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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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Gig economy highlights

  • Social wage / Don’t tell Newham we are all in it together

    The financial and physical inability to isolate or to work safely has led to far worse covid outcomes for the poorest in our society.

    10 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Bringing Kaplan to book: time to get organised in the gig economy

    A reminder that the whole reason for having trade unions is to fight the workers’ corner everywhere.

    21 Feb 2021 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

    What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

    4 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

    Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

    19 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
  • Film and TV / Film review: Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You

    A faithful depiction of the horrors of today’s contract workers, marred by its total pessimism.

    8 Dec 2019 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon

    British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.

    21 Jul 2019 , Birmingham Worker
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strikes spread

    Increasing numbers of workers in the gig economy are fighting for basic rights at work.

    17 Mar 2019 ,
  • Disputes / Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back

    Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.

    23 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Health / Newcross Healthcare: rinsing the public coffers

    The true face of privatisation in our public services, where greed and abuse are rewarded and people come last.

    15 Jan 2019 , Proletarian
  • Society / Meaningful employment is a right for all

    Useful work well done for collective benefit brings personal fulfilment. A society that can't provide such work to its members is not fit for purpose.

    28 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Courier strikes

    As the food delivery industry consolidates itself, the winning companies and putting the screws on drivers to up their profits.

    16 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Dental industry: another ‘self-employed’ scam

    Privatisation has led to massive concentration in dentistry, with employees rebranded as ‘associates’.

    10 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the fast food strikers!

    Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.

    3 Oct 2018 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Gig economy faces legal setbacks

    Curbs being put on fictitious ‘self-employment’.

    9 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / Court victory for workers’ rights

    Supreme court makes landmark ruling against the practice of fake 'self-employment' by which companies strip workers of their rights.

    27 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Disputes / TGI Fridays staff strike over tips ‘redistribution’

    Cut-throat competition in the oversupplied public dining sector is forcing real wages down even as the minimum wage officially goes up.

    21 Jun 2018 ,
  • Disputes / Support the McWorkers: class against class!

    Organisation is a vital weapon in the fight for our rights.

    12 Feb 2018 ,

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Gig economy video

  • Capitalist crisis / The unenviable plight of the self-employed

    Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.

    31 Dec 2020,

Gig economy theory

  • Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

    In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

    19 May 2020, Lalkar

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