
Samworth Brothers workers protest sacking of union activist
Mike Thompson reports Around 100 local trade unionists attended a protest at Samworth Brothers in Melton Mowbray on Sunday 26 June. The protest was called by the bakers union BFAWU over the dismissal of union activist Kumaran Bose by the Tory funding Samworth Brothers. After the government introduction of the ‘living wage’ Samworth Brothers sought […]

US activists join London protest for Fast Food Rights: “we ain’t gonna stop until we get what we want”
Hospitality worker and activist Nilüfer Erdem reports: Rank and file activists from the fight for $15 an hour campaign in the US came to London on 13 January to join a discussion with John Mcdonnell in parliament alongside workers in the UK. Before the meeting in parliament, a loud and theatrical protest took place outside McDonalds […]