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Final Statement on TSS Assembly, London 2017

The Transnational Social Strike Platform (TSSP) is an international conglomeration of grass roots unions, migrant collectives and militants, collectively exploring what it means to take strike action today as well as coordinating internationally in order to deliver more effective strategies for worker’s struggles. Plan C is an active participant within this co-ordination, that is now […]

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike

27th March 2017

Women Fight Back: Reports from March 8th

International Womens’ day 2017 saw the first ever International Womens’ strike, and a huge range of activity in the UK and beyond. We collected some texts reflecting on the strike here. The following reports come from a few key areas where Plan C groups either led mobilisations or participated in events that have not been widely reported in

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Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strike

14th March 2017

Becoming Critical: Update on IWW vs. Deliveroo in Leeds

Friday 10th March saw a critical moment in the growing struggle in Deliveroo in Leeds. A mass bike ride was called by Bradford IWW, in City Square for 6pm. By the time we set off there were 100 plus people; mostly cyclists, a third of them Deliveroo couriers, the rest of us supporters, troublemakers and

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Work

13th March 2017

Video: What went down at the Transnational Social Strike Assembly

On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations and 9 countries to discuss, organise and plan around questions of the social strike. This video, produced by Tom Staricoff, gives you a flavour of the event. If you want to engage with those ideas further

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

6th March 2017

Rebel Roo #5

The March issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue contains two big reports from Leeds and Brighton. Workers there have been striking, demonstrating and generally raising hell over bad wages and victimisation! If you want to get in touch with other workers or distribute paper copies

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

4th March 2017

Assembling the Strike: Recordings from the TSS Assembly

On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations and 9 countries to discuss, organise and plan around questions on the social strike. We’re pleased to be able to share recordings of all but one of the workshops that took place on the Saturday of

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

16th February 2017

TSS London — FULL PROGRAMME

Plan C is hosting the Transnational Social Strike Meeting (www.transnational-strike.info) on Feb 10-11-12. With over 150 participants from 40 organisations – we are holding a series of workshops, view the full programme here: http://planc.autonomic.zone/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FINAL-TSSLondon.pdf The meetings will be happening at several venues (check the programme for details). ✪✪✪✪ REGISTRATION ✪✪✪✪ If you would like to

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

8th February 2017

Rebel Roo #4

The fourth issue of the Rebel Roo, a self-organised Deliveroo workers’ bulletin supported by Plan C, is now being distributed around the UK (and further afield). This issue covers the strike in Brighton, Error 503 app crashes, cuts to hours is Middlesbrough, and working conditions in Marseilles. Riders around the country are getting more and

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

7th February 2017

Transnational social strike – London assembly 10th-11th february 2017 – callout

With as many as 2 million EU migrants facing the uncertainty of Brexit, with many non-EU migrants asking for asylum or simply working in the UK facing the exacerbation of immigration controls, on the 20th February 2017 a “migrant strike” has been proposed in the UK called «one day without us». The term – initiated

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

16th January 2017

Rebel Roo #3

The January issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue covers a successful strike by Bristol trainers, Deliveroo being forced to back down over their attempts to victimise a London worker, the City-Sprint legal ruling and a call out from striking Foodora workers in Italy. If you

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

10th January 2017

2017: The Year of the Social Strike

Keir Milburn lays out his view of a plan c for 2017 At the moment 2016 looks like going down as a year of despair. If 2008 was the year the neoliberal economic settlement was irrecoverably broken then 2016 definitively broke the ‘Third Way’ political settlement that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair had laid on

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Social Strike, Strategy

6th January 2017

Rebel Roo #2

Rebel Roo #2 is here. This December issue of the Deliveroo Workers’ bulletin contains updates from London, Brighton, Berlin and Italy as well as information on how to get in touch with union-building projects currently being led by the Industrial Workers of the World and the Independent Workers of Great Britain. If you want to get in

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

7th December 2016