UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Censorship and Cover up in Dublin
12-10-2013 10:43
Graham Joe Stalin Cantwell has been exposed. This man is now a film Director in London.UKUncut Legal Aid Roadblock in Cambridge
06-10-2013 17:46
UG#665 - Living In An Age Of Political Paralysis (The World According To Hedges)
05-10-2013 02:58
Conference Demonstration Against NHS Privatisation
30-09-2013 02:20
It was big, it was loud, and it drew people from everywhere between Glasgow and Devon.Swindon radical Bookfair - 21st sept
12-09-2013 18:03
Jobcentre Plus week of action: 5-9 August
29-07-2013 21:00
The Civil Service Rank & File Network is calling for action aimed at Jobcentre Plus in the week of the 5 August.
The government is trying to draw a dividing line between claimants and those in work as it attacks all of us. Nowhere is this more clear than at the Jobcentre, where low waged civil servants are expected to impose sanctions and enforce unpaid work schemes for unemployed people subsisting on benefits.
Rail Disaster in Canada : The law of Profit is the Criminal!
21-07-2013 14:45
The Future Isn’t Working
20-07-2013 13:56
And yet, at the same time, the imperative to work remains universal. Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to participate in workfare schemes in return for their Jobseeker’s Allowance. And with the new Universal Credit system, it is proposed to extend this so-called ‘conditionality’ even further, with mandatory 35 hours a week job searches, monitored remotely by Universal Jobmatch software. Even the unemployed are compelled to ‘work’.
Vanished article - ECC bad employers?
19-07-2013 18:44
I'm curious about what happened to the article that was posted onto BIM a few days ago entitled 'Easton Community Center are bad employers'. It suddenly vanished and now it's not even in the hidden articles section of the site. There's no longer even a link to the same article on the IWW blog where it was originally posted.
Zero-hour contracts!
18-07-2013 14:50
Recent media coverage has highlighted the onset of zero-hour contracts for employing workers in various private and public sectors. This article looks at the economic logic of this under the capitalist mode of production and suggests this is nothing new in the history of that mode.Full article | 2 additions | 7 comments
Violent Arrest in ULU
16-07-2013 16:11
Durham Miners Gala 2013
14-07-2013 11:06
Boycott workfare Brent
12-07-2013 09:44
Picket Sainsburys Homebase Willesden, London NW10Workfare = Slave Labour.
08-07-2013 18:55
An appeal from Newcastle SolFed, though there is nothing stopping you from picketing your local poundland, no need to run down to Newcastle, there's bound to be one of these sweatshops near you. Some photos from Glasgow SolFed HERE;
'Radical Wales' article - the People's Assembly movement and our own
08-07-2013 15:54
An article, in essence, asking autonomists to consider, as and when possible in their local area, to be a part of, what is in effect there's already - from the Zapatistas, to Los Indignados, to those in Greece, Istanbul, Iceland and Brazil - the People's Assembly movement is alive and we could make it something incredible here in the UK.Egypt: Insurrection or Interregnum?
08-07-2013 08:53
The toppling of Morsi by the combined efforts of millions aided by the military have introduced new factors into the volatile situation in Egypt. This article considers a number of them both positive and negative.Fight workfare - Sheffield, Brighton, Glasgow, London and everywhere!
04-07-2013 13:53
Boycott Workfare's national week of action is coming up soon, with events confirmed for Sheffield, Brighton, Glasgow and London, and more on the way.How to Avoid Workfare
02-07-2013 05:45
Know your rights – Work Programme
You do not not have to sign any provider documents!
Find out if your “work experience” is mandatory or not.
Fact: Not all ‘work experience’ on the Work Programme is mandatory.
Fact: The only personal data you need to share with a Work Programme provider (such as A4e) is your referral letter and signing on book – See donotsign.com
Fact: You don’t have to sign any Work Programme provider documents or forms.
Fact: Your CV is personal data and you don’t have to give them a copy to keep.
Fact: A written Mandatory Activity Notification must be given if they want to make anything sanctionable or to keep or see personal info they do not already hold.
Fact: The Job Centre can postpone starting the Work Programme for 90 days if you have a job interview, or are expecting to work soon.
Fact: If you are on another Job Centre scheme, pregnant or a survivor of domestic violence you do not have to do the Work Programme.
See consent.me.uk and donotsign.com for more info on the Work Programme.
An 'Assembly' of Illusions?
30-06-2013 10:14
Did the recent 'Peoples' Assembly offer a realistic way forward or just another chance for the left elite to gain an audience? Was the dominant message based on reality or simply wishful thinking? This article considers the positives and negatives of this recent initiative and suggests avoiding some obvious pitfalls.UG#650 - Fighting Nature To The Last Drop
25-06-2013 16:28
