Shirking 9 to 5: diary of a reluctant temp An agency worker recalls several years' temping in London, trying to help his co-workers and do as little work as possible.
Reflections on work, legal aid and the welfare state A legal aid worker's analysis of legal aid, and its role in preserving social peace in capitalist society.
Charitable giving An investigation in a national newspaper has found that charitable donations have been in free-fall as the number of donors crumbles due to the credit crunch. The general response has been…
April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out On Thursday April 24 thousands of civil servants, coastguards, council workers, FE lecturers and charity workers will join a national teachers…
Shelter charity workers to strike again Workers at homelessness charity Shelter will be striking on 24 April alongside tens of thousands of other workers against attacks on pay and…
Neither the march nor the money are ours Abahlali baseMjondolo press release in response to media confusion between Abahlali and the World Bank sponsored NGO Slum Dwellers International (SDI), critiquing mainstream development discourse. A press release from SDI is also provided.
Kashmir: Public sector workers continue strike, French NGO MSF threatens strikers. Public sector workers in Kashmir continue strike action to attempt to force the government not to…
No free lunches Following a concerted campaign by charities and volunteers, the Department of Work and Pensions have backed down on an attempt to remove the right of volunteers to be paid for their lunchtime meals.
Make Poverty History closes down, but did it succeed? Last month the campaigning coalition Make Poverty History (MPH) decided to wind itself up. So has…
From state provision to charity sector - the friendly face of privatisation From the Bulgarian education system to the Bolivian water supply, capitalists love nothing more than turning an area of life previously financed by universal taxation into a source of profit.
An anarchist look at the world of the charity mugger 21st century indulgences, chugging and corporate ch ch-ing - one worker's account and analysis of working as a street fundraiser.
