Report: More Than Half of UK Amazon Workers Have to Borrow Money to Make Ends Meet
Polly Smythe
On Black Friday, trade unionists push the US corporate giant to stop squeezing workers for profit.
Tag: trade unions
Analysis: Does Lord Walney Think All Palestinian Groups Are the Same?
Simon Childs
The artist formerly known as Jonathan Woodcock claims the Palestine Solidarity Campaign has 'strong links' to Palestine Action. For a government-appointed anti-protest tsar, he knows laughably little about protest groups, writes Simon Childs.
Report: Vet Company Responds to Strikes By Simply Closing Branches
Polly Smythe
Valley Vets is the first veterinary group in the UK to face strike action by its workers. Now it’s shutting most of its surgeries. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut
Polly Smythe
After a strike-ballot opened, workers were taken into one-on-one meetings and asked to sign new contracts that they hadn’t even seen. Polly Smythe reports.
Analysis: Starmer Heckled As Trade Unions Oppose Labour’s New Austerity
Polly Smythe
Trade unionists are breathing a sigh of relief after 14 years of Tory rule, but there is little enthusiasm for Labour's economic policies at the TUC's annual congress. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations
Polly Smythe
The retail giant has taken unprecedented measures to deter its workers from unionising, as its Coventry workers gear up for a historic vote.
Interview: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’
Britain's favourite union boss joins Ash Sarkar to talk about leveraging Starmer, the importance of council housing, and why he's backing Labour.
Report: Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers
Polly Smythe
Workers are being bombarded with anti-union propaganda ahead of a vote to recognise the GMB. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: Revealed: Outsourcing Companies Are Lobbying Labour to Sell Out Public Services
Polly Smythe
Lobbyists are keen to ensure their clients continue to profit from public services after the next election.
Report: Palestinian Trade Unions Call for End to ‘Complicity’ in Israeli Crimes
Polly Smythe
An open letter from Palestinian trade unions to the international labour movement has called for 'a mass increase of global solidarity'.
Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government
Polly Smythe
This year’s Trades Union Congress took place in anticipation of the end of Tory rule. Novara Media's labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe sends a dispatch from Liverpool.
Analysis: Sharon Graham’s Strategy Shows Unions Can Win Without the Labour Party
Gregor Gall
While she doesn't have the public profile of Mick Lynch, Unite's Sharon Graham is the most successful of the current union leaders, argues Gregor Gall.
Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother
Polly Smythe
A trade union organiser has described her ‘shock’ at the ‘cold and callous’ actions of Biscoes Solicitors.
Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle
Craig Gent
With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.
Report: Amazon Accused of Union-Busting at Striking UK Workplaces
Polly Smythe
A strike leader at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse has had his hours reduced while workers are being subjected to anti-union posters and briefings.
Report: Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers
Polly Smythe & Simon Childs
Workers at the Saint James Tavern in Brighton were awarded over £100,000 in back pay and compensation after their boss said he would ‘get rid’ of anyone involved in the union.
Report: Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right
Eoghan Gilmartin
Rather than indulge Vox’s nationalism, Spain's new leftwing Sumar alliance is offering policies that will actually make people's lives better - starting with €20,000 for all 18-year-olds, funded by a wealth tax. Eoghan Gilmartin reports.
Feature: Precarious, Low-Paid Migrant Workers Are Sick of Low Pay and Bad Conditions
Simon Childs
Staff at eight workplaces walked out last month, as low-paid, outsourced workers in private-sector took industrial action. But their bosses are using outsourcing to wash their hands of them. Simon Childs reports.