Organise! IWA handed in demands to management on Saturday 31st of January and management have since attempted deflection and ignoring the workers demands for collective, face to face negotiation. At the last minute they attempted to ‘deal’ with the employees’ demands through their Grievance Procedure at a meeting that included no employees or members of […]

While many staff will feel grateful to have a return date set in their diaries (albeit provisionally), we should reject the much posited idea of a ‘return to normal’. Accepting such a move lets both government and employers – many of whom have behaved disgracefully in the last twelve months – off the hook. While […]

Good old Sir Jim Ratcliffe telling it like it is: all our problems would simply vanish if only we would get rid of those pesky migrants. According to Sir Jim, if the migrants were to somehow vanish, getting a doctor’s appointment would be simple, the current obscene levels of inequality would disappear overnight, and the […]

We will be holding an open meeting on the 29th of March in London for hospitality workers who want to organise a union in their workplace. We will talk about ways people can organise at work that can actually get results, whether the problem is dodgy contracts, missed breaks, pay, or a wanker boss. We […]

Striking Starbucks baristas are calling on customers in the United States to delete its popular mobile app in solidarity with their fight against the company. Starbucks Workers United, which has been coordinating a strike for almost three months, is vowing to press ahead. “We baristas are still fighting for a fair contract, and this fight […]

The Employment Rights Act 2025 was passed in December 2025. It introduces a number of changes to your employment rights. The changes are being  phased  in from early 2026 through to 2027. Below we set out the timetable for the proposed changes to individual employment rights. However, these will be subject to changes.  Paternity leave […]