Tag Archives: workplace
Immigration changes attack on workers
The goalposts have changed, yet again, for non-EU nationals working in the UK as the Tories start fulfilment of their promise for immigration restrictions. On 23 November Theresa May, Home Secretary, announced the first wave of immigration cuts. Despite the media coverage – particularly in the business press – of the new restrictions the government [...]
One death too many
New report exposes poor conditions at the Olympics site that led to the first fatality The death of a worker on the massive Olympics 2012 construction site in East London forms the backbone of a new and damming report by Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union members, some of whom work on the site, [...]
Return of Terrace Politics
Steelworkers protest applauded by fans at Middlesbrough As Gordon Brown declares class war on David Cameron from the hallowed turf of the House of Commons members bar via his middle-class PR machine, football stadiums are becoming the new battleground for expressing genuine class anger and dissent. Workers from the giant Corus steelworks factory on Teesside, [...]
The struggle is one and the same
Is the return of workplace militancy a cue for anarchists to engage more fruitfully with the working class? Freedom takes a look at the most recent and ongoing industrial disputes and wonders whether, with the New labour government on the point of collapse, the recession still very much in evidence and the global economic climate [...]
High court backs blacklisted worker
Construction worker cleared of being a “terrorist threat” in long running protest against blacklisting The High Court rejected a bid from Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to silence an ex-employee and prevent him from picketing a power station, owned by SSE, where he was employed under contract before being made redundant within weeks of starting [...]
Panama Port Workers on Hunger Strike
Four port workers who were sacked for attempting to create two independent unions are on hunger strike in the Panamanian port of Balboa. The workers, who are staging their protest at the entrance of the port, are part of a group of 70 workers who were dismissed by their employers Panama Ports – a subsidiary [...]
Vestas Occupation Ends
Workers defiant to the end despite factory closure Workers at the Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight finally ended their occupation after the court issued a possession order granting bailiffs the right to enter the building and evict the occupiers. The nineteen-day occupation, originally by nine Vestas workers, was in protest at the Danish [...]
