Campaign news archive - July 2015

Blacklist Expose: Are we Finally Getting Somewhere?

Blacklist Expose: Are we Finally Getting Somewhere? Statement from the Blacklist Support Group regarding the announcement of the terms of reference for the Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing [continue...]

UNITE National day of Action targetting Sports Direct.on Sept 9th

UNITE National day of Action targetting Sports Direct.on Sept 9th The National Committee is urging LRC Groups and members to take part in the UNITE National day of Action targetting Sports Direct.  This will take place on Wednesday September 9th which is the day of Sports Directs Annual General Meeting. This is likely to be in Shirebrook where the company has a distribution centre with a 5,000 strong workforce.  Sports Direct is being targetted because of its business practices. Only 300 or so of its workforce has a full time job and many of these are UNITE members. The rest are agency workers many Polish or other Eastern European workers ununionised and scared to speak out because of the level of corporate bullying. It is more like a work house or labour camp that a work place.UNITE officials who have a great deal of information say this is the worst they have met in terms of working conditions. The company has a six strikes and your out policy and you can get a strike for being off sick or talking too much.  A Polish woman scared of taking time off though due to give birth, had her baby in the toilet when refused permission to leave work.  Workers are constantly in fear of losing their jobs. Channel 4 has shown a documentary on SD but a more hard hitting one is due soon on BBC. [continue...]

The Tories, trade unions and British democracy under threat

The Tories, trade unions and British democracy under threat Letter to the Guardian 18.07.15 [continue...]

The Case against Austerity

The Case against Austerity Government debts and deficits – what’s it all about? [continue...]

Support Gunstone’s Workers

Support Gunstone’s Workers Members of the Bakers Union at Gunstone’s in Dronfield will be taking a further 48 hours of strike action in their long running dispute with the 2 Sisters company over the company’s attempt to deny a pay rise and force workers onto new contracts of employment with worse terms and conditions.  [continue...]

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