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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.

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Betrayal of Workers is Nothing New for Labour

Jodie Collins

Revisionist history has the public dreaming of a time when the Labour party stood up for organised labour. It’s a myth.

Striking security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital

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.

Analysis: At Last, the Gaming Industry Is Unionising

OS Warren

The gaming industry is notoriously devoid of unions. Yet as misogyny and overwork take their toll on workers, that’s beginning to change, writes OS Warren.

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

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.

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Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

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: For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Ella Glover

Refuse workers in Glasgow went on strike during Cop26 to demand better pay and working conditions, shining a light on the vital role they play in the fight to protect our environment - and they're ready to strike again.

Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve

Rema Diallo

On Wednesday, hundreds of Uber drivers will go on strike. Driver Rema Diallo explains why.

Opinion: Sex Work Is Not a Bullshit Job

Marin Scarlett

When so many jobs exist solely to rationalise capitalism – as the late David Graeber’s thesis argues – sex workers respond to a real demand. Simply trying to end that demand is flawed, writes Marin Scarlett in our series exploring the life and ideas of Graeber on the first anniversary of his death.

Report: Paranoid Bosses Are Spying on Workers During the Pandemic

Rivkah Brown

As home working has increased during the pandemic, so has worker surveillance. Rivkah Brown reports on the growing number of bosses now spying on their employees.

Report: Amazon Delivery Drivers Are Being Shamed for Relieving Themselves in Public – But Bezos is to Blame

Sophie K Rosa

The tabloid press has been shaming delivery drivers for relieving themselves in public while under pressure and unable to access toilets. Instead, we should be shaming companies like Amazon for denying its workers basic rights. Sophie K Rosa reports.

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.

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.

Novara Live: Workers Getting Screwed

Coronavirus has shone a light on hyper-exploitation in Britain’s cities. The Tories are blaming, yes you guessed it…. PC culture and immigration. Plus, Labour flip flops on tax, and Starmer scolds Russell-Moyle for criticising zionism. With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani.

Report: As the Airline Industry Faces Coronavirus Collapse, It Is Outsourcing the Crisis on to Workers

Laith Saad

With Covid-19 decimating the airline industry, British Airways has proposed mass lay-offs, wage cuts and less predictable shift patterns as their means of staying competitive. But staff, who say the airline has consistently failed to consult them, are fighting back. Laith Saad reports.

Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Veronica Deutsch

Dominic Cummings has accidentally put childcare on the agenda, writes Veronica Deutsch, but within the sector not all workers are equal. High precarity is particularly common in nannying work, and, while coronavirus has highlighted the need for better support, regulation can feel like a threat to the most vulnerable.

Novara Live: A Tough Act to Furlough

Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joins Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial to discuss Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme.

Tag: workers rights

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Betrayal of Workers is Nothing New for Labour

Jodie Collins

Analysis: A Court Just Took Away the Right to Strike – But a Union is Fighting to Win It Back

Callum Cant

Analysis: At Last, the Gaming Industry Is Unionising

OS Warren

Opinion: Ikea Isn’t Cutting Unvaccinated Staff’s Sick Pay to Protect Customers – It’s Doing It to Cut Costs

James Meadway

Report: With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Report: For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Ella Glover

Opinion: I’m an Uber Driver. Me and Hundreds of Others Are Going on Strike to Demand the Rights We Deserve

Rema Diallo