Unite Hospitality
@FairHospitality
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The union for workers in bars, restaurants, hotels, cafes, casinos & catering. 👇🏼
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24 hours ago, workers at
@virginhotels
were told by senior management that they did not know whether workers would be paid at all
Today after a mass rally & grilling of Directors we now have commitments that every worker will be paid all wages, overtime & tips
Unionising works
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@BrewDog
have written to their workers telling them that they will no longer be paid the *real* living wage from April with the rate being removed for new starts with immediate effect.
We wonder whether this will feature in the new film about the company?
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As Buckingham Palace are forced to change their salary for housekeepers in order to keep them *just* above the minimum wage, we have been sent some horrendous stories of the living conditions sustained by the workers in the country’s richest household…
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***BREAKING NEWS***
Our members at Jamie’s Italian have won their tribunal case against their former employer. The Judge agreed that the company failed to consult workers before they were made redundant and awarded 8 weeks wages to every one of the claimants.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
70% of all workers across 13 bars in Glasgow & Dundee including The Luchador, Bird & Bear, Draffens, The Bull, Fly South and Franks have submitted a shocking collective grievance outlining systemic mistreatment to the owners of MacMerry 300 & Abandon Ship Ltd.
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Solidarity with the workers
@GlasgowShoe
- no one should have to put up with abuse and intimidation like this.
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An absolutely disgraceful decision which will most acutely affect the lowest paid and most vulnerable workers that keep the city’s night-time economy alive in bars, hotels & clubs.
They will now have to chose between 2 hours wages for a taxi or walking home.
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All 26
@unitetheunion
members dismissed without notice at the Croydon Park Hotel have won their case for a Protective Award. The tribunal awarded each of them the maximum 90 days! This is on top of redundancy, notice and accrued holiday already retrieved.
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Our members at
@Pret
deserve the wages they get because they work bloody hard - as do Junior Doctors.
How about we work together as a movement to demand better pay for all workers instead of pitching one group against another
@TheBMA
?
Solidarity to the
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
Full page in
@guardian
today. Let’s spread the word about
#PayRestoration
for Junior Doctors
#DayTwo
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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13th Note workers have WON their Employment Tribunal against the owner of the bar after the iconic venue was closed without notice.
The Judge held that the owner failed to consult with workers at all, awarding maximum compensation to all claimants.
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Abandon Ship Bars (Glasgow, Dundee, London) have announced that from next week they will be paying the *real* living wage of £9.90 per hour.
This would not have happened had workers not collectively stood-up through their union and demanded better.
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Below is a genuine message sent by senior management to workers at Oscar's Bar & Restaurant in Shawlands, Glasgow - threatening to deduct up to a weeks tips for failure to clean a microwave…
This is why Fair Tips legislation is sorely needed.
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Last month, one of our leading reps in Glasgow
@lxurenhh
was sacked (without disciplinary process) by
@stackandstill
because her views “did not align with the company.”
Now the CEO has confirmed what they actually meant by that…
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Katia (not her real name) worked as a housekeeper for the royal household in 2021. She said: “our accommodation was pretty dated & my own room had windows that were painted shut and black mould”.
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Fancy being the Queen’s housekeeper? Only £1.53 *below* the minimum wage…
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£138k in the back pockets of minimum wage hotel workers plus £70k *per month* going forward.
That’s what a union is capable of.
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Violeta (not her real name) said: “the ‘meals’ provided are pre cooked that we had to collect from the canteen at lunch time and had to heat up at our accommodation once we finished work - if there was any food left depending when we got our break.”
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To add insult to injury
@BrewDog
CEO has now sent an email round all staff encouraging them to sign a counter letter dismissing the deeply-held fears of current and former staff. Deplorable stuff from
@BrewDogJames
Please do not sign this letter.
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We’ve been told by senior management at Macmerry that they have closed King of Islington bar in Dundee “for the foreseeable”. This happens to be a venue where we had 100% density Unite membership. This is trade union victimisation pure and simple.
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Our members at the 13th Note wish to issue the following statement on behalf of +90% of the workforce:
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With the removal of the Real Living Wage, our members at
@BrewDog
will struggle to afford to travel to Manchester let alone the Maldives.
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Our members at Bluedog have *won* their unlawful deduction Tribunal case against owners of the well known bar in Glasgow.
The Judge ruled that the owners had failed to pay workers their full furlough during the pandemic and ordered them to be paid over £8,000.
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The owner of
@13thnotecafe
has closed the venue with immediate effect informing workers that they would get a weeks wages.
This is despite Ms Fennessy committing to pausing any redundancy until we met with ACAS today to resolve.
