Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

Gig economy highlights

Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.

10 Mar 2021 , 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 / Amazon is bad for your health

What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

4 Mar 2020 , Proletarian

Gig economy video

Capitalist crisis / The unenviable plight of the self-employed

Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.

31 Dec 2020,

Gig economy theory

Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

19 May 2020, Lalkar

Gig economy highlights

Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.

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.

Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

Film and TV / Film review: Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You

A faithful depiction of the horrors of today’s contract workers, marred by its total pessimism.

Pay and conditions / GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon

British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.

Disputes / Deliveroo strikes spread

Increasing numbers of workers in the gig economy are fighting for basic rights at work.

Disputes / Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back

Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.

Health / Newcross Healthcare: rinsing the public coffers

The true face of privatisation in our public services, where greed and abuse are rewarded and people come last.

Society / Meaningful employment is a right for all

Useful work well done for collective benefit brings personal fulfilment. A society that can't provide such work to its members is not fit for purpose.

Pay and conditions / Courier strikes

As the food delivery industry consolidates itself, the winning companies and putting the screws on drivers to up their profits.

Industry / Dental industry: another ‘self-employed’ scam

Privatisation has led to massive concentration in dentistry, with employees rebranded as ‘associates’.

Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.

Pay and conditions / Gig economy faces legal setbacks

Curbs being put on fictitious ‘self-employment’.

Pay and conditions / Court victory for workers’ rights

Supreme court makes landmark ruling against the practice of fake 'self-employment' by which companies strip workers of their rights.

Disputes / TGI Fridays staff strike over tips ‘redistribution’

Cut-throat competition in the oversupplied public dining sector is forcing real wages down even as the minimum wage officially goes up.

Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

Organisation is a vital weapon in the fight for our rights.

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Gig economy video

Capitalist crisis / The unenviable plight of the self-employed

Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.

Gig economy theory

Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

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