Employment rights bill gutted by bosses’ lobby
The TUC hailed a ‘major boost to workers rights’ that failed to abolish zero-hours contracts, fire and rehire, or deliver full rights from day one.
Bangladesh: Pandemic wreaks havoc on hyper-exploited garment workers
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs.
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Rise Like Lions – the Peterloo Bicentenary
August 16 is the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre in which 18 people were killed and hundreds injured when soldiers attacked an unarmed crowd of 60,000 men, women and children peacefully demonstrating for the right to vote in Manchester.
We don't want the crumbs, we want the bakery
By James Copley A crucial victory was won this month in Wigan, with workers in bakers’ union BFAWU forcing
Zero Tolerance for Zero Hours
KD Tait reports on how the rise in zero hour contracts exposes the bosses’ latest strategy to beat the crisis
Militant tactics deliver results at Hovis
A strike by 220 machine operatives and cleaners at the Hovis factory in Wigan shows that determined action backed by
Retail workers escalate fight for fair pay in the USA
By KD Tait / Saturday 10 August, 2013 Last week retail workers’ campaign for $15 an hour and the right
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John Lewis: “profiting from sweatshops”
Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg were presenting John Lewis as an example of