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Supply chain solidarities in the food system
FAWN continues acting as a venue for discussion on and organisation of food work across the supply chain. Jake Richardson reports on our July workshop exploring different models of doing so, including 'industrial hubs' that coordinate union membership and activity in different sites of the food chain, but in a specific town or region.
Getting Election Ready: Making the Hunger Crisis a Key Issue
In January 2024 the Food and Work Network (FAWN) entered the belly of the beast, and headed into the Westminster Parliament for a discussion on “Keeping the Hunger Crisis on the Agenda: At the General Election and Beyond”, in an event sponsored by Ian Byrne MP.
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation/ BFAWU Course Review
In March 2020, my employer, the pub chain JD Wetherspoon was forced to shut its pubs immediately when the UK lockdown began. Government furlough payment plans were still being finalised, but unlike many other hospitality industry employers, JD Wetherspoon refused to pay its staff while they waited for the furlough money to come through. At that time no one knew how long that would take. The advice given to staff in a video sent to us from boss Tim Martin was to get a job at Tesco.