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After a bit of a break, new Marginal Notes hits the interwebs. Enjoy.
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2020/06/09/support-the-courier-strikers/
Marginal Notes is back! We’re asking for your support for two events this Wednesday, plus some other news… 1. Courier strike: Medical couriers at The Doctors Laboratory are on strike on Wednesday f…
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2020/06/09/support-the-courier-strikers/
Marginal Notes is back! We’re asking for your support for two events this Wednesday, plus some other news… 1. Courier strike: Medical couriers at The Doctors Laboratory are on strike on Wednesday f…
Racism is systemic across our society. And it runs through the global fast food corporations making millions in profit by paying us poverty wages. Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) workers are disproportionately represented in the fast food workforce. In our industry people accept job offers qu...
Lockdown-friendly book launch by our friends at Angry Works. Watch and buy, people - watch and buy
https://www.facebook.com/angryworkersworld/videos/535561113644214/
"Under a profit-oriented system the concentration process of food production and distribution means that there are hardly any margins for error. But it also means that workers have a potentially unified and concentrated power. Instead of wishing us back into a situation of artisan producers and petty shop-owners we should organise for workers’ takeover and control."
https://angryworkersworld.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/empty-supermarkets-the-food-supply-chain-from-a-workers-perspective/
Everyone is complaining about empty supermarket shelves. Lots of people are now asking themselves how they get filled in the first place. But hoarding and panic buying is a relatively minor issue &…
Current and former employees call cinema chain ‘irresponsible’ as it lays off staff following coronavirus shutdown
There’s a ‘common sense’ wisdom that skilled workers in new industries don’t unionise. Old school steel workers do. App-driven couriers, like at Deliveroo or Uber Eats, do. But the people who produce the apps that drive them … well, that’s a different story.
Except it isn’t. The Tech Worker’s Coalition, whose focus is on organising white-collar workers in this sector, is getting busy in the UK doing just that.
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2020/02/18/code-monkeys-get-militant/
There’s a ‘common sense’ wisdom that skilled workers in new industries don’t unionise. Old school steel workers do. App-driven couriers, like at Deliveroo or Uber Eats, do. But the people who produ…
Bit of a departure in the latest Marginal notes article - unionising WWE wrestlers.
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2019/10/08/surviving-series-uk-wrestling-labour-movement-is-undertaking-the-mammoth-fight-for-workers-rights/
The indie-dominated UK wrestling scene, full of regional promotions across the country, has become fertile ground for a group that could be the harbinger of a long-overdue labour movement. We The I…
"The phrase zero hour contracts tends to conjure images of precarious workers being exploited by big companies. However, these contracts are used in a vast number of industries and at different scales. There exists a completely unrepresented workforce that is employed with no physical contract, no proof of employment, and every aspect of their working day conducted strictly off the books."
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2019/10/04/off-the-books-and-out-of-luck-the-reality-of-undocumented-work-in-britain-today/
By Vivak Soni The phrase zero hour contracts tends to conjure images of precarious workers being exploited by big companies. However, these contracts are used in a vast number of industries and at …
Abusive bosses gonna get gamed.
https://iwgb.org.uk/post/5d959bf8d7099/bafta-award-winning-games-stud
3 October: The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is to take legal action and launch a campaign against BAFTA award-winning mobile games and design studio Ustwo over the victimisation of a leading trade union activist.
https://unherd.com/2019/09/the-exploited-underclass-is-revolting/
Gig economy workers are starting a revolution
Our latest, on the simmering dispute at Bakkavor
https://marginalnotes.home.blog/2019/09/29/a-quid-an-hour-more-support-bakkavor-workers/
GMB members at Bakkavor food factory in Park Royal, west London, are campaigning for a £1 per hour increase for all grades. This is the first time that this workforce has been asked to take i…
26 Sept: Couriers employed by Royal Mail's same day delivery subsidiary eCourier and organised by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action (over 90% yes vote), after the company refused to grant them basic employment rights and a livi...
📢 UH-OH, it looks like eCouriers are ready to strike!
🔜 Strike dates will be announced soon!
✊ Support the workers by donating to their strike fund: http://Bit.ly/2M1X0Tn
💳 Time for a real & for all couriers, NOW!
A pilots’ strike at BA has captured media attention, but below the radar there’s evidence of a modest revival of working class combativeness.
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