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Disputes / Government and council investing heavily to defeat Birmingham bin strike

What is at stake is not merely the future of a few hundred workers, but the question of who should pay for the capitalist crisis.

1 Oct 2025 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / P&O boss admits he couldn’t live on the starvation wage paid to his workers

Toothless select committee hears how CEO agonised over accepting his £183k bonus after summarily dismissing 800 staff.

31 May 2024 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

21 Feb 2021 ,

Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

16 Jun 2020 , Proletarian