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STRIKING Lambeth College workers go up for adoption today as their union launches a “sponsor a striker” campaign.
As lecturers enter their fifth week of action, the college’s Unison members have started a special appeal to boost their strike fund.
“These are low paid workers only getting £15 a day in strike money,” said Lambeth Unison vice-chair Dan Jeffery.
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING