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Xmas shop floor hell—retail and distribution workers speak out

Workers will be pushed hard for profit this Christmas
11 December 2021
Royal Parks cleaners end strike with strong rally + round-up
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Royal Parks cleaners end strike with strong rally + round-up

Outsourced cleaners working at Royal Parks in central London protested alongside their supporters at Speakers’ Corner on Monday to round off a two-week strike.
30 August 2021
St Mungo’s strike ends + Barry Gravediggers + Tower Hamlets council + Weetabix
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St Mungo’s strike ends + Barry Gravediggers + Tower Hamlets council + Weetabix

Strikes at housing charity St Mungo’s have been called off
19 July 2021
DVLA strikes hit hard + Woolwich Ferry new action + Tower Hamlets Unison + round up
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DVLA strikes hit hard + Woolwich Ferry new action + Tower Hamlets Unison + round up

Workers’ action at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has caused a backlog of work for bosses to sort out.
28 June 2021
Battle at Amazon Gateshead + More Woolwich ferry strikes + RLH + UVW + Usdaw at DHL
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Battle at Amazon Gateshead + More Woolwich ferry strikes + RLH + UVW + Usdaw at DHL

A battle has broken out at the construction of a new Amazon Warehouse in Gateshead.
21 June 2021
Sheffield delivery workers strike +Optare+Glasgow train guards+Richie Venton settlement win+Alstom strike
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Sheffield delivery workers strike +Optare+Glasgow train guards+Richie Venton settlement win+Alstom strike

Delivery workers in the IWGB union in Sheffield struck on Wednesday of last week to demand a living wage and an end to unfair sackings. 
01 December 2020
Defend Richie Venton, sacked by Ikea
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Defend Richie Venton, sacked by Ikea

Protesters from several trade unions picketed a Glasgow Ikea store last Friday to demand the reinstatement of a union rep sacked for fighting cuts to workers’ conditions.
07 September 2020
Letters - Debenhams workers show fighting back is possible
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Letters – Debenhams workers show fighting back is possible

On 11 August, I along with thousands of other workers at Debenhams, was made redundant. The primary emotion that all of us are feeling is shock, but we are also angry. 
28 August 2020
Debenhams workers speak out after ‘heartbreaking’ redundancies’
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Debenhams workers speak out after ‘heartbreaking’ redundancies’

Around 2,500 Debenhams workers were cruelly sacked by profiteering bosses on Tuesday, as the retail giant announced massive cuts in the department stores and warehouses. 
11 August 2020
Workplace roundup: strike call at The Doctors Laboratory+Mcr airport+The Grange+The Giant agency
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Workplace roundup: strike call at The Doctors Laboratory+Mcr airport+The Grange+The Giant agency

Medical couriers that transport Covid-19 samples on behalf of NHS pathology contractor The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) are to ballot for strikes.
12 May 2020
Stand Up To Racism conference calls for action in the workplace
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Stand Up To Racism conference calls for action in the workplace

Up to 250 trade unionists and campaigners rallied against racism in Central London on Saturday.
09 February 2020
Union leaders are wrong to make concessions that weaken Corbyn
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Union leaders are wrong to make concessions that weaken Corbyn

CWU union leader Dave Ward has spoken out in defence of Jeremy Corbyn. Others are demanding he concedes over the definition of antisemitism.
18 August 2018
Trade union leaders pile pressure onto Labour to silence criticism of Israel
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Trade union leaders pile pressure onto Labour to silence criticism of Israel

Trade Union leaders and allies of Corbyn have put increasing pressure on him to adopt a definition of antisemitism that restricts criticism of Israel.
14 August 2018
Sainsbury’s bosses under pressure over plans to slash wages
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Sainsbury’s bosses under pressure over plans to slash wages

Pressure is growing on supermarket bosses and their Tory backers as Sainsbury’s prepares to slash workers’ pay.
22 May 2018
Tesco strikers: ‘We can move 30 tonnes during a shift, but we don’t even get £10 an hour’
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Tesco strikers: ‘We can move 30 tonnes during a shift, but we don’t even get £10 an hour’

Workers at a Tesco distribution hub in east London struck over pay. Their action raises wider questions about how workers can defeat the retail giants.
18 May 2018
Tesco distribution strike shows firm’s vulnerability
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Tesco distribution strike shows firm’s vulnerability

Workers at the Tesco distribution centre in Dagenham, east London, were set to strike for 24 hours this week.
15 May 2018
Reports round-up: Bullying Royal Mail boss gets the boot after walkouts in Accrington
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Reports round-up: Bullying Royal Mail boss gets the boot after walkouts in Accrington

Also: New offer for BA cabin crew | Wage war rolls on at Picturehouse cinemas | Harrods protest will demand pay justice | Weetabix factories to face walkouts | Stop Home Office deportation flights to Jamaica | Bectu now biggest sector in Prospect | Unite calls off bus strike in Wirral
03 January 2017
Asda in mess over mass equal pay claim
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Asda in mess over mass equal pay claim

Over 19,000 people are bringing an equal pay claim against the Asda supermarket chain.
05 July 2016
BHS worker—‘The system is rigged against people like me’
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BHS worker—‘The system is rigged against people like me’

Some 11,000 jobs are set to go after Duff & Phelps, administrators for BHS, failed to find a buyer for the retail chain.
07 June 2016
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Sainsbury’s workers in Leeds defect from Usdaw to Unite

Over 100 members of the Usdaw union at the Sainsbury’s distribution centre in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, have defected to the Unite union.
31 December 2012
Unilever workers strike against pension attacks
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Unilever workers strike against pension attacks

Over 2,000 workers at nine factories, two research and development facilities and one IT office are on strike today (Friday) to defend their pensions at manufacturing multinational Unilever. They are members of the Unite, GMB and Usdaw unions.
09 December 2011
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Bookmakers strike at Aintree

Members of the Usdaw union working at the bookmakers Ladbrokes call centre in Aintree held a second 24-hour strike last Sunday to protest against their below-inflation pay offer of 3 percent.
07 October 2008
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Reports round-up

Ladbrokes workers walk out Some 200 workers at Ladbrokes telebetting call centre in Aintree on Merseyside struck last Saturday. The Usdaw union members rejected a 3 percent pay offer.
26 August 2008
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Anger at Usdaw conference

Delegates gathered at the Usdaw shop workers’ union conference in Blackpool last week. There was notable anger against Labour, especially around Gordon Brown’s removal of the 10p tax rate.
06 May 2008