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 .
Council Workers
Derby Support Staff Dispute: The Whole Story
Film length: 18:16 The full story of Derby teaching assistants epic struggle to stop a 25% pay cut – imposed, incredibly, after an equal pay review of a workforce comprising 94% low paid women workers. […]
Postal Workers
Postal workers strike: fighting to save the oldest postal system in the world
Running Time: 6 mins 33 secs Watch 2 min version on Twitter As the postal workers go into day 7 of their national strike, it’s now clear that they are fighting for the future of […]
Postal Workers
MASSIVE Postal workers rally and march to stop Royal Mail being destroyed
Running Time: 8mins 11 secs *** IMPORTANT – POSTIES DON’T GET ANY STRIKE PAY – PLEASE DONATE TO THE CWU STRIKE FUND AT THIS LINK: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3EVU686A9QKZ6 *** An astonishing 17,500 postal workers – virtually 1 […]