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An Amazon worker. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Inside the Fight for the UK’s First Formal Amazon Warehouse Strike

Polly Smythe

Workers in Coventry are voting over formal strike action at an Amazon warehouse for the first time, but the retailing giant has been accused of trying to undermine union activity. Polly Smythe reports.

Andy Haldane, chief executive of the RSA and former chief economist of the Bank of England. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

The RSA Used ‘Intimidation Tactics’ Against Staff After Refusing Their Trade Union Request

Polly Smythe

The Royal Society of the Arts was full of praise for trade unions until its own workers wanted one.

motorcyclists ride past in convoy. one has a large red flag with the letters 'IWGB' on it

Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place

Polly Smythe

In Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Harlow, Slough and Basingstoke, riders are striking against abysmal pay and long hours.

A striking firefighter by a brazier in 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

An Outsourcing Firm Is Hiring Scab Firefighters With Only Three Days Training

Andrew Kersley

Exclusive: Outsourcing firm Securitas is hiring "contingency" firefighters with hardly any training on almost double pay.

A police officer stands outside Didsbury mosque in Manchester.

Black People Nearly Eight Times More Likely to Be Banned From Manchester Carnival

Moya Lothian-McLean

Novara Media has uncovered huge racial disparities in gang-related carnival bans handed out by Greater Manchester Police.

Liam Geary Baulch. Photo: Netpol on Twitter

Police Compensate Protester Who Held ‘Priti Fascist’ Sign

Simon Childs

Liam Geary Baulch was protesting the encroachment of police powers when he was arrested while holding a sign saying ‘Priti Fascist’. He has now been compensated by police.

A spokesperson for talks to journalists after the trial of Deliveroo French executives. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France

Polly Smythe

The remarks were made by Peter Mandelson’s godson at a Labour Party fringe event sponsored by Deliveroo.

Keir Starmer with Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis. Photo: Usdaw

Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much

Polly Smythe

Usdaw staff are taking two days of strike action over pay and home working. The general secretary has been accused of pitting workers against each other.

Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court

Simon Childs

If you significantly damage something as part of a protest, you can no longer rely on human rights as a defence, a court has ruled.

Two men, both wearing navy suits, stand besides one another at Labour conference

Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey

Rivkah Brown

Three Kurdish attendees were denied entry to Labour party conference on security grounds. Some have questioned whether it has anything to do with Erdogan's Turkey.

Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference

Simon Childs

Activists disrupted an event at Labour party conference sponsored by Drax, a company accused of polluting Black communities in the US. Simon Childs reports.

Kwasi Kwarteng speaking to the House of Commons. Source: Parliamentlive.tv

Mini-Budget: Attacks on Trade Unions, Tax Cuts for the Rich

Simon Childs

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng first 'mini-budget' was slammed by left-wingers, but delighted a neoliberal lobby group.

Drax Power Station, the third-largest polluting power station in Europe, was a sponsor of last year's Labour conference. Edward Crawford/Reuters

Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing

Simon Childs

Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.