On 15 March 2024, supporters of RATB protested outside the offices of London resident and DCD Rights’ Head of IT Mickael Behn against his $440m lawsuit targeting cruise ship companies previously involved in tourism to Cuba. Text and photos: RATB After lobbying US politicians, both Democrat and Republican, […]
Workers
Immigrants at sea (2): Developing internationalist trade unionism
It is about organising wherever there are migrant, precarious, low-paid or marginalised workers willing to unite. It is about fighting outsourcing and structural race discrimination, disregard for workers’ rights and mainstream media bias on anti-exploitation struggles. It is about inspiring young people and making trade union history part of British education.
A decade for immigrant and vulnerable workers
Grassroots, independent, bilingual and defending the rights of workers in precarious employment, especially migrants and those suffering from racist outsourcing, the trade union UVW celebrates its 10th anniversary on the 27th of this month and all its members have been invited. Its beginnings were in 2004 when a handful […]
Immigrants at sea in a precarious labour market (1)
In London there are workers of more than 100 nationalities, including native Britons, in precarious conditions. Migrants are always the hardest hit by exploitative working conditions. Lack of interest by Government and some trade unions led to the formation of two independent bilingual trade unions by Latin American workers.
When big trade unions abandon their precarious workers
The global capitalist network is free to move its productive activities between countries and regions in search of profit, but its workers have families and responsibilities and cannot move. The new capitalism has disconnected from or allied with the unions which used to represent the workers. Finding solidarity will require […]