Royal Mail subsidiary, eCourier, are classifying most of their couriers as “Independent Contractors” – so that they can unlawfully deny them the basic employment rights of a living wage, sick pay, holidays, pension and union recognition. eCourier have already lost a tribunal brought by the IWGB union where they admitted that one of their bike couriers was a worker – but now the couriers have been forced to take strike action to get them to stop operating iunlawfully. Couriers are having to work up to 80 hours a week for a decent wage in this appalling example of the gig economy – you can help them win by donating to the strike fund at .
Transport
BA cabin crew to strike over poverty pay
Film length: 3:31 BA cabin crew have voted to strike against poverty pay. While British Airways CEO Willie Walsh earns £8.8 MILLION a year and BA have record profits of £1.4 BILLION, mixed fleet crew […]
Transport
“BBC! ITV! Where are you?” BA strikers visit the media
Film length: 2:50 Fed up with the lack of coverage of their strike by the mainstream media, striking BA Mixed Fleet cabin crew protest at the BBC and ITV studios – finishing off at ACAS, […]
Education
6th form strike ballot: vote yes to decent pay!
Running time: 10 min 11 sec Watch 2 min version on Twitter 6th form college staff have just voted in an indicative ballot for strike action in huge numbers. The 85% yes vote on a […]