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IWW Nottingham relaunch!

Hot on the heels of the recent upsurge in IWW activity in other parts of the UK and Ireland, IWW members in Nottingham are holding a series of events to kick start union activity in the area! The first will…

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Winning at Work – IWW helps cafe worker defeat gross misconduct allegations!

An IWW member in Clydeside IWW who faced false allegations of gross misconduct has been reinstated with no warnings or repercussions, thanks to the timely intervention of IWW reps. Working in a busy cafe in Glasgow City Centre, the member…

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Solidarity with Workers at the Huerta de Peralta!

Workers at the Huerta de Peralta company in the Basque Country who have been on indefinite strike since December 26th as part of an attempt to demand the full readmission of their sacked fellow workers. The Basque trade union LAB…

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A look back at our year as a Union…

What a year 2018 has been for the IWW!  As we reach the end of the year in which we broke the 2000 member barrier, we wanted to spend some time reflecting on what has been a huge year for…

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No Ho Ho! Deliveroo fire hundreds of couriers days before Christmas!

The IWW Couriers Network condemns Deliveroo’s recent spate of mass terminations in cities across the UK leaving at least 100 couriers without work before Christmas. Over the last week a wave of immediate terminations has swept across towns and cities…

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IWW – Solidarity with the Stansted 15

The IWW extends our solidarity to the Stansted 15 (one of whom is a longstanding member of our union) who were found guilty of offences under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act which carry lengthy prison sentences. We are particularly…

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IWW gets the goods for MPH/Amazon couriers!!

IWW gets the goods for MPH/Amazon couriers!!

The London IWW branch were contacted recently by courier drivers who work for MPH England Ltd. in Kent who had their wages withheld by the agency! These drivers have been working as self-employed courier drivers at a local Amazon parcel…

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No Union Busting, No Poverty Pay! Solidarity with the UberEats 5!

On Monday 03/12/2018, five UberEats drivers at the Hanworth McDonalds in London received calls from UberEats telling them their agreements had been cancelled. The reason for this appears to be an incident the previous week when drivers in the area…

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The University Caste System: An IWW Dual-Carders View

Steve Hanson sends a postcard from the frozen caste system of precarious academic labour in the UK I have slowly woken up to the fact that I am in a caste, not a class. I work as a ‘casual’ academic.…

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