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Analysis: Organising in Supermarkets Means Overcoming Barriers in the Sector – and in the Trade Unions

Max O'Donnell Savage

The future of supermarkets is both the future of a socially necessary service and the future of around 1m workers in the UK today. But overcoming the barriers to organising in the sector means getting to grips with its complexities - and accounting for the failures of unions like Usdaw. Max O'Donnell Savage writes.

Opinion: The Government Scrimped on School Safety. Now Students and Staff Are Paying the Price

James McAsh

Just over a week since schools reopened, coronavirus outbreaks are forcing hundreds of pupils across the UK back home. Primary teacher and trade unionist James McAsh reports on an avoidable crisis.

Report: Coronavirus Has Made Things Even Worse for Migrant Workers on Spain’s Fruit Farms

Nic Murray

Most strawberries sold in British supermarkets are grown in southern Spain, on fruit farms run by multinational companies that exploit migrant labour. Coronavirus has left fewer workers under pressure to meet high export targets, without PPE or cleaning products. Nic Murray reports.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #243: Ease Off, Second Wave + Talking Teachers

James Butler asks what the government ease-off in regulations is really about – should we expect a second wave? Plus, as teachers are pressed back to work, we hear from one trade unionist about what’s really going on in schools.

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

With detained migrants encouraged to work for slave wages, rather than treating them as victims devoid of agency, trade unions must instead bring them into the movement, write Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis.

Opinion: Teachers Are Rediscovering Their Collective Power

James McAsh

Across the country, in meetings ranging from dozens to thousands, teachers and teaching assistants are standing up for safety and learning that there is power in a union, writes primary school teacher James McAsh.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #236: Tick, Tick, Tick – and Technocracy

Sunak softens his economic instincts: so what does that say about what’s coming? Is organised labour really in a position of strength? Plus – what does the pandemic mean for the future of technocracy?

Report: Tim Roache Resigned Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault, Cover up and a ‘Casting Couch’ Culture at GMB

Charlotte England

Britain’s third largest trade union is accused of having a "longstanding culture of cover up" in a letter detailing an allegation of "serious sexual assault" by former boss Tim Roache.

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising

Calum Jacobs

The tactics used in Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign have yielded some big wins and a string of losses. In this week's long read, Calum Jacobs looks at Sanders' use of so-called big organising and how it has helped - and hurt - his chances at the Democratic win.

Opinion: From Despair to Where? #McStrike Shows Us Where Labour’s Rebuilding Must Start

Alex Wood

Alex Wood argues that Labour's declining support in former industrial areas should be understood alongside the decline of the trade union movement. Revitalising Labour, he argues, will require a labour movement rooted in post-industrial realities.

Novara FM: The Debrief

James Butler is joined by James Meadway and Adrienne Buller to break down the outcome of Labour Conference: will radical policy translate to radical action?

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent

Today Asda workers gathered in Leeds for a national demonstration against the imposition of 'flexible' new employment conditions, which they argue will have devastating consequences for workers' lives. Craig Gent reports.

No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary

Craig Gent

"The idea that we just tolerate a managed decline because we can’t expect any better has just been entirely rejected." Jo Grady, an outsider, rank-and-file candidate, has achieved an unprecedented landslide in the UCU general secretary race. Craig Gent caught up with her at the union's annual congress.

Novara FM: The All-Seeing Algorithm?

James Butler is joined by Novara Media’s own Craig Gent to discuss the rise of the algorithm, the new workplace under algorithmic management, and the scope and practice of workers’ resistance to new techniques of domination.

4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers

Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö

Since November 2018, thousands of Kurdish people across the world have joined an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö lay out the reasons for supporting them.

Novara FM: After Work?

James Butler is joined by Will Stronge, director of the think tank Autonomy, to discuss the future of work.

The UK Needs a Green New Deal, And It Stands Within Our Grasp

Clare Hymer

Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez danced her way onto the political stage, interest in plans for a ‘Green New Deal’ to move the US away from fossil fuels while tackling economic inequality has skyrocketed. If we’re to see something similar in the UK, we’re going to have to fight for it ourselves, argues Clare Hymer.

Fast Food Shutdown!

Callum Cant on why it’s all kicking off everywhere (for fast food workers).

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Analysis: Organising in Supermarkets Means Overcoming Barriers in the Sector – and in the Trade Unions

Max O'Donnell Savage

Report: Coronavirus Has Made Things Even Worse for Migrant Workers on Spain’s Fruit Farms

Nic Murray

The Burner: The Burner Episode #243: Ease Off, Second Wave + Talking Teachers

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

Opinion: Teachers Are Rediscovering Their Collective Power

James McAsh

The Burner: The Burner Episode #236: Tick, Tick, Tick – and Technocracy

Report: Tim Roache Resigned Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault, Cover up and a ‘Casting Couch’ Culture at GMB

Charlotte England

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising

Calum Jacobs

Opinion: From Despair to Where? #McStrike Shows Us Where Labour’s Rebuilding Must Start

Alex Wood

Novara FM: The Debrief

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent

No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary

Craig Gent

Novara FM: The All-Seeing Algorithm?

4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers

Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö

Novara FM: After Work?

The UK Needs a Green New Deal, And It Stands Within Our Grasp

Clare Hymer

Fast Food Shutdown!

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Analysis: Organising in Supermarkets Means Overcoming Barriers in the Sector – and in the Trade Unions

Max O'Donnell Savage

Opinion: The Government Scrimped on School Safety. Now Students and Staff Are Paying the Price

James McAsh

Report: Coronavirus Has Made Things Even Worse for Migrant Workers on Spain’s Fruit Farms

Nic Murray

The Burner: The Burner Episode #243: Ease Off, Second Wave + Talking Teachers

Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement

Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis

Opinion: Teachers Are Rediscovering Their Collective Power

James McAsh

The Burner: The Burner Episode #236: Tick, Tick, Tick – and Technocracy

Report: Tim Roache Resigned Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault, Cover up and a ‘Casting Couch’ Culture at GMB

Charlotte England

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising

Calum Jacobs

Opinion: From Despair to Where? #McStrike Shows Us Where Labour’s Rebuilding Must Start

Alex Wood

Novara FM: The Debrief

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent

No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary

Craig Gent

Novara FM: The All-Seeing Algorithm?

4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers

Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö

Novara FM: After Work?

The UK Needs a Green New Deal, And It Stands Within Our Grasp

Clare Hymer

Fast Food Shutdown!

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