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Fighting fire and rehire
Amid a general upsurge in organised workers fighting back, we need to build a specific campaign against this shameful ruling-class tactic, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
British Gas workers outside the headquarters of Centrica in Windsor, Berkshire, last year on the first day of a seven-day strike over new contracts
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
THE notorious tactic of fire and rehire has been a favourite tool used by employers to push the costs of the pandemic onto workers. It is in the headlines constantly, as one employer after another puts a gun to workers’ heads and tells them to take worse pay and worse working conditions or face unemployment.
Bosses of Britain’s biggest companies will have made more money in 2022 in a day than the average British worker will earn in a year. Super-rich shareholders demand their dividend payments — workers and their families are expected to pay the price.
Household names like British Gas, British Airways, Tesco, Clarks and Weetabix are using the disruption of the Covid crisis to threaten workers with the sack in order to drive down their wages and get more work for less pay.
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