Cleaners and UVW members at Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea yesterday received confirmation that from 1 October their wages will increase by 16%. The inflation-busting pay rise is the culmination of a campaign launched by the cleaners, all of whom are Bolivian migrants, for dignity, respect and a voice at work. Juan, one of the
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Lawyers launch High Court challenge to anti-trespass law
Below, Freedom reproduces the lawyers’ statement on the High Court challenge from Travellers Times. In November 2019, the Home Office launched a consultation entitled ‘Strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments’ with one goal being to seek out viewpoints on ‘broadening the existing categories of criminal trespass’. Following the consultation, on 8 March 2021 the
Legal challenge against energy cap
Below Freedom reproduce a statement from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). Good Law Project, (GLP) Fuel Poverty Action and the Highlands and Islands Affordable Homes Warmth Group have announced they are planning to sue the energy regulator Ofgem, over its failure to mitigate the impact of rising energy bills on consumers. Naturally DPAC have also
10 years of S144
10 years ago the government criminalised squatting in residential property, taking away the ability to make use of empty property best designed for living. This was done sneakily by adding it on to a bill already most of the way through parliament, and which was otherwise attacking legal aid and increasing punishments for the poor.
Let Anarchy Soar Perfect Okupas: 10 years of LASPO
Let anarchy soar Perfect okupas Love all scum, piss off Landowning arseholes: Sitex property opened! Lone ape sleep park, or, Leech a sick pink orc? Let’s all squat! Proudly organise Liberate, and shout: Police out! Landlords – attack! Squat punks oi! –The Tao of Squatting I keep having a weird experience. I have to clean
Backing the briefs
So the first all out strike of the fuel/ inflation crisis is The Barristers! Specifically Criminal Barristers who do legal aid work. They are technically self employed but rely on payments from the government to represent defendants with low income (or whose assets are currently held in trust by other members of the gang residing
Private hire drivers oppose discriminatory English language test policy from Transport for London
Private hire drivers from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) are condemning the Transport for London (TfL) policy that requires workers to pass two English language tests to be allowed to work in London. The two tests, the first speaking and listening and the second reading and writing, were brought in in October
The Lunatics Are Back In Town: Bringing Mad Pride Back
On July 14th this year, something crazy will be happening. Every lunatic in London will be taking to the streets in Parliament Square to scream and shout Mad Pride and show the world we will not be silenced on the margins anymore. We’re here, we’re insane, and we’re ready to burn down the system! This
London: Hundreds of Uber drivers rally to protest the company’s failure to protect workers from the cost of living crisis
On Wednesday, about 400 Uber drivers attended a protest and rally outside of the company’s London offices in Aldgate. The protest was part of a 24-hour national strike for Uber drivers organised by The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) that took place all day yesterday. Uber drivers are facing an unprecedented cost of living
Elbit have left the building: Palestine Action permanently closes down the company’s London HQ
In the same week that two Palestine Activists were released from prison after a month on remand in Eastwood Park prison and HMP Bristol respectively, Palestine Action successfully and permanently closed down the HQ of Elbit in central London. May of this year saw an increased effort on the part of the direct-action group, to