Royal Mail subsidiary, eCourier, are classifying most of their couriers as “Independent Contractors” – so that they can unlawfully deny them the basic employment rights of a living wage, sick pay, holidays, pension and union recognition. eCourier have already lost a tribunal brought by the IWGB union where they admitted that one of their bike couriers was a worker – but now the couriers have been forced to take strike action to get them to stop operating iunlawfully. Couriers are having to work up to 80 hours a week for a decent wage in this appalling example of the gig economy – you can help them win by donating to the strike fund at .
Education
Forest Hill School Strike
Film length: 4:25 Video report from the strike at Forest Hill School in South London, where 15 teachers are threatened with redundancy from cuts to the wage bill of £1.3 million. This has already […]
Postal Workers
Postal workers strike: fighting to save the oldest postal system in the world
Running Time: 6 mins 33 secs Watch 2 min version on Twitter As the postal workers go into day 7 of their national strike, it’s now clear that they are fighting for the future of […]
Culture Sector
National Gallery Strike – No privatisation, no victimisation!
Film length: 6:00 PCS members at the National Gallery are taking an unprecedented 5 consecutive days strike action this week. Already the only museum in London where staff are not paid the minimum wage, they’ve […]