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FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone’: the food delivery riders living in ‘caravan shantytowns’ in Bristol

Gig economy workers for Deliveroo and Uber Eats in the city are living in appalling conditions, while putting in long hours, earning low pay and facing mental health problems

The Guardian - UK

Staff and bosses at Royal Society of Arts accuse each other of threats and lies in pay row

A labour dispute at the historic charity, one of the most bitter the sector has seen, has spilled into the public sphere

The Guardian - UK

Underpaid and overstretched: Essex yoga instructors ballot to strike over pay

Teachers at Colchester council say they’re paid less than those at other councils despite ‘bending over backwards’ to provide classes

The Guardian - UK

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Be warned: Deliveroo’s victory over its riders shows just how vulnerable British workers are

Why is the UK establishment so much more hostile to gig economy rights than other parts of Europe, asks the sociologist and author Callum Cant

The Guardian - UK

Blow to gig economy workers after UK supreme court rules against collective bargaining rights

Top court says riders were self-employed contractors and do not have a right to collective negotiations on pay and conditions

The Guardian - UK

Deliveroo riders are not employees, Supreme Court rules

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain lost the latest round of its legal fight to represent delivery riders in London.

The Independent UK

Deliveroo wins Supreme Court case against union over employment status of riders

The landmark ruling is 'fundamentally important for the gig economy, not just for Deliveroo'

Evening Standard

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Royal Society of Arts staff vote to strike for first time in its history

Workers reject average 2.5% pay offer as report says leaders’ total packages rose from £359k to £976k

The Guardian - UK

‘Hypocritical’ Royal Society of Arts faces its first strike in 270 years

Union anger after bosses’ pay at arts charity rises 170% while staff are offered just 4%

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of security guards at UCL told to reapply for jobs and face £13,000 pay cut, union says

Up to 40 roles could be axed under new proposals affecting 260 security guards

Evening Standard

Up to 40 security guards at UCL could lose jobs under restructuring

Contractor says many of its staff rely on working 60 hours a week, but could see this reduced to 42 on average

The Guardian - UK

Deliveroo riders paid ‘£2.90 per delivery’ protest outside AGM in London

Riders who work 50 hours a week are calling for better pay and conditions

Evening Standard

Deliveroo riders to challenge board over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs

The takeaway firm has defended 'flexible work, attractive earning opportunities and security' it offers employees

Wales Online

Deliveroo riders to confront bosses over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs

Riders will challenge the company’s board at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

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Manchester Evening News

More workers to join UK's biggest day of strikes on February 1 - the full list of services affected

Security guards will strike alongside teachers, civil servants, and rail workers

The Guardian - UK

Royal Society of Arts staff vote to unionise by overwhelming majority

Six to one ratio for recognising IWGB defies RSA management’s ‘pernicious’ attempt to vilify union

The Guardian - UK

UCL academics criticise use of agency workers to replace striking security staff

University and College Union expresses concern at what it says appear to be intimidatory tactics

Evening Standard

Dozens of University College London security guards on three-day strike

Security guards employed by Bidvest Noonan are demanding £15 an hour

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The Guardian - UK

University College London security staff begin strike over pay

Union representatives claim UCL has tried to thwart the industrial action by hiring agency workers

The Guardian - UK

Security workers at UCL to strike over pay and union recognition

Outsourced staff with Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain want £15 an hour – the rate paid 22 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Royal Society of Arts accused of ‘spite’ by staff member who spoke out on unions

Staff member who spoke to the Observer about drive to get workers to join IWGB union claims she was ‘punished’ by arts charity

The Guardian - UK

‘Not living our values’: Royal Society of Arts accused of hypocrisy on staff union

The body gave an award for unionising workers to the IWGB, which it now refuses to recognise

The Guardian - UK

The world is rightly appalled by the Uber files – the drivers aren’t so surprised

My union has been fighting tooth and nail for the rights of Uber drivers. It feels like the only way to trigger change, says the IWGB’s Alex Marshall

The Guardian - UK

Food delivery drivers fired after ‘cut-price’ GPS app sent them on ‘impossible’ routes

Couriers who deliver for Just Eat were sacked by email and wrongly accused of taking ‘excessive detours’

The Guardian - UK

Deliveroo accused of ‘cynical PR move’ with union deal for couriers

IWGB union says endorsement by GMB means workers still receive below the minimum wage

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