By Adwitiya Pal. Cover image: Nicky Hughes of the RCN, by Adwitiya Pal
Following the overwhelming vote to strike, the Royal College of Nursing have said that they will announce dates for strike in Wales if the government doesn’t open discussions. RCN’s Nicky Hughes speaks to voice.wales in this…
Low morale, chronic staff shortages and nurses driven to tears… all for a pay rise of just 72p an hour. Why NHS workers are turning to strike action as the only way forward. By Adwitiya Pal
Main image: A Royal College of Nursing banner outside University Hospital Wales, Cardiff. By…
• 260 picket lines are set up across the UK as BT workers strike for the first time since 1987 over pay. • Strikers on the picket line show anger at the BT CEO's massive pay packet whilst workers struggle to pay their bills. • “The chief executive has had…
More than 40,000 BT and Openreach workers will walk out on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August, after workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over pay.
By Ka Long Tung. Cover image: BT Offices in Cardiff, where workers will strike from Friday, Ka Long Tung.
The…
A group of volunteers came together to bring the queer community of rural Wales under one roof to tackle homophobia and isolation – in their own way.
Words and images by Oojal Kour
For over two decades, Shaun Griffiths barely saw another queer person around him. He was isolated…
Over 115,000 Royal Mail workers across the UK could strike over pay in the coming months, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced this week. Cardiff, where 18 delivery offices are based, will see around 1,600 workers joining the dispute and 7,000 across Wales.
Amarjite Singh, branch secretary for the CWU…
“Without the union our victories would not have been accomplished, and our employers would still be bossing us around in the most arrogant way.” - Veronika Merkova reports on the fight for unionisation & workers rights in the Greek gig economy.
Shortly after I moved back to Greece, the COVID-19…
More than 70 people from unions and the public gathered in Cardiff under pouring rain to stand with RMT workers on the third day of their industrial action, telling voice.wales that the strike had inspired other working people.
Words and images by Ka Long Tung
Cardiff Trades Council organised a…
Brendan Kelly, RMT Regional Organiser for South Wales and West, spoke to voice.wales about why union railway workers are on strike later this month in the biggest industrial action the industry has seen in decades. Welsh rail workers are not involved in the dispute, but the strike will still have…
• Workers for Just Eat subcontractor Stuart Delivery have been threatened with severe pay cuts as their UK-wide battle for their rights continues. • Takeaway delivery giant Just Eat was started by Welsh tax-slash enthusiast David Buttress in 2006 and handed over to billionaire Dutch CEO Jitse Groen in 2017.…