BBC is reporting #Uber #Bolt and #AddisonLee drivers affiliated to #IWGB are on #Strike today

This is how trade unions do democracy: we share and learn about our collective power, discuss and vote motions, elect the Committee, and have a jolly good time together!

This year's AGM of the Game Workers is on June 8th, 1 to 3 pm in several locations.

Register here! :ablobfoxbongo:
https://iwgbgameworkers.notion.site/Annual-General-Meeting-2024-c05251098bb84ad2bcfe16ea66f56637

#unions #tradeunions #IWGB #gameworkers #GameDev

#UK: debt advice #charity fires two thirds of staff after they announce #strike, “I am shocked that the charity I joined with such hope had been contorted by #management into something so despicable”

https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/debt-advice-charity-sacks-two-thirds-frontline-staff-after-they-announce-plans-strike

#strikes #RootedFinance #IWGB #union #unions #MunaYassin #retaliation #UnionBusting #exploitation #ClassWar

Desenvolvedores de GTA 6 expressam preocupações sobre o retorno ao trabalho presencial #crunch #gta6 #iwgb #playstation5 #rockstar #sindicatodetrabalhadoresindependentesdagrãbretanha #trabalhopresencial #xboxseriesxs https://alternativanerd.com.br/games/desenvolvedores-de-gta-6-expressam-preocupacoes-sobre-o-retorno-ao-trabalho-presencial

Deliveroo strikes: App encouraged restaurants to call police on workers’ action | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/deliveroo-strikes-police-delivery-workers-riders-drivers-gig-economy-fair-pay/

#Deliveroo
#Strike
#Strikes
#Restaurants
#Restaurant
#IndependentWorkersUnionOfGreatBritain
#IWGB
#WorkersRights
#GigEconomy
#GigEconomyWorkers
#DarkKitchen
#DeliveryOnlyKitchen
#NottingHill
#DeliveryJobUK
#Police
#PoliceAbuseOfPowers

The world can wait for GTA 6. Stop forcing your employees back into the office!

Rockstar wants folks back in the office despite saying otherwise - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/rockstar-wants-folks-back-in-the-office-despite-saying-otherwise/

#GTA6 #IWGB #RockstarGames #Union #WorkFromHome #Gaming #DCA

Collective action works!

Gaming union in UK grow as layoff fears grow in gaming industry - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/gaming-union-in-uk-grow-as-layoff-fears-grow-in-gaming-industry/

#IWGB #Layoffs #UK #Ukie #Unions #GamingNews #DCA

RSA Found to have Wrongly Fired Staffer for Union Organising

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/07/rsa-found-to-have-wrongly-fired-staffer-for-union-organising/

"In 2019, the Royal Society of the Arts awarded the IWGB trade union with a Future of Work Award for making “an impact where traditional unions have struggled” by “placing decision-making power directly in the hands of workers”.

But just four years later, when RSA employees tried to form a branch with that same union, a bitter fight with management ensued".

#Unions #RSA #IWGB #LabourLaw

RSA staff vote overwhelmingly for their first strike action
Staff members at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), have voted to go on strike for the first time in the charity’s 270 year history. 
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/06/rsa-staff-vote-overwhelmingly-for-their-first-strike-action/
#IWGB #RoyalSocietyOfArts #RSA #StrikeAction

UCL guards bring anti-cuts protest to the Provost
The 99% black and brown security workforce are the only ones in the university being targeted with the fire-and-rehire scheme
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/07/04/ucl-guards-bring-anti-cuts-protest-to-the-provost/
#BidvestNoonan #IndependentWorkersUnionOfGreatBritain #IWGB #outsourcing #UCL

Vodafone’s outsourced migrant cleaners storm Oxford Street store to demand sick pay and a liveable wage
Migrant workers who clean Vodafone’s head offices assembled at their flagship Oxford Street store on Saturday for a surprise protest demanding fair pay and proper s
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/03/07/vodafones-outsourced-migrant-cleaners-storm-oxford-street-store-to-demand-sick-pay-and-a-liveable-wage/
#Activism #Cleaners #IWGB #LondonLivingWage #mitie #OxfordSt #Protest #Vodafone

Hey game workers around Surrey, let's hang out! Non-members are very welcome to get to know us, ask us anything and learn how we are transforming the games industry!

#gamedev #worker #union #iwgb #guildford #surrey

#vector #inkscape #krita

IWGB releases report on the hidden cost of living in the gig economy - Canary
#IWGB
#GigEconomy
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#CostOfGreedCrisis

The union said that gig workers "are facing a double blow, not just from the economy but from their bosses"

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/01/03/iwgb-releases-report-on-the-hidden-cost-of-living-in-the-gig-economy/

New survey reveals the hidden cost of living in the gig economy this Christmas – 🏴 Anarchist Federation
#GigEconomy
#IWGB
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#WorkersRights

https://www.anarchistfederation.net/new-survey-reveals-the-hidden-cost-of-living-in-the-gig-economy-this-christmas/

New survey reveals the hidden cost of living in the gig economy this Christmas
20 December 2022: As people across the country struggle with the cost of living crisis this Christmas, a new survey by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) reveals the extent of its triple impact on platform worker
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/12/21/new-survey-reveals-the-hidden-cost-of-living-in-the-gig-economy-this-christmas/
#amazon #CostofLivingCrisis #Deliveroo #gigeconomy #IWGB #Uber

Cleaners end exploitative outsourcing at London Bridge Hospital
Cleaners, catering and housekeeping staff from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have won an end to exploitative outsourcing at the prestigious private London Bridge Hospital, following the launch of a campaign earlier this year.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/11/22/cleaners-end-exploitative-outsourcing-at-london-bridge-hospital/
#HCA #IWGB #londonbridgehospital #outsourcing #Solidarity #whistleblowing

By way of an introduction

I work as a #researcher with interests in #labourprocess, #workersinquiry, #marxism, and #classcomposition. I'm an editor at #historicalmaterialism and #notesfrombelow

I organise with #iwgb, #ucu, and a project for supporting new worker organising #organisenow!

As a side project, I'm also interested in #scifibooks and have written some things for #redfutures

Overworked migrant cleaners at Vodafone launch campaign over pay and sick pay
At the peak of the cost of living crisis, outsourced migrant cleaners from the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) working at Vodafone HQ launch a campaign for fair pay and proper sick pay, following years of chronic overwork and vi
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/07/overworked-migrant-cleaners-at-vodafone-launch-campaign-over-pay-and-sick-pay/
#IWGB #Outsourcedworkers #Vodafone #workersrights

Couriers rally against police harassment after Dalston raids
Crowds turned out in support of the protest in Hackney, London, yesterday which saw couriers call on the Met police to rethink their aggressive overpolicing strategy.

The event took place in the wake of a confrontation on May 14th which saw police run out of Dalston by local people af
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/05/26/couriers-rally-against-police-harassment-after-dalston-raids/
#couriers #Dalston #IWGB #policeharassment

Seit Monaten streiken in Großbritannien die #Rider der #IWGB mit unglaublicher Energie gegen @Deliveroo. Jetzt hat die Gewerkschaft #GMB einen Gefälligkeits-#Tarifvertrag hinter dem Rücken der Fahrer:innen abgeschlossen. Manche nennen sowas eine #Scab-Union...
https://iwgb.org.uk/en/post/deliveroo-gmb/