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IWGB Solidarity Squad welcomes allies to the fight for precarious and frontline workers

Yesterday, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) launched its Solidarity Squad: a network of allies and supporters of its mission to end exploitation and advocate for precarious and migrant workers as trade union leaders. Maritza Castillo Calle,  vice-president (IWGB) said: “The pandemic amplified many existing inequalities and patterns of discrimination so our work,

Wigan’s Royal Mail staff stage wildcat strike action in solidarity with sacked colleague

Workers from the Royal Mail delivery office in Wigan in Greater Manchester today morning have staged a spontaneous industrial action in support of a sacked colleague. The name and the  reason for dismissal of the worker are yet unknown. Employees at the depot in Hallgate abandoned their workplace today morning, after learning that a colleague