Workers' Inquiry

The podcast returns with an election special on workers' inquiry, fascism, and poultry farms.

Lotte's book: An Economy of Starlings
The Future In Our Past - out now on Verso
Interview about the book with Sam Kelly on Red Medicine

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How do you build a militant rank and file movement of thousands of young workers in a sector everyone says is impossible to organise? Nick Troy joins us to talk strikes, hospitality, service work, and the experiences of the Unite Hospitality branch in Glasgow.
Read the full interview here: https://notesfrombelow.org/article/afters-building-hospitality-workers-movement-glasg

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First off - sorry for the delay! As always, we blame the bosses.

Second, enjoy this interview about organising in the care sector during the pandemic. Connor, our guest from episode one of Workers' Inquiry, returns to interview Allison and Steve about their experiences.

Read the full interview here: https://notesfrombelow.org/article/moving-beyond-the-terror-care-and-support-workers
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Massive games studio Rockstar just victimised 30+ workers. We jumped on a call with Austin Kelmore, a games worker and IWGB organiser, to get an update on the state of organising in the industry and the birth of his union branch.

Read Austin's article from Issue 24 of NFB here.
IWGB Game Workers: https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/
Support the victimised Rockstar worker fundraiser: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-rockstar-workers-fighting-unfair-dismissals/

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We're talking about the art and culture sector, workers' inquiry, and how to build rank and file organisation in a sector characterised by low union membership and small workplaces.Steff Huì Cí Ling is a cultural worker and labour researcher based in Vancouver who wrote for issue 24 of NFB. You can read the full article here: https://www.notesfrombelow.org/article/the-only-polemic-left-in-the-art-world-is-worker-p

Come hang out with us at Pelican house on Fri Nov 7, from 7pm: https://luma.com/z9fzqwwi ⁠

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