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Opinion: Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable

Matthew Cole

A shocking investigation has revealed that employers who fail to pay wages simply get away with it. It’s time to make wage theft a criminal matter, argues Matthew Cole.

Report: Gail’s Denies Using CCTV to Spy on Workers

Polly Smythe

The bougie bakery chain has seen rapid growth in affluent, Lib Dem-voting areas. It now faces allegations of punishing work conditions and union busting. Polly Smythe reports.

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Report: Almost Half of Female Transport Workers Suffer Sexual Assault at Work

Polly Smythe

A new survey reveals the shocking extent of sexual violence experienced by bus and taxi drivers. Polly Smythe reports.

Red Flags: How Do I Escape the Corporate Nightmare I’ve Created for Myself?

Sophie K Rosa

A reader with a corporate job regrets the concessions they’ve made to capitalism. Plotting the revolution isn’t the only way to resist your conditions, writes Sophie K Rosa.

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Red Flags: How the Fuck Am I Supposed to Menstruate Under Capitalism?

Sophie K Rosa

In some times and some cultures, menstruating people have been hidden away, writes Sophie K Rosa. In the UK, we are expected to hide in plain sight, pretending to be something we are not: pain-free, sane, happy, energised.

Novara FM: Our New Cyberboss Overlords

Amazon, Uber and Deliveroo all depend on the power of algorithms to organise and control their employees. Can workers beat the cyberboss?

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Red Flags: I Have Incurable Cancer. How Do I Live the Time I Have Left?

Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa addresses a reader with stage four breast cancer, and shares her own relationship with death.

Red Flags: I Can’t Fit It All In: How Do I Do My Job and Also Be a Good Person?

Feature: Quiet Quitting Is No Replacement for Collective Action

Sophie K Rosa

The internet trend suggests anti-work sentiment is on the rise, but it’s individualised. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Explainers: Why BT Workers Are Going on Strike

BT recorded £2 billion in profits before tax last year. Its CEO, Philip Jansen, enjoyed a salary of £3.5 million. Yet it’s now offering engineers & call centre workers a real terms pay CUT. Aaron Bastani explains why BT workers have had enough.

Explainers: The Establishment’s Plan to Deal With Inflation

As inflation rises the establishment has a solution: we all need to get poorer. The alternative is for profits to fall – but that is unacceptable to the powerful. Aaron Bastani on how only unions can save us.