Precarious migrant cleaners lead the fight against outsourcing at London universities
“People told us ending outsourcing was impossible,” says Lenin Escudero. But after 11 years of campaigning, he and other cleaners at SOAS (the School of […]
Labour rights
Toilet cleaners work under poor working conditions
Toilet cleaners in East London are complaining about bad working conditions. Working under the Expanded Public Works Programme, the cleaners, the majority of them women, say they do not get protective gear and sometimes have to buy cleaning materials themselves. Some work without an uniform.
The Chronicle Herald: the chronicle of a long industrial dispute in defence of the press
“The only thing workers have left to fight with to defend the right to put bread on the table for their children, when all other […]
Esther Lynch: “Pitting workers against each other is not a good basis for the future of Europe”
The third round of Britain’s negotiations to exit the European Union, which took place between 28 and 31 August 2017, delivered precious little to reassure […]
A study on the perspectives of direct beneficiaries of EPWP project
Dr Mondli Hlatshwayo recounts some of the findings of a recently completed survey of Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers.
Kenya’s private guards gain security through union organising
Private security guard John Wafula spends his 12-hour work day on the look out for anything that could harm visitors to the Nation Centre building […]
What’s behind mass fainting in Cambodia’s garment factories?
Chhim Saaim, 24, remembers the frightening week when she fainted three times at work. The young woman had moved to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh nearly […]
Cheap labour versus robots, who will sew the clothes of the future?
The t-shirt you are going to buy next month is probably being made at this very moment. It could be that a woman of about […]
Careworkers demand better working conditions
Care workers are classified by their employers as volunteers and not employees. As such, the proposed minimum wage does not cover them. They get paid less than R2,000 a month. If they fall pregnant, women are forced to quit their jobs or take unpaid leave.
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