This is trade union intimidation
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Tomorrow, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Allocation of Tips Bill. If it becomes law, it would give workers the legal right to 100% of their tips, fairly distributed to those who earned them, not owners/senior managers. We would urge all Members to support.
#FairTips
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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill has passed its 3rd reading at Westminster. If it becomes law, it will obligate every employer to handover 100% of all tips to the workers who earned them.
This is something we have been lobbying for since 2009.
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Following consultation with ourselves & our members across
#Brewdog
@BCorpUK
@BCorporation
have done the right thing & stripped them of their “ethical” status.
No employer who refuses to engage with the union for its workforce deserves to call itself progressive.
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Glasgow City Council has just passed the
#GetMeHomeSafely
motion
This will benefit thousands of workers by ensuring they have access to safe & free transport home after 11pm.
Special thanks to
@_AnthonyCarroll
@cllrhollybruce
@EunisJassemi
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The area manager for Macmerry has just suspended our leader at Abandon Ship in Glasgow. Refusing to give a reason and escorting him out the building. This is trade union victimisation and will be fought with everything we have.
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We are already working with our
@BrewDog
members across the country to collectively challenge this awful decision and force the senior management of the company to do the right thing by the workers who have made them millions.
If you want to join them, message us.
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🚨 Tonight at 7pm 🚨
An important BBC expose into the treatment of workers across
#Brewdog
featuring leading
@unitetheunion
members and their fight for better conditions across the company.
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A week ago, our members at
@Broadcastgla
(75% of all staff) sent a shocking collective grievance demanding action on an array of issues below. In that time signatories have been removed from the rota and told that they don't have a job anymore. This is trade union victimisation.
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“Our tips are important to us. They are the difference between being able to make ends meet on a low-wage job and not, between being able to afford transport home and not.”
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To the owners of Macmerry. We deserve a union to collectively bargain for a better workplace. We will not stop till we get one.
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As Schultz steps down as CEO of
@starbucks
we’ll be joining our friends
@SBWorkersUnited
on 11th April to send a clear message to new boss Laxman Narasimhan
✅ Union Busting is Disgusting
✅ Barista Organising is here to stay
Join our solidarity event:
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Following negotiations with the owner of Oscar Bar & Kitchen, the following statement has been agreed and will be released by them shortly:
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Following public pressure and solidarity action from workers across the group, Macmerry will be reopening King of Islington and reinstating staff from Wednesday. We shall be seeking compensation and a full apology.
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After a marathon 4+ hours of negotiations with owners, our reps
@BroadcastGLA
have left with firm commitments of immediate action on everything from health and safety to contracts and pay which (if honoured) will make
#Broadcast
one of the venues in Glasgow for its workers.
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The 13th Note was forced to close today because the workers said so.
Without them there is no food, there is no drink, there is no live music.
Without the workers there are no profits.
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Joel (not his real name) worked as a seasonal worker at Buckingham Palace til recently: “the conditions were gross and we were expected to tolerate it. There was a serious vermin problem, mice would run over the dinner tables in the canteen & would come through the floors…”
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Our members at
@CameronHouseLL
have just secured a huge step towards
#FairTips
at one of Scotland’s biggest resorts including:
✅ Fair distribution of £70-80k in service charge *per month*
✅ Backdated gratuities & retained 15% service charge worth £138k+
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Our members in the kitchen of
@13thnotecafe
have been forced to withdraw from work with immediate effect due to a “serious & imminent danger to health & safety” thus invoking s44 of the Employment Rights Act
They will not be returning until the workplace is safe
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Here is the Director of
@freightisland
“excited” to announce the termination of over 100 workers.
Someone needs to tell Dan that he has a legal obligation to transfer over employees to the new employer.
Our members will be fighting this tooth and nail.
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***BREAKING NEWS***
Barworkers win landmark tribunal case against G1 Group.
Our members at the Grosvenor Cafe on Ashton lane have beaten Scotland’s largest hospitality employer G1 at Tribunal on all counts of unfair and wrongful dismissal.
More info as and when we get it.
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We are pleased that
@StandComedyClub
have listened to the legitimate and serious concerns of our members, their workers and acted accordingly.
A statement regarding Joanna Cherry’s participation in The Stand’s Edinburgh Fringe programme, which will no longer go ahead. For more on this, please visit:
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“…in our offices, run over our feet and up our trouser legs. My colleague had to go to hospital because he was bitten by a rat. It was awful!”
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Former hospitality worker
@MiriamBrett
absolutely nailing what is needed not only to prevent the collapse of our industry in the short term but the New Deal that workers need in the long-term. No more poverty pay, no more zero hours.
