Working for 70 hours, paid for 45
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I work for a private company that provides care in the home for the elderly. The organisation is one of many in my town which provides the care that once would have been provided by the council.
My Life At Work
Aspire: “Bosses are charming, polite, and utterly ruthless”
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Michael Given is a support worker for homeless people in Glasgow.
My life at work: Pay frozen, offices closed, now pensions cut
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Theydon Boyce is a benefits worker in East London.
My life at work: Organising in retail
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Until recently I worked as a shop assistant at Superdrug in Egham, Surrey.
My life at work: "People know hard fights are coming but are cynical about fighting"
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Rob Ottway is a railway worker in eastern England.
My life at work: exploitation at the heart of the "Big Society"
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Hannah MacMillan works as a support worker in the north of England.
My life at work: "Schools are going into blind panic mode. They'll take it out on us."
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Frances Streeting works as a teaching assistant in a secondary school.
My life at work: "schools are going into blind panic mode. They'll take it out on us"
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Frances Burrows works as a teaching assistant in a comprehensive school.
My life at work: divide and rule in the construction industry
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David is a construction worker in Jersey.
My life at work: "the managers understand what a unionised workplace could mean for their bonuses"
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Abdi-Nasser is a retail worker for a franchise in a large train station.