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25 September 2013
'Success' for owners - zero for workers
With £200 million profit, a company valued at almost £4 billion, and 90% of staff on zero-hour contracts, many in Britain's ruling class see Sports Direct as a modern success story, writes A zero-hour contract worker.
11 September 2013
Zero faith in Labour on zero-hours
New research by Unite the Union has found that as many as 5.5 million workers could be on zero-hour contracts, writes Helen Pattison, East London Socialist Party.
28 August 2013
Unionise to fight zero-hour contracts!
I started working for the fast food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken nine months ago. I had left my job in a supermarket, to find a full-time job
Youth Fight for Jobs outside Sports Direct, photo by Ian Pattison
14 August 2013
Zero tolerance for zero-hours!
Zero-hour contracts have hit the headlines with a bang. One million workers - more than four times as many as previously thought - are on zero-hour contracts, writes Ian Pattison, Youth Fight for Jobs.
14 August 2013
At Sports Direct, Boots, Buckingham Palace, Wetherspoons, even for the government, zero-hour contracts are becoming widely used, writes Helen Pattison, London Socialist Party.
26 June 2013
Labour council introduces zero-hour contracts
A Welsh Labour-led local authority has announced plans to put existing workers on zero-hours contacts, writes Ronnie Job.
Youth Fight for Jobs protest outside Downing Street on budget day 2012, photo Suzanne Beishon
22 August 2012
Zero-hour contracts mean zero rights
I was recently interviewed by BBC Two's Newsnight after writing in the Socialist (issue 719) about zero-hour contracts and feel privileged to have spoken for the unemployed, writes Natalie Owen, Coventry, West Midlands.
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