoist by his own petard. It's not everybody has their own Petard. The rich fat bastards have all the fun. That's not raw talent you know. They have the breeding you see. And...
View ArticleTreat with caution!
Alongside the claim of an Olympics boost to the economy, is the claim of an Olympics jobs boost. It is certainly the case that some temporary jobs will have been created during the summer, but it is...
View ArticleOlympics jobs: treat with caution - again
A few weeks ago the Olympics were being hailed for creating lots of temporary jobs over the past six months, 100,000 of them supposedly in the last quarter and possibly up to 65,000 or so in the...
View ArticleA construction boom and a lost opportunity
Along with all the stirring stuff about Olympics job creation, an Olympics boost to the economy, the Olympics transportation miracle comes the news in a 'government-commissioned report' that the...
View ArticleProblem with attrition? Try communities and engagement glue
More Olympic mumbo jumbo, this time about London 2012's recruitment legacy. Pats on the back for LOCOG’s head of recruitment, Paul Modley, for keeping his team of employees motivated, despite the fact...
View ArticleThe Aftermath 2012 - Four Years on, a Legacy of MINUS 4,000 Jobs
The London Olympics has been the subject of some wildly optimistic job creation predictions, most notably Gordon Brown's claim of 50,000 jobs, which even the London Development Agency (LDA) warned...
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Still no jobs legacy from the London2012 Olympics
Two years ago I asked the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) for the number of people who were working in the Olympic Park. On that occasion it replied: Since April 2012, when the LLDC came...
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