Workplace liberties are endangered by our peeping employers
Workplace surveillance is becoming increasingly common in an age of technology. At my workplace, this fear was confirmed…
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Sharon Graham is right, trade unions can no longer organise within borders only
The shock result of Sharon Graham winning the General Secretary position of Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union, had…
How the changing nature of work has led to social anxiety- The Dignity of Labour by Jon Cruddas, review
Questions about the future of work in Britain are inherently tied to our economic past and present. The…
The urgency to attract a new generation of trade unionists
The decline in fortunes of left-wing parties across Europe has partly been due to a loss of support…
A Preston Model for Organised Labour
During the Cameron government, Preston’s Labour-run City Council responded to cuts to local authority budgets with an interlocking…
Swedish unions and employers retrain laid-off workers together – and it works fantastically
In Britain there are not always too many obvious incentives to joining a trade union. Unless you work…
Corporations love minorities – unless we try to unionise
The assumption that history is simply a natural stride to progress is an intellectually lazy and factually misguided…
The battle for workers’ rights in Bangladesh
The garment industry in Bangladesh is one of the most notable spots of workplace oppression and absence of…
America needs more union apprenticeships – not just university graduates
“Go to university, get a degree and use that degree to get a job” is the mantra drilled…
Organizing of the self-employed in the Dutch construction sector: ambiguity between employee and entrepreneur
Self-employed workers are often, but not always, entrepreneurs in a legal sense. This means that they have a…