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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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Articles

Michelle Donelan. Photo: Ian Davidson / SOPA Images/Sipa via Reuters Connect

Report: Minister Who Loves Free Speech Starts a Witch-Hunt Against Academics

by Polly Smythe

Protesters picketing outside Instro precision

Report: Arms Factory Blockaded As Calls for Practical Solidarity With Palestine Grow

by Polly Smythe

Trade unionists demand goods from Israel not be unloaded in the port in Durban, South Africa, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes

by Polly Smythe

Report: Amazon Workers Don’t Want to Unionise, Claims Policy Chief

by Polly Smythe

London Underground. Nicolas Economou via Reuters Connect

Report: Free Travel Is Being Used to Make Outsourced Transport Staff Work Harder

by Polly Smythe

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham. Unite

Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government

by Polly Smythe

RMT leader Mick Lynch. Novara Media

Report: Mick Lynch Asks Unions to Step Up to Defy Anti-Strike Legislation

by Polly Smythe

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch on the picket line with members in December 2022. Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images

Report: Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs

by Polly Smythe

Jessica Walter plays Lucile Bluth in Arrested Development. Screengrab: YouTube

Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

by Polly Smythe

St Mungo’s workers on strike. @SMUnite on Twitter

Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

by Polly Smythe

A rally in support of Amazon workers' on strike in Coventry in January 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Report: Amazon Accused of Union-Busting at Striking UK Workplaces

by Polly Smythe

Striking workers at the Saint James Tavern

Report: Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

by Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

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