With Covid-19 declared a ‘major incident’ in London, precarious workers are still being compelled to provide cleaning and security services in …
Precarious workers demand campus shutdown and furlough with COVID-19 declared ‘Major Incident’ in London
Tag: IWGB
Outsourced University of Greenwich workers vote to strike for equality
The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Universities of London Branch voted for industrial action at the University of Greenwich t…
Deliveroo and Uber riders in Sheffield strike for a living wage and due process
Members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Couriers & Logistics Branch in Sheffield are going on strike today against …
IWGB: Landmark legal victory opens door to worker rights for UK foster carers
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has won a landmark ruling that will open the doors for employment rights for foster care work…
IWGB wins worker status and rights for ‘gig economy’ CitySprint couriers once and for all
The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has claimed victory over CitySprint, having dragged the company back to an employment …
Minicab drivers to block Tower Bridge to protest “tax on the poor” congestion charge
Minicab drivers are expected to block London Tower Bridge with their cars in protest against an increase in the congestion charge to £15 per day f…
IWGB fights discriminatory minicab congestion charge at Court of Appeal
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is taking a legal battle against Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s decision to introduce a c…
IWGB and Uber drivers file legal challenge against UK government
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and two Uber drivers have filed a legal challenge with the High Court against the UK governme…
Lecturers and cleaners stand together as 1,000 picket UCL
Up to 1,000 members of academics union UCU and base union IWGB and their supporters walked the pickets today as part of the first-ever joint strike…
UCL outsourcing dispute: Are you listening now, provost?
Our man on the ground reports on yesterday’s rowdy IWGB union pickets at University College London (UCL) against outsourcing and for pay pari…
Deliveroo shames itself again amid work strife
The food delivery firm, which has run into some serious grassroots union organising in recent years, is trying divide and rule tactics against stri…
Unions hit targets across London in co-ordinated strikes
Hundreds of mostly migrant workers were involved in the actions, which saw The IWGB and UVW unions lead walkouts and rallies alongside RMT and PCS.
University workers announce biggest ever outsourced workers strike in UK higher education
University of London workers organised by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) are to hold the biggest-ever strike of outsourc…
Hundreds to protest against outsourcing at University of London
Hundreds of people are expected to protest today at the University of London’s Senate House demanding an end to outsourcing of Uni’s esse…
Amid TUC decline, Britain’s radical unions grow
The Trades Union Congress is facing a decline in membership that many within the organisation are recognising as a crisis.
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