Inquiry

Around 9.1 million workers in the UK were placed in the government Job Retention Scheme (JRS) with the implementation of “lockdown”. This meant…

We worked in a fruit farm in Kent picking strawberries. It was about 80 acres. The family who ran the business had several…

I am 18 years old and I work at a McDonald’s franchise. I started in summer 2019. Our store is relatively small. During…

I’m a university lecturer at a former polytechnic. My work is made up of three parts: teaching (designing courses, materials, conducting seminars and…

A short interview with a comrade who works nightshift in a supermarket. We will publish parts of these interviews in a pamphlet on…

In November we heard about wildcat actions of Amazon workers in Poland. [1] Comrades in Croydon and Bristol wrote leaflets to circulate the…

I’ve worked in the same call centre now for around 8 years. We deal with emergency home repairs for a big insurance company….

Our fourth interview with NHS workers about their situation during and after the lockdown. https://letsgetrooted.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/lockdown-interviews-nhs-community-midwive/ https://letsgetrooted.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/lockdown-interviews-nhs-worke https://letsgetrooted.wordpress.com/2020/08/31/lockdown-interviews-student-nurse/ PPE I remember at the beginning…

The state relies more and more on the low paid or volunteer work of charities in order to organise care work. This tendency…

We spoke to comrades working for the Royal Mail about their experiences during the lockdown, a postal delivery worker in Central London and…

Our third interview with NHS workers about their situation during and after the lockdown. Where do you work? What does your work and…

We interviewed a waitress about their experience during the lockdown, in a company that has seen strikes in the recent past. For a…