Posts Tagged: workers

The state of our unions in the UK

Opinion

15.01.2021

Amidst Brexit and COVID-19, our unions are more important than ever in order to fight 'fire and rehire' schemes and eroding worker protections.

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Debenhams workers have been picketing for over 150 days in Dublin

15.09.2020

Debenhams closed the Irish branch during lockdown, but over 150 days later workers are still fighting for their redundancies.

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Facebook Walkouts: Open Letter to IT workers 

18.06.2020

DiEM25's Dublin DSC 1 supports IT workers participating in Facebook walkouts: "Don't quit. Reach out to other workers. Join a union. Organise."

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The Green New Deal for Europe offers a more compassionate future for workers

2.06.2020

This crisis has made many people unemployed and overworked others, and a lack of EU coordination has left nations struggling to cope with the virus.

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SOS! European hospitals are struggling

2.06.2020

Healthcare workers have been warning us about increasing austerity cuts since before COVID-19. Governments must reinvest in public services.

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Essential workers ruffle the feathers of the Amazon empire

22.05.2020

As essential workers maintaining the veneer of normalcy die from COVID-19, whistleblower Chris Smalls leads the charge to hold Amazon bosses ...

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Applause as a form of social distancing

12.05.2020

Far from being a gesture of solidarity with workers, the act of applauding is in reality a form of social distancing from them.

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Amazon whistleblower Chris Smalls on DiEMTV for International Workers Day

30.04.2020

On May Day, we must unite in solidarity with precarious workers everywhere and denounce bad practices in companies like Amazon.

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Uberised workers are on the frontline of the crisis

13.04.2020

'Essential' uberised workers on the frontline are tracked by employers, and exploited for miserable incomes without any social protection.

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