Donya

Interested in labour movements. Comms for the IER. trying to pass the Bar atm ⚖️ (views mine etc)

[Donya @donyaniru]

We often hear about Grunwick & Imperial Typewriters, but there were a number of precursor strikes where working class asians were remarkably successful in winning disputes basically without union support. Here's one (written by me!) https://t.co/1RIyg4gdJl

[Campaign for Trade Union Freedom @ctufevents]

Here's the report of the CTUF/@IERUK fringe joint with
@strike_map sponsored by @Morrishlaw at Durham on the eve of the Miners' Gala - forward to Employment Rights #2 Bill https://t.co/sDUWJCUVYE @M_Star_Online

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

Working Life Podcast looks at the Fair Work Agency, launched earlier this year. Here, Prof. David Whyte warns of mission creep: GLAA's post-2016 Home Office move & expanded coercive powers pushed it toward acting as an arm of immigration enforcement. He says a firewall is needed:

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

The latest episode of Working Life is out now! Great to have Neil Todd of @ThompsonsLaw and Carolyn Jones on to talk about fire and rehire, and where the ERA 2025 ultimately landed after the government's initial pledge to ban the practice outright.

Watch this clip ▶️

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

Millions of workers are still denied rights Parliament intended employees to have.

In a new IER briefing, Lord John Hendy KC proposes a Single Employment Status to extend protections and prevent a race to the bottom - a must read for trade unionists.

https://t.co/PBCWG6Tr23

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

“The absence of a collective agreement means employers unilaterally decide the terms & conditions.”

What are the consequences of leaving out a mechanism for collective bargaining? ? We discuss the ERA negotiating bodies in our latest Working Life episode.
https://t.co/n6ZwZxVefu

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“So much is destroyed, we can’t be bothered.” —Doris Lessing https://t.co/91fetWtrOh

[RJ5000 @RJ5000]

Verso has David Harvey wearing Carhartt and cutting promos over ‘lo-fi hip-hop beats to relax/study to’

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

Domestic Violence Advisors take @SolaceWomensAid charity to Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) over recognition fight.

Advisors at Tower Hamlets Solace commence statutory recognition procedure following backtracking on voluntary recognition: https://t.co/InBEmloEY1

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

.@RockstarGames workers denied interim relief as union busting case goes to Tribunal.

Rockstar could still be found guilty of unfair dismissal when the case goes to trial - says the @IWGBunion.

https://t.co/ac5kgJTGBU

[Tribune @tribunemagazine]

The House of Lords’ repeated delays to the Employment Rights Bill have become a test of how — and for whom — Britain’s democratic institutions function. https://t.co/G93GwGG8eL

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

The Bill returns to the Commons on a single issue: compensation caps for unfair dismissal. But with only 49% of claimants paid awards in full (2013), IER chair Lord Hendy says the real problem runs deeper than the cap.

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

Anatomy of a settler abduction

Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.

@FaizAbuRmeleh reports.

https://t.co/t6tnfo4xSl

[Arise Harrow @AriseHarrow]

Arise Party off to a flying start in its first canvass today. Great turnout despite the weather. The response on the doorstep not a surprise. People are fed up with Labour and conservative, they want councillors who care about their community and who get things done.

[Donya @donyaniru]

Employment Rights Minister, Kate Dearden, only a few weeks ago.

[Institute of Employment Rights @IERUK]

‘Say Sorry, Be Nice!’: Staff at @RockstarGames fired en masse - in a “calculated attack on workers” according to @IWGBunion. The mass firing comes just months ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, predicted to be the biggest game launch in history: https://t.co/eC1hKhm2bl

[Donya @donyaniru]

At some point 'safety' became synonymous with self & cross surveillance. safety is created in well-resourced society + infrastructure (amongst other things). But businesses use legitimate fears that parents, (for e.g), may have by providing crap technofixes (i.e location tracking

[ebonically intelligent papi 🌻 @julianakilrose]

It’s really hard to convince ppl not to give in to surveillance bc it is always first framed as a service that ppl can use with/for each other

What they leave out is the broader infrastructure necessary for that & the other ways itll be used

I want people to care about privacy