News and Analysis

McDonald's workers strike outside a London store. Photo: TUC/Jess Hurd

Seventy years fighting against global poverty

Labour Research magazine covers our 70th anniversary

11 February 2021

Heart unions.

Ten reasons why unions are important

It was the trade unions that won us the five-day week!

09 February 2021

Workers take strike action on 4 November 2019, protesting in front of a McDonald's restaurant. Photo: War on Want

McStrike days of action 2019

As McDonald's workers from 6 south London stores went on strike, supporters took to the streets

09 November 2019

Christine speaking outside McDonald’s HQ in Chicago.

#MeToo McDonald's week of action

McDonald's saw a full week of union action on sexual harassment

31 May 2019

TGI Fridays, McDonald's and Wetherspoons workers take action in a protest outside a TGI Fridays in central London. Photo: War on Want.

Fast Food Shutdown FFS410

4 October 2018 was an historic strike of hospitality workers

15 October 2018

A Deliveroo rider at a demonstration with an IWGB flag and a placard that reads 'Every worker matters'. Credit: Owen Espley

Celebrating our work with trade unions

Standing shoulder to shoulder with working people wherever they are

09 February 2018

United Voices of the World (UVW) demonstration. A group of people, mostly women, march behind a UVW banner and hold placards, one of which reads "Reinstate Alba".

Migrant and precarious workers are winning Britain a pay rise

They are leading the fights to get organised

17 October 2017

Theresa May’s promise to protect workers’ rights rings hollow for migrant workers

Theresa May’s promise to protect workers’ rights during Brexit will mean nothing if migrant workers are neglected

20 January 2017

#SportsDirectShame: Turning tragedy into change for migrant workers

Now is the time to demand an end to precarious contracts

02 September 2016

A protestor holds a placard that says 'End Precarious Contracts' outside of a Sports Direct store in Hackney. Credit: War on Want.

Stand With Migrant Workers: End Precarious Contracts

Migrant workers across the UK face racism, abuse and exploitation

19 July 2016

"You’re on your own mate"

How Osbornomics sacrifices basic needs to the market.

23 June 2015

Women protest at a May Day Demonstration, with red headbands and flags. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP / Getty Images

Living wage: a global battle

A living wage is a basic entitlement of all working people the world over

13 May 2015