Feature: Novara Media’s Losers of the Year 2024
Simon Childs
From graceless losers to pathetic fence-sitters, here are the public servants who made Britain what it was in 2024.
Tag: workers
Report: Amazon Workers Don’t Want to Unionise, Claims Policy Chief
Polly Smythe
Amazon has received repeated requests from workers for union recognition amid allegations of 'union busting', but a senior boss just told a Labour party event that workers don't want to unionise. Polly Smythe reports
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.
Analysis: No, ‘Transparency’ Won’t Stop Amazon Being a Crappy Employer
Craig Gent
Unions are very slowly catching up with Amazon’s tech agenda - but digital ‘transparency’ is no silver bullet when it comes to improving workers' lives, argues Craig Gent.
Interview: Amazon Workers Go on Strike for the First Time in UK
We visited the Amazon workers striking for the first time ever in Coventry.
Analysis: Tory Blunders Give Striking Workers a Chance to Win
Michael Chessum
The government has chosen to pursue a policy of outright confrontation with the labour movement. As a political strategy, this could be a big mistake, argues Michael Chessum.
Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs
Chris Saltmarsh
Non-profits often expect workers to accept poor pay and conditions in the interest of furthering the organisation’s ‘mission’. But across the sector, staff are no longer putting up with it. Chris Saltmarsh reports.
Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?
Charlie Hertzog Young
By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.
Explainers: Why Postal Workers Are Going on Strike
While company management are paid in the millions, and receive bonuses for failure, postal workers at Royal Mail are being treated like mud. Today they are going on strike. Aaron Bastani explains the reasons behind the strike – and how bosses at the top are out of control.
Feature: In Myanmar, Workers and Activists Take on a Food Delivery Giant
Ben Dunant
Underground groups established to resist the coup are supporting striking food delivery workers in Myanmar.
Analysis: A Court Just Took Away the Right to Strike – But a Union is Fighting to Win It Back
Callum Cant
In placing an injunction on striking security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a court has made standard picketing practices illegal. We must resist this fundamental attack on the right to strike, writes Callum Cant - it’s part of a Tory slide to authoritarianism.
Opinion: Ikea Isn’t Cutting Unvaccinated Staff’s Sick Pay to Protect Customers – It’s Doing It to Cut Costs
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.
Report: With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides
Polly Smythe
Uber is blaming a driver shortage for costly fares, long wait times and multiple cancellations. Drivers, however, say the root of these problems is the company’s exploitation of its workforce. Polly Smythe reports.
Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?
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: Commuting is Unpaid Work. Bosses Should at Least Split the Cost
Will Stronge
Covid-19 has given us a chance to reconsider aspects of working life we once accepted as immutable reality. With employees spending on average 27 days a year commuting, a new report argues it’s about time bosses paid up.
Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing
Polly Bindman
Cleaners at the University of London have won staff contracts after nearly a decade of struggle, in a major victory against outsourcing that could help other workers fight for their rights. Polly Bindman reports.
Analysis: Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit
Matthew Cole
The much-prophesied “jobs apocalypse” of the fourth industrial revolution will likely never materialise. Yet that isn't to say new technologies aren't degrading work, warns Matthew Cole.
12 Books for Understanding the Future of Work
Sarah Jaffe, Dalia Gebrial, Jamie Woodcock & Craig Gent
To accompany our focus series on the Future of Work, we asked some of our friends to share their top reading recommendations for understanding changes to the organisation of work and our working lives.