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Discrimination at Whales English: Not on our watch   What would you call it if a language school refused to employ someone on the grounds that they spoke another language fluently, other than English? Discrimination? Racism? Native-speakerism? All of the…

Discrimination in Bournemount update: ELT institutions shirk their responsibility   The TEFL Workers’ Union’s dispute with United World of English in Bournemouth continues. If you don’t know about the case, it revolves around allegations that United World mistreated and discriminated…

IWW solidarity with Goldsmiths tutor fighting for employment rights The London IWW is proud to stand in solidarity with the short course tutors at Goldsmiths University. In recognition of their struggle to secure employment and full employment rights, our union…

Solidarity with family of Adil Belakhdim and SI Cobas: On the morning of 18th June, during a national logistics strike, Adil Belakhdim, coordinator of the local S.I. Cobas union was killed by a truck that broke a picket line in…

The London Branch of the IWW stands with workers at Deliveroo who are organising with the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain). Gig economy work and casualisation are a way of bosses denying workers of their legal rights and…

The recent surge in brewery workers and hospitality staff coming forward about exploitation, poor health & safety, bullying and harassment in the workplace has dominated the headlines recently. Specifically former workers from BrewDog and their Punks With Purpose campaign have…

Say no to disability discrimination in TEFL: The IWW stands with Mike   Mike came to the IWW’s TEFL Workers’ Union after he felt forced to leave his job at United World School of English after 20 years of working…

Solidarity with Palestine and all oppressed peoples of the world The latest escalation of violence in occupied Palestine reflects nothing but the most recent episode in a long-standing project of ethnic cleansing. The displacements, ethnic-cleansing, and acts of terrorism we…

Students are in open rebellion against an exploitative system   Continuing an escalation of direct actions, student rent strikers are currently occupying buildings across four university campuses in the north of England: University of Manchester, Sheffield Hallam, University of Sheffield…