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In the last hour, Jacqueline Fennessy - owner of
@13thnotecafe
has sent “at risk of redundancy” emails to our members, days after they voted for strike action.
This is trade union intimidation pure and simple and it will not be tolerated.
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Our first and biggest branch
@GlasgowUnite
has just voted unanimously to pre-authorise £10k towards the
@13thnotecafe
strike fund.
This will mean that no striking worker will lose a penny of wages.
Bring it on Jackie. 💅🏼
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In the last hour, Jacqueline Fennessy - owner of
@13thnotecafe
has sent “at risk of redundancy” emails to our members, days after they voted for strike action.
This is trade union intimidation pure and simple and it will not be tolerated.
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🚨Strike Alert🚨
Our members at
@13thnotecafe
have voted overwhelmingly for strike action:
✅ 100% yes vote on a majority turnout
We would urge the employer to negotiate seriously on pay, conditions & recognition to prevent the first official strike of bar workers in 20+ years
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Our member at
@BroadcastGLA
- sacked days after she signed the collective grievance - has been reinstated with immediate effect.
Collective action from workers with public support works.
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@BrewDog
This is rich coming from a company where hundreds of their own workers (past and present) signed an open letter detailing a "culture of fear" with workers demanding an apology for "harassing, assaulting, belittling, insulting or gaslighting them".
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Contracted staff
@Westbeer
have been told that if they want paid over the next 16 days they should take their remaining holidays or receive 8 hours PER WEEK in the warehouse. The company is refusing to re-furlough them under JRS rules. Today, the owner flew-out to the Caribbean.
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Newcastle City Council has become the first council in England to pass our
#GetMeHomeSafely
campaign motion. What this means is that a policy will now be drawn up which makes free taxis home for those working past 11:30pm a requirement for an alcohol license.
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“This sets an important precedent in contradiction to the council lawyers who claim that it would not be possible to make safe & free transport home a requirement for an alcohol licence,”
“We are proving that it can work and that it will benefit thousands of late-night workers.”
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And the award for best picket of the day goes to…
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We’re very excited to unveil our brand new, specially designed (by
@JamieMaxArt
) and hand-sewn banner for the hospitality sector.
It’s first showing will be at the
@The_TUC
#DemandBetter
march this Saturday.
Come join our bloc!
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Merry Christmas to the workers powering through at work today:
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The trade union movement is finally getting behind the inspiring
#newstarterfurlough
campaign. Tens of thousands of workers who fall through the net of
@RishiSunak
flawed scheme deserve justice and they will prevail as a collective.
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The owner of
@13thnotecafe
is refusing to negotiate.
Our members are now voting in a workplace consultative ballot with the following question:
Are you prepared to escalate this dispute & take legal and industrial action if pay, contracts and conditions are not improved?
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Last week, 80% of workers at
@13thnotecafe
lodged a collective grievance detailing a plethora of serious issues including:
😳 Zero hour contracts
😱 Wages as low as £6.83
🤯 12 hour shifts without breaks
The director hasn’t even bothered to respond.
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After a year long fight, our members at Pizza Express have won fair tips across all 470 restaurants.
An enormous win which will benefit thousands of low-paid workers.
Read more here 👉🏻
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Our members at 55 Bar & Grill in Bearsden were told by the owners that the venue was closing but not to worry as a “new venture awaits”.
Pay day arrives & they receive a text message to say that there "wasn't enough money to pay them their wages"
They are owed +£15k. 🧵
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It’s official. In 24 hours hundreds of workers have clubbed together and forced the biggest employer in the industry to reinstate the majority of its workforce. This must be an example across the country of workers fighting back.
#G1fightback
#DownWithTheKing
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Following a collective letter signed by 100% of the workforce,
@StandComedyClub
in Glasgow has become the first workplace and venue to join our
@GlasgowUnite
initiative:
🇵🇸 Serve Solidarity - Boycott Apartheid
What this will mean in practice 👇🏼 🧵
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Bosses at
@TGIFridaysUK
have unilaterally decided to axe staff meals for workers.
A shocking decision at any time never mind during a cost of living crisis. 🧵
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Pleased that the Government have agreed to include all workers TUPE’d since 28th February in the CJRS. Next stop, ensuring all workers who changed jobs after that date don’t lose out
#newstarterfurlough
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When
@jeremycorbyn
commits to being your first visitor you know
@13thNoteWorkers
are onto a good thing ❤️✊🏼💪🏻
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Two of our leaders at the The Ivy Restaurant in Dublin have won their unfair dismissal claims at
@LabourCourt_ie
By unanimous verdict, the Judges held that they had been dismissed *because* of trade union activities.
