Tag: workers

Now is the Time for Worker Power in the Tech Industry
Among the upper echelons of the tech industry there is strong hostility to the idea of organised labour. But the tech sector is too important to cede control of it to capital, and lately there have been more and more reasons why tech workers need to build collective power, writes Wendy Liu.
Climate Change Is Class War – and Fighting It Is a Workers’ Struggle
The climate justice movement is weaker than it should be because workers' struggles weren't embedded within it from the get go, argues Mika Minio-Paluello.
Solidarity at Sea: Could Facebook Help Cruise Workers Fight Back?
Cruise workers experience both some of the worst working conditions and unique barriers to collective organising. Can social media networks help crew members overcome these barriers and provide a starting point for building a movement?
Why ‘Socialist’ Arguments Against Free Movement Don’t Add Up
What actual effect does tightening immigration controls have on the labour market?
#Slaveroo: Deliveroo Drivers Organising in the ‘Gig Economy’
Yesterday hundreds of Deliveroo turned up at the company's London HQ to convey their collective grievances regarding a new pay structure, defying the fragmentation of platform-based labour in the so-called 'gig economy'.
5 Ways Hotel Workers are Leading One of the Most Important Union Struggles in the UK
The London hotel sector is known as the 'Bermuda Triangle' of union organising. There are no collective union agreements in any of the major chains. Impossible to break in? Luckily there are over 1000 hotel workers in the capital fighting to win.
6 Ways to Build a Labour Movement Fit for the 21st Century
Marek Perez considers what it will it take to create an effective labour movement that takes the fight to employers, wins concessions and reverses the tide of defeat.
5 Ways Workplace Documentaries Feed Our Insecurities
In the UK we're watching more TV than ever. In vogue is the 'workplace documentary' which gives us a sneak peak into other people's work lives. We're left with unrealistic expectations of work without drudgery and end up blaming ourselves for not making the most of the 'opportunities' we're presented with.
5 Reasons the Strike in China is Terrifying! (to Transnational Capitalism)
As the unprecedented strikes at footwear factories in China near the two week mark, the 48,000 workers involved seem only to be escalating the activity. The demands for significant wage increases and structural change have resonated with local organizations which have called for global solidarity actions. As it all kicks off at this 'backbone shop', Ashok Kumar considers why it's not just Nike and Adidas who should be afraid.
Workplace Reappropriation: An 8-Point Guide for the Unfulfilled

Reappropriation is when an individual or group reclaims something which rightfully belongs to them without consent. Workplace reappopriation amounts to a worker or group of workers taking back the products of their labour within the workplace. In short, stealing from work. In this guide ‘The Secret Employee’ offers 8 tips on thinking it through, planning […]