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Category: Living Wage

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018mbarker2012

Resisting Leicester’s “Dark Factories”

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017mbarker2012

McStriking to Win

June 25, 2017June 25, 2017mbarker2012

The Fight for Workers Rights at Amazon.com

May 20, 2017November 28, 2018mbarker2012

Senseless Death at Work: The Case of Nylacast Engineering

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017mbarker2012

VOTE YES: Collective Bargaining is the “Best Way to Guarantee Fair Pay” to All Workers

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016mbarker2012

A Festive Song for Samworth Brothers: the “National Living Rage”

December 4, 2016December 4, 2016mbarker2012

Planned Meeting With Shadow Cabinet Over Samworth Dispute

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016mbarker2012

Important Support for Kumaran Bose from the Leicester and District Trades Union Council

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016mbarker2012

Ronnie Draper, General Secretary of the Bakers Union, Demands Reinstatement of Unfairly Sacked Worker

June 26, 2016June 26, 2016mbarker2012

How the Fight for Kumaran is Linked to the Fight for Corbyn

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