Workers rights
The first fruits of Brexit: 48-hr week under attack
48-hour week under attack.
Bangladesh: Pandemic wreaks havoc on hyper-exploited garment workers
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs.
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 bosses at the Hovis factory to employ workers on full […]
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 – at our expense First published by the Revolutionary Socialists […]
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 militant tactics and labour movement solidarity can beat the bosses. […]
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 to unionise took another step forward with thousands joining strikes […]
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 “popular capitalism”, a model of corporate responsibility that not only […]
