Precarity

Amazon's pay raise is a tactical retreat as workers fight back

Corporate exploiters like the Jeff Bezos giant are feeling the heat as workers organise, but its pay announcement should be treated carefully, writes John Clarke
Uber strike: precarious workers fight back

Uber drivers organised a 24 hour strike and rallied at Uber offices against precarious working conditions and unfair pay, Shabbir Lakha reports
Taking control is the way to end the misery of 21st century work - weekly briefing

Organising in the workplace must be central to our reshaping of mainstream politics, argues Lindsey German
We're not going to take it any more - statement from precarious staff at the University of Kent

Following the UCU strike against pension cuts, precarious staff at the University of Kent release a statement demanding no pay cuts for strike action for already poorly paid staff
Theresa’s new deal for workers? Give me a break. A paid one preferably

Do the Tories really want to improve the lot of workers? Don't be silly
If you fight you can win: victory for fractional staff at SOAS
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The success of the SOAS campaign will hopefully inspire other precarious workers across the sector
Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centres

Working the Phones, based on first-hand experience of work in today’s call centres, underlines the need for unionisation and politicisation, argues George Barratt
SOAS and the fight against precarity

Reporting the extent of precarity across the university sector in Britain is welcome but precarious work needs to end now, argues Carrie Benjamin
Defend the Kinsley School cleaners

The small disputes, which appear separate, are coming together to form a movement, argues says John Westmoreland
Labour retromania: Corbyn, Benn and the 1980s

Alex Snowdon welcomes Paul Mason’s latest contribution to the Corbyn debate with a few strategic caveats
Gig economy meets the real world: the Deliveroo strike

Deliveroo workers across London are taking part in strike action, Joe Odell reports from the picket line
The race to the bottom - the secret life of the courier

As Deliveroo drivers take strike action, a cycle courier explains the reality of precarious work
'Management out, cleaners in!' - campaigners step up pressure at SOAS

Bringing cleaners in-house at SOAS university, London, is back on the table after protesters crashed a management meeting, reports SOAS student Clare Birkett
Don't deport Jason! SOAS activist victimised for campaigning for cleaners

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has refused visa sponsorship to an international student because he campaigned for cleaners’ rights
SOAS staff and students demand Justice for Cleaners

SOAS Justice for Cleaners (J4C) re-launched their campaign this year with a series of successful events over the past week - demanding the cleaning staff are brought in-house
Challenging the pay and working conditions of hourly-paid and fractional staff

Staff at Queen Mary’s have launched an anticasualisation campaign demanding pay for all hours worked at London Living Wage and contract uniformity. Isabelle Leach reports

Precarity

Precarity

Amazon's pay raise is a tactical retreat as workers fight back

Corporate exploiters like the Jeff Bezos giant are feeling the heat as workers organise, but its pay announcement should be treated carefully, writes John Clarke

Uber strike: precarious workers fight back

Uber drivers organised a 24 hour strike and rallied at Uber offices against precarious working conditions and unfair pay, Shabbir Lakha reports

Taking control is the way to end the misery of 21st century work - weekly briefing

Organising in the workplace must be central to our reshaping of mainstream politics, argues Lindsey German

We're not going to take it any more - statement from precarious staff at the University of Kent

Following the UCU strike against pension cuts, precarious staff at the University of Kent release a statement demanding no pay cuts for strike action for already poorly paid staff

Theresa’s new deal for workers? Give me a break. A paid one preferably

Do the Tories really want to improve the lot of workers? Don't be silly

If you fight you can win: victory for fractional staff at SOAS

The success of the SOAS campaign will hopefully inspire other precarious workers across the sector

Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centres

Working the Phones, based on first-hand experience of work in today’s call centres, underlines the need for unionisation and politicisation, argues George Barratt

SOAS and the fight against precarity

Reporting the extent of precarity across the university sector in Britain is welcome but precarious work needs to end now, argues Carrie Benjamin

Defend the Kinsley School cleaners

The small disputes, which appear separate, are coming together to form a movement, argues says John Westmoreland

Labour retromania: Corbyn, Benn and the 1980s

Alex Snowdon welcomes Paul Mason’s latest contribution to the Corbyn debate with a few strategic caveats

Gig economy meets the real world: the Deliveroo strike

Deliveroo workers across London are taking part in strike action, Joe Odell reports from the picket line

The race to the bottom - the secret life of the courier

As Deliveroo drivers take strike action, a cycle courier explains the reality of precarious work

'Management out, cleaners in!' - campaigners step up pressure at SOAS

Bringing cleaners in-house at SOAS university, London, is back on the table after protesters crashed a management meeting, reports SOAS student Clare Birkett

Don't deport Jason! SOAS activist victimised for campaigning for cleaners

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has refused visa sponsorship to an international student because he campaigned for cleaners’ rights

SOAS staff and students demand Justice for Cleaners

SOAS Justice for Cleaners (J4C) re-launched their campaign this year with a series of successful events over the past week - demanding the cleaning staff are brought in-house

Challenging the pay and working conditions of hourly-paid and fractional staff

Staff at Queen Mary’s have launched an anticasualisation campaign demanding pay for all hours worked at London Living Wage and contract uniformity. Isabelle Leach reports

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