School Dinner Discipline: a little bit of solidarity can go a long way
Tenant vs lettings agency: "We need to come together to improve conditions for everybody"
In summer of 2016, Brighton SolFed was organising with a Leaders tenant who was being evicted from their flat. Following a series of pickets, that dispute ended after an offer of compensation to the tenant. Here, another Leaders tenant from a nearby town, who contacted Brighton SolFed during the summer dispute, tells her story about how she has been mistreated by Leaders, particularly about how they have neglected the property and tried to evict her and her partner by bullying them.
Brighton hospitality worker gets £600 payout after demanding holiday pay for herself and her workmates
One of the most common problems faced by workers in the hospitality industry is the withdrawal of holiday pay. In an industry dominated by zero-hour contracts, many workers and even employers are unaware of workers' legal right to holiday pay, even when on a zero-hours contract. This was the case for one former waitress at a cafe in the North Laine.
Brighton Hospitality Workers interview - Vienna Workers' Union
Translation of an interview by the Vienna Workers' Union with Brighton Hospitality Workers, an industrial section of Brighton Solidarity Federation, looking at the struggles they have organised and the lessons which working-class militants can learn from them.
IWA struggles and victories in 2014
Tackling the UK's “freelance” TEFL scandal
Another win for Brighton hospitality workers
These workers stood up to their exploitative boss and you won't believe what happened next.