Living Rent and Better Than Zero collaboration launched to make connections between unstable work and housing

A PROGRAMME OF events in Glasgow and Edinburgh this March aims to raise awareness and develop strategies for taking control of labour, land and housing in response to the trend of “precarious living that is wearing down a generation”.

Big business under fire for pressuring workers to travel against official advice

A NUMBER OF big names in business, including McDonald’s, KFC and Deliveroo, have been criticised for remaining in service through severe weather alerts from the Met Office, forcing workers to make their way through potentially treacherous conditions.

Unions congress launches survey to gather workers’ experiences of employers’ severe weather practices

WITH MOST of Scotland suffering at the hands of the “Beast from the East”, the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) wants to know if employers have been playing fair around workers’ ability and safety to travel.

New policy paper advocates an immigration system for Scotland based around workers’ rights

IMMIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT LAW should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, a new policy paper from the pro-independence think tank Common Weal has argued.

Campaign group scores another victory by exposing manager who bullied staff members 

THE MANAGER of an Italian restaurant in Glasgow has resigned following claims he was bullying female staff members.

Giuliano Delia resigned from Via Italia after the company received complaints about its former manager.

Workers rights group set to target employers with “direct action”

CAMPAIGN group Better Than Zero (BTZ) is hosting an open meeting tonight to inform workers of employment rights around rising precarious workplace practises.

The group has called the meeting to focus on unpaid trial shifts and to offer information to people who haven’t been paid after working shifts at events like concerts.

The meeting will take place at the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) building on Woodlands Road from 6.00 pm to 8.30 pm. 

Grassroots campaign set to influence legislation after successful campaigns bringing fresh attention to workers’ rights

CAMPAIGN GROUP Better Than Zero (BTZ) will be consulted by SNP MP Stewart McDonald to help draft his private members’ bill opposing unpaid trial shifts for workers, and the group credits the efforts of grassroots activists for prompting the legislation.

Corporate coffee mega-chain offers below adult minimum wage to Glasgow employees

THE GLOBAL coffee chain Tim Hortons has come under fire for advertising jobs paid at just £5 per hour in Glasgow.

Positions at the cafe's new Silverburn branch are being advertised online for workers who can "create an exceptional guest experience". The advertisements also require prior experience in the service sector, despite being legal only for those under 18 or apprentices.

Better than Zero to host young workers demanding pay for work

YOUNG WORKERS who were dismissed without pay from a cancelled Green Day gig on Tuesday (4 July) are organising to pursue their rights.

The gig at Glasgow's Bellahouston park was cancelled due to "adverse weather" and stage problems according to organisers PCL Presents. According to dismissed staff, up to 200 agency workers were dismissed without pay despite already having worked for around 2 hours for staff sub contractor, OnPoint.

Better than Zero hope to build on 2016 successes be leveraging victory over country’s largest hospitality company

THE BETTER THAN ZERO anti-exploitation campaign plans to use its victory in securing a new settlement for workers at Scotland’s largest hospitality firm to spread the gains to other firms in the industry.