Workers' rights
Letters—The lack of Covid-19 testing is yet another Tory disaster
Cambridge university recently announced that it will be providing free weekly Covid-19 tests to all students living in college accommodation.
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.
International round up: Israeli army attacks Gaza
Israeli tanks shelled the Gaza Strip last Sunday as part of a continuing assault on the besieged Palestinian enclave.
NHS workers protest over pay insult
Health workers rally against the Tory pay insult in towns and cities across Britain.
Protests to stuff Tories’ NHS pay insult
Health workers across Britain planned a series of workplace rallies and demonstrations for pay justice this week.
Bosses axe thousands more jobs
The jobs massacre continues across Britain, as does an almost total lack of response from union leaders.
Workplace outbreaks underline continued risk posed by Covid-19
18 August 2020The government has not conquered coronavirus, and its failed policies are increasing the risk of a deadly second wave.
Workers face a jobs massacre - and the worst is still ahead
18 August 2020Britain is heading for unemployment levels “not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s”, a think tank has warned. It comes after the economy officially entered a recession.
Sunak’s savage pension attack will snatch tens of thousands of pounds from workers
22 July 2020More than ten million people with pensions linked to their final salary face losing tens of thousands of pounds.
Black Lives strike hits 160 cities across US
21 July 2020Workers’ action on Monday showed the anger at racism and poor conditions, says Sophie Squire
Soaring numbers are out of work - we need resistance to the jobs slaughter
16 July 2020The number of people out of work in Britain has soared by nearly 650,000, according to new figures. The figure does not include the estimated 9.4 million jobs that have been furloughed on the government’s “job retention” scheme.
Billions for bosses—job losses for us
11 July 2020Vast bailouts are being gifted to the bosses to boost the economy. But this won’t stop businesses from cutting jobs and the wages of workers
Out of work and out of money - how lives are being torn apart by profit system
22 June 2020Workers are being pushed to make big sacrifices during the lockdown—but things could get much worse as unemployment bites. Tomáš Tengely-Evans spoke to some of those affected, and argues that the crisis shows why we need a different system
Workers bring more than just numbers to protests
05 June 2020Organised workers make up a unique group with the power to paralyse the system, says Sarah Bates
Workers rush into trade unions to fight profit-hungry bosses
28 May 2020There’s good news—the number of British workers in trade union members rose last year by 91,000 to 6.44 million.
Workers say Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme changes leave them poor and at risk
13 May 2020Workers fear they will be made to pay the price after Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak announced changes to the job retention scheme on Tuesday.
The battle is on - we can refuse to work
12 May 2020It is possible to refuse to go back to work. Teachers in the NEU union have said it clearest. They’ve laid out five tests that have to be met before they can agree it’s safe to open schools.
Medway TUC organises action to support suspended bin workers
06 May 2020Medway trades union council organised a drive-by this week to show solidarity with eight suspended bin workers.
Day of action called for no return to unsafe workplaces
03 May 2020On 7 May the government will have to decide its next phase of lockdown plans
Workers thrown on the scrapheap at Taco Bell store
03 May 2020A millionaire fast food boss sacked all his workers at a site in Great Yarmouth just as the lockdown began
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- Students locked in at universities as system profits
- Asylum seeker granted limited leave to stay but says the fight isn't over
- Handling of the virus has made mental distress worse
- The Tories’ jobs scheme—patching up a failing jobs market
- Anger on the streets after killers of Breonna Taylor not charged for her death
- Sunak gives bosses another bailout while workers still face job and pay cuts
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