Food
After TGI Fridays bosses’ retreat, it’s time to fight for everyone
The Unite union heralded a victory at the TGI Fridays restaurant chain last week.
The truth about food that makes us sick
Pret A Manger killed a teenage girl.
It's time to burst the bubble of capitalism
A panic over shortages of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a very good example of the defects of capitalism.
The war on sugar lets food firms off the hook
It looks like the food industry is winning the first battle in the war over sugar in food.
LETTERS: We need open borders not single market and ID cards
Plus, food and capitalism, voting rights and sexism in the media
Overpriced burger chain Beach Blanket Babylon still won’t settle its bill
Bosses at the Beach Blanket Babylon (BBB) glorified burger chain have been up to their old tricks—not paying workers
Reports round-up: Pro-choice activists set to take on anti-abortionists
14 November 2017Plus, Kingsmill strike, Pentonville Five celebration and boiler maintenance workers
In brief - stripping state school funding
26 September 2017Over a third of state schools in England are operating with a cash deficit. The figure was revealed in an answer to a parliamentary question on school finances.
Cheers to a minimum price rise for booze?
25 July 2017Would a minimum price for alcohol benefit working class people and reduce the harm done by excessive drinking?
Workers at Eat Kitchen relish taste of victory
13 June 2017A successful campaign for union recognition could inspire others, reports?Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Confronting the restaurant boss who refuses to pay his workers wages
06 June 2017Watch the embarrassing conversation when Socialist Worker confronts Robert Newmark, a boss refusing to pay what he owes to his workers
Sacked for wanting wages - the reality of workers’ rights under the Tories
16 May 2017Eleven workers fired by swanky restaurant Beach Blanket Babylon (BBB) in Shoreditch, east London, have been holding nightly protests outside it since management sacked them last week.
Student nurse slams Theresa May’s ‘disgraceful’ food bank comments
02 May 2017Prime minister Theresa May is running away from questions and callously indifferent to the malign effects of her policies.
Harrods restaurant boss resigns after workers’ successful fight for tips
25 January 2017Workers at the posh department store Harrods in London celebrated another victory this week.
Reports round-up: Harrods feels heat over tips
17 January 2017Restaurant workers at the posh Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, west London, have secured a meeting with management this week.
Slaving over the stoves of the rich... and you don’t even get the tips
03 January 2017The scandalous theft of waiters’ service charges at posh Harrods is just the tip of the iceberg of how bosses make life in the kitchens hell, catering workers told Alistair Farrow
Silver service workers can scupper the supper rush
06 December 2016RMT union members at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool are balloting to strike on 23 December.
Protest demands Leicester union member Kumaran Bose's reinstatement
21 June 2016Supporters of victimised food worker Kumaran Bose protested in Leicester city centre last Saturday to demand his reinstatement.
Reports round-up
14 June 2016Workers At 100 Wood Street corporate offices in the City of London financial district are on all-out strike.
London hotel sacks waiter for trade union activities
08 June 2016ME hotel in London has sacked waiter Robert Czegely for handing out trade union leaflets, what they call “gross misconduct”.
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