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UNION activists came together on Saturday to share ideas and build capacity to organise precarious and low-paid workers in London.
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) organised the Winning at Work event, which was attended by representatives from Bectu, the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), RMT, Unite and the University & College Union.
The NEF has warned that precarious and low-paid work has boomed in London in recent years, with 117,000 Londoners on zero-hours contracts facing an uncertain and insecure income.
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
