The Dublin McDonald's strike, 1979
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 12 2017 23:19
A post-mortem of the 6 month strike by ITGWU members at Ireland's first two branches of McDonald's in Dublin by the Anarchist Workers Association.
‘It’s only the beginning’: UK McDonald’s staff take historic strike action
Submitted by RosalindR on Sep 3 2017 21:15
Workers at McDonald’s stores in Cambridge (East England) and Crayford (Southern England) are mounting historic strikes on Monday morning. Organised by the BFAWU (Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union), they will be the first ever unionised strikes at a UK McDonald’s.
Coalition representing 350,000 announces May 1st strike
Submitted by Soapy on Mar 23 2017 13:41
Workers will strike on International Worker's Day to protest worsening conditions across the country
Living The Dream after your #penaltyrates got cut
Submitted by With Sober Senses on Mar 23 2017 11:09
Latest episode of the Living the Dream podcast hosted at The Word From Struggle Street - a collaborative anticapitalist blog from Brisbane
School Dinner Discipline: a little bit of solidarity can go a long way
Submitted by Ed on Mar 2 2017 12:01
A dinner lady came to Brighton SolFed when there was nowhere left to go. At the time, they faced a disciplinary hearing for gross misconduct in three days. They had not been paying union membership dues, so they were refused mainstream union representation.
Brighton hospitality worker gets £600 payout after demanding holiday pay for herself and her workmates
Submitted by Ed on Feb 15 2017 11:39
One of the most common problems faced by workers in the hospitality industry is the withdrawal of holiday pay. In an industry dominated by zero-hour contracts, many workers and even employers are unaware of workers' legal right to holiday pay, even when on a zero-hours contract. This was the case for one former waitress at a cafe in the North Laine.
In and Against the Brexit Regime: Notes From a Week of Migrants` Struggles
In the past two months, a right-wing acceleration of political processes took the name of “Brexit”; in parallel, and almost as a counterpart to this, in the past few weeks a different kind of politics emerged from the workplaces and the real-life of refugees struggles. The geography is these struggles is one defined by resistance to the violence of borders, controls, state-sponsored repression and business-oriented racism. Deliveroo, Byron Burgers, Calais, Ventimiglia, and Heathrow: a line connects those names, a new map of struggles materialising the inequality within and beyond Brexit.
Foodora strikes in Italy: the dark side of the sharing economy
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Oct 30 2016 18:07
Couriers for the Foodora food delivery app have been taking strike action, raising more questions about the 'gig economy' and how workers in it can organise.
Hamburgers vs value - Kämpa Tillsammans
Article by 'Marcel' of Swedish communist group 'Kämpa Tillsammans', examining the relationship between informal workplace activity in a hamburger restaurant, and the broader communist movement, with a section at the end co-authored by Marcel and Gillés Dauve.
Brighton Hospitality Workers interview - Vienna Workers' Union
Translation of an interview by the Vienna Workers' Union with Brighton Hospitality Workers, an industrial section of Brighton Solidarity Federation, looking at the struggles they have organised and the lessons which working-class militants can learn from them.
