Workers' rights

After CWU loses court appeal over Royal Mail strikes - now start the reballot

Postal workers were waiting to find out the next steps in the battle to defend their jobs and working conditions, as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.

1974 Labour government shows voting left isn't enough

Jeremy Corbyn’s radical manifesto isn’t the first time that Labour has pledged to take on the rich. Charlie Kimber looks at how this played out for the 1974 government

How far do Labour’s plans for workers go?

The Labour Party has unveiled ‘radical measures’ under a new Ministry of Employment Rights. Tomáš Tengely-Evans casts a critical eye over the plans

What is so special about going on strike?

Sadie Robinson looks at what is distinctive about workers striking and why it is an especially powerful form of resistance.

GMB backs off from DPD couriers strike

Delivery firm DPD has used legal threats to push the GMB union away from a strike

Workers face ‘growing epidemic’ of stress at work, says TUC

Excessive workloads and bullying in “toxic” workplaces are part of the problem.

Precarious workers march to bring rights back from dead

30 October 2018
Hundreds of workers and their supporters marched through London

How a general strike in the Isle of Man shook the British state in 1918

10 July 2018
The 1918 Isle of Man general strike showed the power of organised workers, says John Callow

Rise in work-related deaths fuelled by deregulation and bogus self-employment

05 July 2018
Going to work should not be a death sentence. But for an increasing number of people it is.

Truckers in Brazil show the power of workers after strikes humiliate Temer

05 June 2018
A truck drivers’ strike in Brazil has shown how repressive governments can be humbled.

What’s the answer to grim strike stats?

05 June 2018
The strike figures for 2017, released last week, make depressing reading.

Bosses welcome Tories' report into employment rights

07 February 2018
A review that was supposed to improve workers’ rights has instead given approval to insecurity. One union leader said “It’s no good. It won’t work and it isn’t a plan.

Fight the Tories to win workers’ rights

05 February 2018
A new battle over zero hours contracts and other work practices is set to take off

Judge rejects Uber appeal against employment rights

14 November 2017
Uber taxi drivers celebrated the latest legal ruling against the firm last week.

Uber drivers speak out after firm appeals tribunal ruling

03 October 2017
Uber drivers in London spoke to Alistair Farrow about the reality of life working for the controversial firm

London march for workers’ rights brings traffic to a standstill

27 September 2017
Traffic came to a standstill in central London today, Wednesday, as up to 300 people marched through the city at rush hour.

TfL Uber ruling should have gone further

26 September 2017
Transport for London (TfL) has not renewed taxi firm Uber’s licence to operate in London.

Uber workers ready for a renewed fight over ‘gig economy’ rights

01 August 2017
Two workers who brought the landmark employment tribunal case against taxi firm Uber over their bogus self-employment are back in court in September.

Big care firms grab a subsidy from the Tories while workers get paid peanuts

01 August 2017
The Tory government confirmed it will “temporarily suspend” enforcement of minimum wage rules for big care firms last week, following corporate lobbying. And it has potentially handed them a huge subsidy.