What a way to make a living | A former call centre worker
A former temporary employee with an educational charity reports on her time in the customer services call centre.
Race, Gender and Social Reproduction in British Capitalism 1945-78
How can we understand the ways that capitalism comes to be gendered and racialised?
My life of freedom on a zero-hours contract – a reply to Deborah Orr
Guardian columnist Deborah Orr recently portrayed zero-hours contracts as giving a life of ‘freedom’ to ‘be your own boss’. Taking a welcome break from teaching her yoga classes and upholstering retro -hipster furniture, a zero-hour employee and member of Unite Hotel Workers Branch describes the reality of exploitation and insecurity. In response to a statement by Len […]
The First Three Days? The 2016 Nigeria General Strike
A comrade in Nigeria reports: The ninth general strike in Nigeria since 1999 has just been ‘suspended’ by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) after four days. The strike was against the most recent rise in the price of petrol by almost 70% announced by the government. However, this was only the straw that broke the […]
Greenwich teachers: on strike for respect and fighting to win
NUT teachers at John Roan School in Greenwich took strike action on Tuesday, 10 November over their working conditions. In their words, they have “an unsustainable workload alongside excessive monitoring and scrutiny of our work”. A local trade unionist reports from the picket line. “It’s important we take this action as I’ve seen the effects at other […]