Shocking number of universities won’t take action on sweatshops in their supply chains
On July 16, a new league table of universities was published. The league ranks the UK's universities on the strength ...
Tag: workers rights
A shocking investigation just revealed the abuse migrant workers face
Migrant workers in factories supplying major western tech brands face forced labour, debt bondage, and threats of violence. That's according ...
It’s official. Governments and businesses are trashing 100 years of progress.
On 19 June, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its 2019 Global Rights Index. This report reveals a worrying ...
Uber shuts down as drivers strike for fair pay and conditions
Uber drivers in the UK and US have shut down. They're on strike to demand fair pay and better working ...
These punk bands are uniting to fight sweatshop labour
In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed. 1,134 people were killed. The building contained several garment factories. ...
Wetherspoon workers are fighting back against Brexit propaganda
Workers at Wetherspoon pubs across the country have united to form a group called Spoons Workers Against Brexit. They're standing up ...
Diane Abbott slams Conservative plans for the ‘worst kind of exploitation’
Diane Abbott has commented on the Conservatives' latest planned changes to immigration policy. And she didn't pull any punches. In ...
Bosses will quake at this superb response to the person who drove a digger into a Travelodge
Footage of a man driving a digger through a Travelodge construction site because he hadn't been paid has gone viral. ...
The government’s latest immigration policy is slammed as ‘a disaster for every worker’
On December 19, the government announced its immigration white paper. This laid out a plan for immigration after Brexit. But ...
Union leaders at risk of imprisonment if they take part in protests
Six trade union leaders in Cambodia received two and a half year suspended prison sentences on 11 December. They were also ...
Amid a worsening situation for workers’ rights, an international union chief speaks out
In its 2018 report, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) signalled a worrying trend of deteriorating workers' rights around the world. ...
People are calling on Roger Federer to help win unpaid wages for thousands of workers
Football might be coming home, but the World Cup isn't the only major sports event happening right now. Wimbledon is ...
The Tory MP who blocked the upskirting law launches an ‘attack on workers’ rights’
Sir Christopher Chope, the Conservative MP who blocked the 'upskirting bill' on 15 June, has tabled a private members' bill ...
A shocking investigation exposes the abuses faced by workers making clothes for the British high street
An international labour monitoring organisation has released a damning report on working conditions in a factory in Bangalore, India. The ...
As the World Cup gets going, it’s all kicking off against the sports brands paying poverty wages
Football fever has kicked off once again, with the World Cup taking place in Russia. But the Clean Clothes Campaign ...
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Corbyn hands May her arse on a plate after the PM suggests she’s a hero of working people [VIDEO]
Theresa May appeared to suggest that she's a hero of workers' rights at Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs). But Jeremy Corbyn ...
These women led the ultimate fight against injustice and its changed the landscape of workers rights ever since
40 years ago, Britain's capital witnessed a revolt from an unlikely group of South Asian women, working in the Grunwick factory ...
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