
Tag: workers


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
by Michael Chessum

Report: Workers at Non-Profits Are Done With Shit Jobs
by 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?
by Charlie Hertzog Young

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
by 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
by Callum Cant

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

Report: With Uber Paying Peanuts, Exploited Drivers Are Cancelling Rides
by 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?
by James Meadway

Opinion: Commuting is Unpaid Work. Bosses Should at Least Split the Cost
by Will Stronge

Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing
by Polly Bindman

Analysis: Automation Will Create More Jobs, But Most Will Be Shit
by Matthew Cole

12 Books for Understanding the Future of Work
by Sarah Jaffe, Dalia Gebrial, Jamie Woodcock & Craig Gent

Report: Big Business Is Muscling in on the UK’s Nursery Racket
by Sophie K Rosa

Report: Not Essential: Hundreds of Thousands of People Are Still Being Made to Go to Work
by Sophie K Rosa

International: Miners in Georgia Are Staging Wildcat Strikes in a Bid to Survive As Their Working Conditions Worsen
by Volodya Vagner
In pictures: Manganese in one of Eastern Europe's hippest new travel destinations are dying as a result of poor working conditions, entrenched by decades of neoliberal reform. Volodya Vagner reports on the workers fighting back.