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A long overdue victory

A story of one Bristolian’s struggle against the giants of the construction industry

Dean Ayotte

City

Behind the bike: Bristol’s bicycle couriers talk their trade

Cycle couriering has been changing in Bristol of late - what's life like for the people who pedal?

Dean Ayotte

Edition 7

The real cost of Uber’s cheap rides

As smartphone taxi company Uber takes off in Bristol, we ask if low prices are part of a bigger picture that may threaten Bristol's economy.

Jack Enright

Ideas and Action

Library assistants vote for strike action

Bristol library assistants have voted in favour of strike action over changes to working patterns, if the council refuses to address their complaints.

Lorna Stephenson

Voices

Even in 2016, listening to our bodies is a radical idea

Bristol company Coexist have caused a media sensation by discussing a ‘period policy’ for its majority female workforce

Holly Black

City

Feeling undervalued, unheard – but determined. Talking to doctors on Bristol’s pickets today.

Today junior doctors in Bristol joined thousands of their colleagues across England in striking against the proposed changes to their contracts by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. The Bristol Cable joined one of the pickets.....

Dean Ayotte

Ideas and Action

Enough is enough. Surveying sexism at work

A Cable survey of people who’d experienced workplace sexual harassment and discrimination, yielded shocking results. What can be done about this persistent issue?

Bonny Chung

Edition 6

‘Flexibility works both ways’: Bristol’s zero‐hours lifestyles

Could zero‐hours contracts be managed by workers?

F. H. Pitts

Edition 6

Talking on the clock: Bristol’s ‘new factories’

Despite perks, testimonies of call centre workers show oldfashioned working methods continue today.

F. H. Pitts

Edition 6

Bristol: a city of shirkers, or over-workers?

How do you claw back a little time from the grind?

Joanna Clarke

Edition 6

The “efficiency savings” making the council inefficient.

As the council faces up to another 40% of cuts, or so-called ‘efficiency savings’’ in 2016, we take a look at the record so far with a particular focus.