Chep Strike, Manchester
Workers at the major makers of pallets, Chep UK, based in Trafford Park, Manchester, went out on indefinite strike from December 17th 2021.
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Workplace
Stuart delivery workers: the struggle continues!
Stuart delivery workers in Sheffield, Chesterfield and Sunderland are participating in what is now the longest ever gig economy strike in the UK.
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Scottish Teachers Overwhelmingly Reject Pay Offer by 98% in EIS Vote
Source: Zero for Conduct Teachers in Scotland have voted overwhelming to reject the latest pay offer from Scotland’s local authorities and the Scottish
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Next Round of Uni Strikes and Bradford and Queen Mary’s Effective Lock-outs
From the eduction workers’ soapbox, Zero for Conduct The next round of strike action at UK Universities starts on Valentine’s Day, with workers
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Exploitation of young workers
An inside view of zero hours contracts for young people A young ACG member investigates… With 3.62 million young people being employed, and
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Brighton pub “forces staff to work with Covid symptoms”
There are plenty of terrible employers out there but the bosses at the Walrus pub in Brighton have set a high bar to
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Pre-Xmas strike at Luton Airport
The front of house staff and drivers who help passengers with mobility issues to board and disembark flights at Luton Airport have had
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Harrods workers: (the threat of) direct action gets the goods!
As restaurant workers at the posh Harrods shop in London (owned by the ludicrously rich Qatari royal family) threatened to go out on
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Cleaners’ Xmas Eve strike action at Facebook!
London cleaners at Facebook, members of CAIWU, have voted to go out on strike on Christmas Eve, with more strikes to follow in
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Further education workers: more news
After ten days of strike action, teaching staff within the Capital City College Group (CCCG) won a one-off £700 pay award, ahead of
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