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 .
Council Workers
Southampton, 3rd August: city council strike escalates
Film Length: 14:01 ***FULL RESOLUTION VERSION AVAILABLE ON REEL NEWS 29 ** Council workers in Southampton are staging a serious fightback against Tory cuts. Rolling strike action by groups of key workers section by section […]
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
Royal College of Art – pay your workers a living wage!
Film length: 6:22 That’s right – one of the most prestigious art colleges in the country doesn’t pay their outsourced workers the London Living wage. But the workers – inspired by a number of recent […]
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 […]