the machine needs us
but we dont need the machine

lets turn 8 hours to the machine
into 0 hours

#ZeroHours #withermight #degrowth

The #UK has seen an “explosion” in insecure, low-paid #work in the past 14 years, according to a new report.

The #TUC said its study had found that the number of people in insecure work had reached a record high of 4.1 million

Analysis of official statistics shows number of people in precarious #employment – such as #ZeroHours contracts, low-paid self-employment & casual or seasonal work – increased ~1 million between 2011 & 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/uk-explosion-in-insecure-work-tuc-report

#WageSlaves #poverty #CapitalismFails

Labour vows to ban fire and rehire after war of words with unions | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/08/labour-vows-to-ban-fire-and-rehire-after-war-of-words-with-unions

#Labour
#FireAndRehire
#WorkersRights
#Starmer
#Unite
#ZeroHours

Zero-hours contracts show structural racism that's in place
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/04/27/zero-hours-contracts-black-brown-workers/

#0hrsContracts
#ZeroHours
#Racism
#TUC
#Misogynoir
#Misogyny
#InsecureWork
#Black
#Brown
#POC
#Women

Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts – report
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/record-number-of-young-people-on-zero-hour-contracts-report/ar-BB1kfBVW?cvid=507b7b76b594410f83dd34ad21f4b2d6&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=18

#ZeroHours
#ZeroHoursContracts

Exploitative practices have been common across the UK's #universities - mainly through forms of #zerohours contracts often dignified by being called 'sessional work'.... now #OxfordUniversity has lost a case on the denial of employment rights to two #academics over a 15 year period in which they were employed on 'sham contracts'.

This sort of employment is too widespread in the HE sector, so it would be good if #university HR departments took note & ended the practice
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/21/academics-win-claim-against-oxford-university-over-sham-contracts

For many of us #zerohours contracts are something that happens to others; we sympathise but have little direct experience of its insidious impact on life, aspirations & general #mentalhealth.

Here's a long read, which explores one person's experience; often refusing the required subservience, Rose Atkinson says 'I don’t just want to live, I want to thrive. And I don’t think that’s too much to ask'!

Its heartbreaking that she (like so many) is in this position!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/15/the-zero-hours-life-rose-atkinson-on-hunger-hell-and-hope-in-20-years-of-precarious-work