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Dialling Up Pressure: Better Protection for Call Centre Workers Beyond Mental Health Awareness Week

May 22, 2018by Admin Leave a comment

Guest post by Daniel Morrow   [CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide] As part of the recent Mental Health Awareness Week, Virgin Media – which employs approximately 14,000 call centre staff […]

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Scottish Festivals Ask Staff to Work for Nothing… and to Pay for the Privilege of Being There

July 9, 2017by Admin 5 Comments

The treatment of staff at live music events has come under the spotlight over the past week after 200 bar workers were sent home unpaid following the chaotic last minute […]

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Deliveroo Makes Its Workers Pay £150 For Their Own Uniform

August 12, 2016by Admin 2 Comments

The rapid global expansion of takeaway delivery firm Deliveroo – launched by a former banker in London just three years ago – saw it unveil another £212m in investment last week. Takeaways […]

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WEEKLY WANKER #069: BYRON HAMBURGERS

July 27, 2016by Admin 4 Comments

It was recently reported in London-based Spanish language publication El Iberico that on 4 July, UK gourmet burger chain Byron Hamburgers lured a number of Latin American workers from 15 […]

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WEEKLY WANKER #054: MICHELLE MONE

August 2, 2015by Juan Mac 1 Comment

When I first thought about inducting soon-to-be Lady Mone, I was a tad conflicted.  Isn’t Michelle Mone just an East End girl come good?  A self-made millionaire who’s been a […]

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Student Moans with Sir David Murray: Why student finance shouldn’t be run by private companies

April 10, 2015by Admin 2 Comments

A Guest Post by Red Spex In the most recent UK budget George Osborne announced that a million more public sector jobs would be scrapped… but it’s fine! The private […]

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