Polly Smythe
Labour Movement Correspondent at Novara Media
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3 weeks ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
For the last four months, Uber driver Nikki McFarlane’s car has sat in his drive. It’s not because the Uber driver has been on holiday, or off sick. Nor is there an issue with his gleaming 2021 Hyundai Tuscon Estate Hybrid. “I’m stuck sitting at home not working,” said the 45 year-old. “I can’t tell you the amount of money I’ve lost. It’s thousands of pounds. What kind of craziness is that?”McFarlane applied to renew his license back in October, but has been waiting ever since.
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4 weeks ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
Labour has delayed its promise to repeal a key Tory anti-union law, which trade unionists suspect is a cynical attempt to curb a potential wave of public sector strikes ahead of a fresh round of austerity. The government’s flagship package of workers’ rights reforms – the employment rights bill – included a pledge to repeal the 2016 trade union act within its first 100 days.
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4 weeks ago |
novara.media | Polly Smythe
Labour has delayed its promise to repeal a key Tory anti-union law, which trade unionists suspect is a cynical attempt to curb a potential wave of public sector strikes ahead of a fresh round of austerity. The government’s flagship package of workers’ rights reforms – the employment rights bill – included a pledge to repeal the 2016 trade union act within its first 100 days.
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1 month ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
When a thunderstorm sent rain pouring through the ceiling of the grade two listed Toby Carvery in Bolton, Greater Manchester and directly into the electrical light fittings, Jude assumed that the restaurant would be evacuated. Instead, the 26-year-old’s co-workers shunted metal basins to collect the cascading water, and switched off the lights in the restaurant, before resuming service. Jude was left to serve customers in the damp dark. Customers were appalled.
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1 month ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
Natalie had just dropped off a customer at the Ritz Hotel in central London when her phone started aggressively bleeping at her with offers of new fares. “I couldn’t concentrate. I nearly drove over people. You had pedestrians, cyclists, tuktuks all over the place. It was extremely overwhelming.”Natalie – who chose to give only her first name to Novara Media – has driven for Uber for four years, but this was something new. “It was a really scary experience”, she said.
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