Duncan Davies Secretary of @UTAW_uk leading todays final panel on Organising & Tech. Giving the background to the development and of UTAW over the past 4 years in the context of what has been happening in the tech industry across the globe. @CWUnews @_joxn
It's iPhone launch day, the busiest day of the year. Comrades, look after the new starters working their first launch, take breaks, go home on time, drink water. If customers shout at you, get your manager to deal with it, if they're not helping, let your union reps know. 🍎✊
Huge layoffs happening in Apple Retail —
“More than 120 people from Apple stores in Puerta del Sol (Madrid), Passeig de Gràcia (Barcelona) and Valencia have been fired”
CWU RESPONSE TO NATIONAL FAR RIGHT RIOTS
As you will know, the past few days has seen acts of violence against Muslim and ethnic minority communities across the country.
The union has now been made aware that at least 40 demonstrations have been planned by far-right groups against mosques and refugee centres this Wednesday (7th August), with more being organised for the coming weekend.
Many of these acts are being committed in the name of the three children horrifically murdered in Southport. To be clear, these violent riots have nothing to do with people in Southport, who are appealing for calm, and the attack there was not committed by a Muslim. The CWU stands in absolute solidarity with the families and community of Southport and our local branches and region have been showing their support to the community in every way possible.
It is the job of trade unionists to deliver for workers and act as pillars of the community in bringing people together. The aims of our union and the labour movement are compromised and weakened if the agenda of race war beats the fight for working-class unity.
As such, we ask all branch committees to contact local mosques, refugee centres and solidarity groups in order to offer our union’s solidarity and support on the ground at a time when they face severe intimidation.
Finally, the need for the whole trade union movement to urgently develop and implement a new anti-racism strategy that reaches every single workplace and community in the UK is greater than ever. The CWU will be taking a lead on this and reporting back to Branches in the coming days and weeks.
Our members at Monzo are forming the *very* Monzo-esque 'Hot Coral Council' as part of their desire to be formally recognised by the company using the ICE process - stay tuned for more updates!
La inestabilidad de horarios, el alto volumen de trabajo, los objetivos inalcanzables, los equipos insuficientes, la falta de conciliación, los elevados ritmos de trabajo, la falta de participación en las decisiones, los bajos salarios, los proceso de promoción laboral injusta..
Llama la atención que a Apple y a su lideres, se preocupen tanto del control del mal llamado absentismo y tan poco de los factores laborales que en gran medida lo explican y cuya solución depende en exclusiva de sus decisiones.
APPLE dejara de complementar las bajas en algunos casos, y lo ha hecho con el visto bueno de CCOO y Fetico. Estar de baja por enfermedad no es absentismo, pero en Apple se cuestiona a las personas que enferman y a su regreso los reúnen en cuartitos, siempre 2 contra 1.