On 26 May, workers and trade unions around the world led a day of action targeting corporate giant Amazon. The UNI Global Union and Progressive International co-convened this ‘Make Amazon Pay’ campaign. The fight between […]
Category: Workers’ Resistance
Dock workers in South Africa take a stand by refusing to offload Israeli ship’s cargo
Dock workers in the South African city of Durban are currently supporting the boycott of Israel’s apartheid state. An Israeli ship docked there on Wednesday 19 May, and in a press release the workers said […]
Direct action shuts down operations at Israel-linked arms factory in Leicester
On 19 May, direct-action network Palestine Action occupied an arms factory in Leicester for the first time. This belonged to UAV Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems. The latter is Israel’s biggest private arms […]
Palestine goes on general strike, in a historic moment of unity
Palestinians united on 18 May for a general strike against the brutal bombing of Gaza and the ongoing Israeli occupation. This was reportedly the “first time in decades” there’s been such a large strike among […]
Kicking out the IMF: Bolivia recovers and learns after defeating Western-backed coup regime
Phoenix Media Co-op asked Ollie Vargas of Bolivia’s union-owned Kawsachun News about how Bolivia is recovering and learning after defeating the 2019-2020 coup regime. He emphasised the importance of quickly closing accounts with the neoliberal International Monetary Fund (IMF). […]
The mass movement that was central to the defeat of Bolivia’s right-wing coup regime
Phoenix Media Co-op asked Ollie Vargas of Bolivia’s union-owned Kawsachun News about the lessons that Bolivians and non-Bolivians can learn from the country’s defeat of the coup regime that ruled the country between 2019 and […]
Colombian activist explains the country’s current ‘humanitarian emergency’
Colombia is currently going through a human rights crisis. In recent days, the state has brutally repressed protests, resulting in dozens of deaths. Phoenix Media Co-op spoke to a Colombian teacher and activist to find […]
As the #KilltheBill campaign gathers national momentum, we need to stay connected to our streets and neighbourhoods
On Saturday 1 May, thousands of people demonstrated against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) in at least 39 cities across the UK. The national day of action against the PCSCB was the […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to be the largest free-trade area ever established. It encompasses 54 out of 55 African countries and over 1.2 billion people. But will it actually boost […]
May Day, May Day, May Day! Moves to Kill the Bill grow louder and stronger.
Calls have gone out around the UK for the latest Kill the Bill (KTB) demonstrations on Saturday 1 May. This is also a longstanding international day of solidarity for unions and workers. So around the […]
Campaign events aim to champion workers’ rights in the fight against sweatshops
No Sweat is a UK “grassroots anti-sweatshop campaign & wholesale supplier of ethical T-shirts”. And ahead of a series of events in the coming days, Phoenix Media Co-op got in touch to find out more. […]
36 union leaders jointly condemn UK government’s racism report
On 18 April, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) published an open letter. 36 union leaders sent this to Boris Johnson. It served as a joint condemnation of the government’s recent racism report – the Commission […]
Deliveroo workers strike to demand safety and basic rights
On 7 April, workers from food delivery service Deliveroo took to UK streets in protest. They went on strike to demand greater safety measures and basic working rights. Members of the grassroots Independent Workers’ Union […]
Zero-hours contracts
What are zero-hours contracts? And what are the realities facing workers on ZHCs in the UK? The Charted Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) says a zero-hours contract (ZHC) is “unlike a traditional contract of […]
