ACFM: Microdose: Sitcoms at Work
The gang turn their attention to workplace comedy, from Wernham Hogg to Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
Tag: work
Feature: Quiet Quitting Is No Replacement for Collective Action
by 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.
Report: P&O Ferries is the Tip of the Iceberg When It Comes to Exploitation at Sea
by Sally Howard
Racial hierarchies, sexual aggression, 75p wages: the P&O Ferries scandal is entirely in keeping with the outrageously exploitative cruise industry. Sally Howard reports.
Analysis: How Striking Lecturers Won Their Students’ Support
by Alessio Koliulis
On the final day of UCU strikes, academic Alessio Koliulis reflects on the rebuilding of staff-student solidarity.
Interview: Sex Work Sucks. So Does Sex. So Does Work.
by Laura
When Laura started sex work, she expected a whole new experience. In fact, it was a lot like her old work: drudgerous and dull. As told to Rivkah Brown.
Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid
by Ella Weldon
The hostile environment isn’t just endangering migrants during the pandemic, it’s endangering us all, writes Ella Weldon.
Opinion: Ikea Isn’t Cutting Unvaccinated Staff’s Sick Pay to Protect Customers – It’s Doing It to Cut Costs
by James Meadway
Ikea has announced it is cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff, and other companies are following suit. This isn't about principles - it’s textbook divide-and-rule, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Molly-Mae Hague Just Exposed Influencer Culture for the Thatcherite Poison It Is
by Anna Cafolla
For Gen Z, it’s easier to believe the myth of meritocracy pedalled by influencers - we can all make it to the top because we have ‘the same hours in a day as Beyonce' - than to accept the truth of a system stacked against us, writes Anna Cafolla.
Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?
by James Meadway
Nearly a million people in Britain switched jobs over the summer as part of a global wave of resignations. But if we really want to transform the way we live and work, individual acts of refusal aren't enough, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights
by Sophie K Rosa
Tired debates about disability and sex work too often focus on the morality of a disabled man buying sex. Why aren’t we talking about disabled sex workers? Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: Our Toxic Work Culture Isn’t Just Harming Disabled People – It’s Harming Everyone
by Sophie K Rosa
Resisting exploitative workplaces is crucial, but we need to go further - by challenging the obligation to work at all. Disabled activists can show us how. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics
by Ellen Clifford
Impairments aren’t what make us disabled, our profit-driven society is, writes disabled activist Ellen Clifford.
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Work
Dalia Gebrial finds out what climate breakdown means for the future of work, with Jeremy Corbyn, Sarah Jaffe and more.
Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve
by Rema Diallo
On Wednesday, hundreds of Uber drivers will go on strike. Driver Rema Diallo explains why.
Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?
by Joana Ramiro
As a 20-something Marxist, Joana Ramiro began to notice the ranks of her women comrades shrinking. Now in her 30s, she gets why.
Feature: We’re All Working, All the Time
by Polly Smythe
Long before the pandemic, remote working had created the expectation that workers be “always on”. It’s time we fought for our right to switch off, writes Polly Smythe.