I want to see Labour making videos of bad, greedy, dangerous bosses who mistreat, underpay & endanger their workers… being raided by inspectors, escorted off the premises, shamed by clued up union reps, hauled over the coals in tribunals, having their files seized, named and shamed. (1/2) - ThreadSky

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social • 17 days ago

I want to see Labour making videos of bad, greedy, dangerous bosses who mistreat, underpay & endanger their workers…

being raided by inspectors, escorted off the premises, shamed by clued up union reps, hauled over the coals in tribunals, having their files seized, named and shamed.

(1/2)

Reposted from The Guardian

Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support

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sammibunny.bsky.social•16 days ago

They get advanced warning and put all the safety guards on the machines and slow down the production lines etc

Then as soon as the inspectors leave, the safety guards come off and the lines speed right up again

At least that’s what used to happen

I expect I still does

saltednuts.bsky.social•17 days ago

💯

charlesbarr.bsky.social•17 days ago

That Labour has long gone.

Luckily Scotland has the SNP sorry rUK.

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social•17 days ago

I mean, for the first time in a general election, last year I didn’t vote Lab (despite being in a marginal). I voted Green - and can’t see myself going back.

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social•17 days ago

One of the most interesting bits of research I ever read about hard right voters was that their *most* defining characteristic was agreeing with the statement “I hate my boss”.

Makes sense if you think about the grim call centre / warehouse employment conditions on offer in post industrial areas.

hutchingsmusic.bsky.social•17 days ago

I think most far right voters hate the fact that their boss *asks them to actually do things*. It's not about the job they're doing. It's about their lack of control. The far right voters want control (as long as they're the ones in control).

riotstarz.bsky.social•17 days ago

But then most far right voters aren't call centre or warehouse workers - the fascist base has always been petty bourgeois. I'm surprised by this research because they're more likely to *be* the boss!

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social•17 days ago

For sure there’s a long history of poujadism etc, but I think the data is mixed & it also depends whether you see far right as distinguishable from hard right. And also what self-employed / being your own boss means, & indeed what various class terms mean, has changed dramatically generationally.

riotstarz.bsky.social•17 days ago

I don't think the data is particularly mixed? It's not *overwhelming*, but it's pretty consistent (other than in the USA). There are a lot of vested interests in maintaining the idea that racism etc. is linked to white working class interests and beliefs, but it's never borne out.

riotstarz.bsky.social•17 days ago

And that's even more true if you say hard right (the Tory vote surely being the obvious one rn?), and overwhelmingly votes for explicitly fascist parties in the UK come from Tories not Labour - it's a myth that there's ever been major movement between the latter and the far right

riotstarz.bsky.social•17 days ago

(ignoring how half of Labour's policies now are objectively far right - but the signification remains similar)

littlemavis.bsky.social•17 days ago

But not when you think about the extent to which the politicians they vote for support & enrich those bosses & impoverish & remove rights from ordinary workers. Do they not notice this happening? Are they not aware of being shafted by successive Tory governments?

risingson2.bsky.social•17 days ago

you have to think of them being very very lazy as well.

remainvoter.bsky.social•16 days ago

Final vote later this month. So why all this criticism before the vote has even been taken? I can't imagine many will vote against it, so maybe just wait and see?

dangerouscorner.bsky.social•17 days ago

Also, the last shot is of the workforce coming in the next Monday, outside the site is a sign saying 'under control of ACAS-appointed administrator'. So its not about 'blowing the whistle costs your job'.

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social•17 days ago

I think we’re getting a storyboard together here 👌

timlagor.bsky.social•16 days ago

I want to see Labour ended.

Any desire for Labour to do anything good is delusional

carolinejmolloy.bsky.social•16 days ago

Don’t blame me, I voted Green!

sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social•16 days ago

Sorry to inform you but Labour are now funded by exploitative bosses and businesses

You only have to see who donated to them and dig deeper into the freshman Labour MPs former jobs

I still can't believe unions still fund them when they should bring the government down

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