Just as coronavirus threatens employee rights it’s also an opportunity for better conditions
From the beginning of industrialisation there has been a power imbalance in the workplace. And despite employment legislation attempting to ...
Tag: workers rights
Explosive resignation at Amazon highlights the very worst of modern-day capitalism
A high-profile resignation at Amazon has highlighted just what its workers are dealing with as bigwigs get richer during the ...
As Amazon announces sales surge, its staff protest against poor safety conditions on International Workers’ Day
The first quarter of 2020 saw a surge in Amazon sales as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. Sales ...
A delivery rider accuses Deliveroo of not taking workers’ health seriously
Over the last few weeks of the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown some of us have been working from home, or have ...
A shocking video exposes the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis in Bangladesh
On the face of it, Bangladesh appears not to have been hit hard by the new coronavirus (Covid-19). Official statistics ...
Coronavirus has thrown the architectural sector even further into crisis
A few days before the UK government announced the coronavirus (Covid-19) 'lockdown', one architectural worker told us: Last week, my ...
Amid the crisis, let’s name and shame the companies treating workers ‘like rats’
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed both the best and worst of people. Communities around the UK are helping each other ...
Tourism boss left ‘speechless’ by hotel’s ‘deplorable’ decision to sack and evict workers
Staff at the Coylumbridge Hotel in Aviemore – owned by Britannia Hotels – were sent a letter by bosses.
It took Boris Johnson less than a week to betray all the working class voters who backed him
Boris Johnson is ploughing ahead with getting his Withdrawal Agreement for Brexit through parliament. So any voter who backed him ...
Workers at ‘Brexit HQ’ Mayfair club call off strike after securing better sick pay
Workers from a private members club in London called off their planned strikes for 11 and 12 December after a ...
Workers at ‘Brexit HQ’ elite Mayfair club to go on strike
Workers at an exclusive private members' club, 5 Hertford Street in Mayfair, have declared their intention to go on strike. ...
Postal workers’ union set to take strike injunction case to Court of Appeal
Royal Mail brought legal action against the union after members voted to back walkouts by 97% on a turnout of ...
Asda workers’ contract row could lead shoppers to go elsewhere, union says
The row over new contracts for workers at supermarket giant Asda could persuade shoppers to go elsewhere, a union has ...
ASDA workers face getting sacked ‘by Christmas’ and take action across the UK
On 16 September, Asda workers across the UK will protest against a "brutal contract". If they don't sign, many face ...
Labour promises big expansion of employment rights
Jeremy Corbyn said power will be put into the hands of workers.
Asda workers are facing the sack unless they ‘sign a punishing new contract’
A campaign by workers and the GMB union is fighting back for Asda workers who are facing the sack in ...
When a farmers’ union warns of Brexit civil unrest, you know things are getting serious
The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) has warned there could be widespread civil unrest because of Brexit, particularly if there ...
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