UnionDues: US unions have just suffered a huge defeat. Could it happen here?
Simon Sapper looks at a new measure in California that has set the clock back for gig economy workers.
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Radical roundup: 10 stories that got buried (18th Nov 2020)
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.
The BBC did a puff piece on far-right anti-migrant activists
The article paints a sympathetic picture of vigilantes who take it upon themselves to act as border force.
Radical roundup: 10 stories that got missed
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed so far this week.
Ministers taken to court over gig economy workers being denied ‘basic PPE and health protections’
“The government turned a blind eye as gig economy companies cut corners on health and safety,” the IWGB union says.
Cities are changing forever. What does that mean for low-paid Londoners?
What happens when office workers leave cities en masse?
The BBC and government are failing freelancers
They’ve been dumped on the scrapheap.
New figures reveal devastating disparities in Covid deaths depending on your occupation
Turns out coronavirus does discriminate, after all.
Gig economy fight-back: Union smashes crowdfunding target to take government to court
The IWGB want proper wage protection and sick pay for millions of self-employed workers, amid the coronavirus crisis.
EXCLUSIVE: Leading academics set out how to stop the coronavirus crash becoming a Depression
Dozens of academics call for new social rights to be introduced now to avert an economic catastrophe.