Labour Rewards Fire-And-Rehire Uni Boss With Plum Government Role
Polly Smythe
Fire, rehire, aspire.
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Polly Smythe
Polly Smythe is Novara Media’s labour movement correspondent and is funded by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (London Office).
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Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?
Polly Smythe
'Facilitating fire and rehire.'
Service Work Is Joyless at Christmas – And Online Deliveries Are Making It Worse
Polly Smythe
‘We’re worked like donkeys.’
How Private Rail Companies Are Trying to Slow Down Nationalisation
Polly Smythe
Major delays across the network.
More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet
Polly Smythe
'What do we want? £17 an hour.'
Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches
Polly Smythe
That’s one way to deal with a strike.
Inside TikTok’s Mass Sacking
Polly Smythe
‘It’s like negotiating with robots.’
Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut
Polly Smythe
A false choice.
Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights
Polly Smythe
Employment rights lost in the post.
Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity
Polly Smythe
Tough decisions? More like tax the rich.
Six Companies Own 60% of UK Vets, and Workers Are Sick of It
Polly Smythe
Poorly kittens are big business.
Here’s How Labour and the Unions Could Take on Amazon
Polly Smythe
No unions, no public sector contracts.