workplace activity

Chillers, bullies and Fatsolve - Night-shift drift of a Bakkavor food factory cleaner

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Aug 18 2018 17:49

Over the last four years we spoke to many night-shift cleaners from local food processing plants. Young guys having a spliff after shift, telling us that using the chemicals for cleaning in confined spaces make you think of Syria or other gas attacks. Women workers have less time, as they hurry to get the kids ready for school. From workers at Adelie sandwich plant to LSG Sky Chef airline caterer to Bakkavor ready-meal factory – they all tell us that the time given for cleaning the shop-floor is not enough and that despite their knowledge and responsibility they are paid the lowest possible wage. Read a longer report below…

Bakkavor Factory Newsletter Issue no.4

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jul 24 2018 15:26

The Bakkavor food factories in west London are a prime example of the tension between structural oppression of each individual worker - most of them migrant women workers - and a collective potential of working class power. It ain't always easy, but we continue to work within that tension.

Shut it Down! On The Recent AT&T Strikes

Submitted by Kdog on Jun 13 2018 18:09

A striker writes on what the AT&T strike wave means, and proposes next steps in developing a direct action workers movement in North America.

Brighton Solidarity Federation: the first five months of 2018

Submitted by Fall Back on May 30 2018 22:04

A summary of the activity of Brighton Solfed in the start of 2018, showcasing the cases we've dealt with up to May.

A preliminary summary of an IWW organising effort, winter 2017/18

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on May 18 2018 07:23

In late September 2017 the IWW London branch invited friends and comrades to take part in an organising drive in West London factories and warehouses. We chose half a dozen companies, employing between 100 and 800 mainly migrant workers where there was no trade union present.