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 bit.ly/courierfund.
France
Paris: High school students strike over education reforms
Film length: 13:18 French, with English subtitles/en français, sous-titré en anglais A lively, militant and peaceful strike by high school students made its presence felt in a very loud demonstration outside the academy rectorate in […]
Council Workers
Education not Deprivation! Derby TAs strike against a 25% pay cut
Film length: 12:40 Teaching assistants and other support staff in Derby have had their pay cut by 25%, incredible after an equal pay review – which means losing £400 a month for this low-paid, predominantly […]
Education
Save Our Sixth Form Colleges!
Film length: 13:34 Sixth Form Colleges are under attack. The latest cuts mean almost a quarter of the funding for sixth form colleges has gone since 2010, and now new Government “Area Reviews” mean colleges […]