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.
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
LSE cleaners strike
Film length: 6:08 Cleaners at the LSE are striking for equality. The outsourced workers, members of the UVW,: have now taken seven days of strike action in support of their demand for the same sick […]
Education
Teachers strike: Birmingham 02.10.13
Film length: 10:46 Over 5,000 angry teachers march in Birmingham as the joint NUT/NASUWT strike shuts down schools across the Midlands, Yorkshire and Eastern regions of England. This isn’t just about pay and pensions; as […]
Catalonia
Barcelona General strike: Massive Midday rally
Film length: 3:46 The general strike in Barcelona against police repression continues to be a huge success. The midday rally called by the militant radical left wing unions responsible for the strike drew so many […]