Climate change, tax evasion, precarious work – the EU has become a lot more progressive since 2016
Dutch trade unionist and MEP Agnes Jongerius argues the EU has improved
workers rights
2018 was the year video game workers finally stood up against their bosses
The people who make video games are fed up of being exploited
Theresa May’s deal? It’s a blindfold Brexit
The PM might try and sell her final deal to businesses, workers and MPs, but what she is promising to deliver is a series of vague promises and nothing concrete. Tony Burke writes.
This gig-economy giant is being taken to the High Court on possible human rights breaches
This food delivery app may bring chicken katsu to your door in 20 minutes, but its couriers can’t join a union. A judicial review may change that.
How councils are starting to tackle dire work conditions in the care sector
Carers face poverty wages, precarious employment and isolation, limiting their ability to help vulnerable people.
Precarious workers to stage Halloween protest during Uber’s court appeal
At the last of Uber’s employment rights dispute hearing, workers with the IWGB are hoping to finally teach their “bloodsucking bosses” a lesson.
How the new Mexican president is restoring workers’ rights – and taking on corrupt unions
President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making some much-needed changes to Mexico’s broken employment laws, Unite’s Tony Burke reports.
Supreme Court dismissal of Pimlico Plumbers’ appeal offers hope – but little and late
Workers are celebrating a Supreme Court decision to grant Pimlico Plumbers’ “self-employed” full workers rights. But there’s still much do be done, writes Asad Rehman.
A People’s Vote will fight a Brexit turning back the clock on women’s rights
In the second of a three-part article series written by For Our Future’s Sake campaigners, Emily Andrew argues that Brexit is fundamentally sexist.
EU Amazon workers are winning the fight against exploitation. Could the UK be next?
Amazon Italy has finally agreed to work with unions, Spanish fulfilment centres are on strike, and German workers have erupted in protest. Amazon.co.uk is next on the line.