They have been awarded almost £10k comp.
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Our members at
@theartskl
met with
@jeremycorbyn
to raise concerns about the closure of their workplace and lack of communication from
@GSofA
&
@GSA_StuAssociation
He will be writing to leaders of both organisations to relay those concerns and urge them to meet our members
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Sending private investigators round to your workplace and unwanted messages on social media. The lengths bosses like James Watt will go to, to silence those wanting a better workplace at
#brewdog
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People, punters, grab your coat!
We’ve shut down the 13th Note.
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Now that all workers have been informed, we can now confirm that the owner of
@BroadcastGLA
has agreed to close the venue “until working conditions are improved and the union are satisfied.” All workers will receive their full wage throughout this time.
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.
@Westbeer
have just summarily dismissed one of our leading members for a private tweet calling on them to be more vocal in support of
#BlackLivesMatter
protests on The Green saying it drew “negative attention”. We shall now be lodging an unfair dismissal claim against Noah Beers
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“What's to stop somebody working in a bar being volunteered to be trained by First Bus and, as part of their shift, work for First Bus doing two journeys and the night late services?”
😳😱🤯
The Managing Director of
@FirstinGlasgow
ladies and gentlemen.
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Our members at
@StandComedyClub
have just secured a landmark recognition agreement.
The first of its kind in the sector, the agreement will mean that workers have a direct say in their pay, terms and conditions through their union
@unitetheunion
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At 10am we launched a national petition via
@MegaphoneUK
calling on
@BrewDog
to reverse its decision to abandon the real living wage.
In the time it took us to post about this, 3600 people have supported it. In 24 minutes.
This is going to be massive!
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To give a gauge of how pernicious this employer is, she briefed the press before she even told some of our members (or their union) that their workplace was closing. She is trying to blame her own workers for closing a venue when she denied them the most basic workers rights.
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In less than 24hours, a group of barworkers have just forced Tim Martin to back-track on his refusal to pay staff.
45k workers will now be paid 100% for March and 80% from April.
#CovidFightback
#Wetherspoon
VICTORY FOR WETHERSPOON WORKERS 💪
See our statement following the news that Wetherspoon has U-TURNED following pressure from workers.
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!🎉🎉
#Wetherspoon
#SpoonStrike
#TimMartin
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Yet again
@SixbyNico
have failed to pay their Home X staff their wages on time leaving them without money to pay bills or eat. Remember this before you order your dinner this weekend.
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@BrewDogJames
If your aim isn’t to contradict or contest then why did your “people team” encourage your workers to sign an open letter to discredit the really serious claims?
To add insult to injury
@BrewDog
CEO has now sent an email round all staff encouraging them to sign a counter letter dismissing the deeply-held fears of current and former staff. Deplorable stuff from
@BrewDogJames
Please do not sign this letter.
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From Mike Ashley to Tim Martin, we will remember those bosses who forced us to work and put our health at risk for the sake of their profits. We hope the public will support us.
#wetherspoons
#SportsDirectShame
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Not only have our members at
@virginhotels
won their money but they’re now self-organising to ensure that every single one of them finds employment.
Outstanding.
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Our reps at
@glasgowfilm
have secured a landmark recognition agreement following positive negotiations with senior management.
It will be the first cinema in the country to sign a voluntary recognition agreement with
@unitetheunion
for its Hospo workforce.
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No worker should be made to choose between 2 hours wages for a taxi home or having to walk home after a late night shift.
#GetMeHomeSafely
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Our members at
@13thnotecafe
have been left with no other option but to seriously contemplate industrial action.
They have now been balloted for what would be an historic strike.
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@WESTonTheGreen
@Westbeer
have just sacked another 2 members of staff for insufficient “work-rate & enthusiasm”
When one of our members requested clarity on the reasons for her dismissal the owner said she had been reported as being “surly when walking”.
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The Hospo workers of Glasgow are on fire this week 💅🏼
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@TheBMA
@guardian
Our members at
@Pret
deserve the wages they get because they work bloody hard - as do Junior Doctors.
How about we work together as unions to demand better pay instead of pitching one group of workers against another?
Solidarity to the
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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🚨Important Reminder 🚨
From today, all workers (21+) must be paid (at least) £11.44 per hour.
£8.60 (18-20y/o)
£6.40 (16/17y/o)
While this is nowhere near where it needs to be, it is still the biggest increase (10-21%) to minimum wage in its 25 year history.
A 🧵
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