Agitate, Educate, Organise

Iraqi oil industry - 2003 onwards

Issues – legal and political

Military occupation – new orders

Militia, Party, NGO

Regime beneficiaries still in place

Lack of reconstruction materials

Privatisation – what is it?

Foreign oil companies? Who are they?

How do we organise unions openly?

International exposure and protection

Research, Popular Education, Lobbying, Protest

Emergency medical services, Gaza, Palestine, 2008

Issues

Political context – blockade, internationally maintained occupation, Apartheid, settler-colonialism

Internal factional and destabilization

Lack of infrastructure, materials, medicine

Low pay, no overtime, no healthcare, high risks

Action

UK – Unite the Union. Organising and Leverage

London Hotel Workers Branch

Issues Exploitation

Bullying = Fear

Under-staffed/Over-worked

Migrant workforce – language barriers

High turn-over

Invisibility – Housekeeping Department

Zero Hours and Agency contracts

Hostile employer

But! Lots of leverage and examples of wins – New York City by Unite Here

Amplify

Amplify your potential, reach the client

Pizza Express

Speaking Out

Tips

Research – connect with NGOs, academics

Know the power dynamics behind laws and contracts

Animate the invisible

Coordinated action – in work, outside work

Be disruptive when tactical – Direct Action

Amplify and publicise your work and wins – Facebook, Social Media