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Statement regarding Promise Training Centre

As part of our campaign against Promise Training Centre (“PTC”), IWW published the personal phone number of Mr Hersi-Hashi, one of its senior managers and encouraged our members to call this number in order to complain about the status of…

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Redundancy and company closure: Getting what you’re owed!

If your employer is going into administration you may have the right to receive redundancy pay from the Government. More info about how and what you can claim.

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Kaplan staff say: The pay cut must go!

Teachers and staff at Kaplan, as in most of the rest of the English teaching industry, are facing deep redundancies across the company.  What makes Kaplan different is that alongside the redundancies, the company is demanding their workforce accept a…

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Self-isolating: Know your rights

With the government’s generally bungled response to the COVID crisis, it’s important that where we do have rights – and our employers have obligations – to ensure we do everything we can to keep ourselves, our workmates, and our families…

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Ben Fletcher, Wobbly Organiser

Andrea Gilbert, IWW BAME officer In the early twentieth century, the majority of US unions excluded Black and Asian workers. The IWW welcomed Black and Asian workers warmly with an emphasis on class solidarity with their motto “An injury to…

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BAME Officer’s Take-over for Black History Month

Andrea Gilbert, IWW BAME officer Hi Everyone, I am delighted to be elected the BAME Officer for the IWW. I chose to stand for the role because I noticed there was nowhere for BAME members to self organise. I am…

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Sunak’s Job Support Scheme is Not Enough – Opinion

Rishi Sunak's 'Job Support Scheme' is woefully inadequate. It forces us back to work during a winter-time pandemic and expands the pay cut we faced on furlough. For the poorest workers this scheme offers no 'support' whatsoever.

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Kaplan: Where ten years’ service counts as zero

    It’s been a tough year for workers in the TEFL industry.   In an industry without a history unionisation or external regulation, it’s no surprise that language schools have unapologetically taken out the cost of the crisis on…

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IWW TEFL Workers’ Union COVID Roundup

    COVID has seen a large influx of members to and activity within the union.  We’ve of course continued the work of the union: media, social media, outreach, training up new union reps, solidarity with other unions and social…

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