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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...
15/06/2020

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://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/email-fast-food-ceos-to-say-listen-to-your-workers-black-lives-matter?bucket&sour...
15/06/2020

https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/email-fast-food-ceos-to-say-listen-to-your-workers-black-lives-matter?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1592242482&utm_campaign&utm_source=facebook&share=0f2142ad-8d73-46e8-95ae-92946b11591a&fbclid=IwAR20CzgtPP_kFZq_9IeyFes8sPO6YI3LcOIxXsZb2CpqCuV5iimNPRLrxZo

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...

"Under a profit-oriented system the concentration process of food production and distribution means that there are hardl...
23/03/2020

"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 &…

There’s a ‘common sense’ wisdom that skilled workers in new industries don’t unionise. Old school steel workers do. App-...
18/02/2020

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…

"The phrase zero hour contracts tends to conjure images of precarious workers being exploited by big companies. However,...
04/10/2019

"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 …

03/10/2019
03/10/2019
Abusive bosses gonna get gamed.https://iwgb.org.uk/post/5d959bf8d7099/bafta-award-winning-games-stud
03/10/2019

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.

27/09/2019

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...

27/09/2019

📢 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!

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