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Sacked Bristol Uni temp workers to get coronavirus support after backlash
The university had been criticised for its decision to not enroll 84 temporary staff on the Government Job Retention Scheme. But staff are concerned that the move falls short of full protection.
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Calls for Bristol Uni to U-turn on coronavirus sacking of 84 temp workers
Laid-off casual and temporary workers are calling on the University of Bristol to retain them on government job retention programme
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‘Workers are turning to each other. We can beat coronavirus, weak rights and unscrupulous bosses’
Amid worries about pay and new confusion about if people should be working or not during the new lockdown, workers are organising in new ways, writes Stuart Melvin.
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‘The government threw us under the bus’: How Bristol food businesses are working to survive coronavirus
Small businesses, especially in hospitality, face bankruptcy as Bristol goes into self isolation, but some are finding innovative ways to respond to the crisis.
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Watch: Deliveroo Orders Rejected – a short documentary
The gig economy is getting bigger. But some workers are getting organised. In 2018, Bristol workers joined in.
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Bristol Cable members set the news agenda – BBC air Lopresti slavery investigation
BBC Points West helped us tell the story of how ice cream and property boss Salvatore Lopresti kept men in slave-like conditions.
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Fighting fires and austerity
Catching up with the union that fights for the rights of those who fight fires.
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Fighting the gig economy – of academics not students
Lots of Bristol University staff are highly educated, but casually employed. Bristol UCU is campaigning to change that.
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Watch: the women working on the tools and bucking the trend
Inspiring stories of local women bucking the trend and building successful careers in the trades.
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Ice Cream Slavery Case Reports
Lopresti ice cream bosses slavery trial date set
Salvatore and Roberto Lopresti face modern day slavery charges.
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Bristol care workers battle charity over ‘unfair’ pay for sleep-in shifts
Bristol Care Workers Network are protesting against learning disability charity Mencap, in a legal battle that could lead to £20 million in back pay.
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Features Bristol And Beyond Banner Home Page
Out of the frying pan and into the fire: A refugee’s story of the fight for the right to work
The barriers government put in the way of people working when they come to the UK
