There is great chaos under heaven in the higher education sector. Two university workers, Zara Dinnen and NFB editor Roberto, are on the show to discuss what's going on and what opportunities the situation creates for political interventions in universities as workplaces.

Zara's article, How to Stop a University Roberto's two articles on casualisation in HE: Part 1 , Part 2 The book based on the US graduate worker movement, Correspondences from the Upsurge

And finally the WhatsApp chat for RNF university workers

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James is a driver on the Piccadilly Line and talks to us about work, organising and what it's like to operate London's transport infrastructure.

James' article for issue 23 is Under London.

The Working Class History episode on workmates: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e82-workmates-collective/

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We're talking about trade unions, social partnership, class compromise, and bureaucrats. Read Matthew and Roberto's article here: Syndicalism and the New Limits of Trade Unions

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We talk to three comrades from CEDRA, a Slovenian political organisation, about their work with supermarket workers and their method of feminist coresearch.

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Francis and Barbara from PAWA talk to us about their experiences working and organising in the care industry,.

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Mostafa Henaway is an organiser at the Immigrant Workers Center Montreal and author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers.

His article for issue 22 of NFB was Experiments in Worker Organising: From Unite Community to the Immigrant Worker Centre in Montréal.

You can read the whole issue, including the editorial about a workers' centre in Tower Hamlets, here.

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Today we're talking to Karin, a Swedish ex-miner who worked in the largest iron ore mine in Europe. She tells us about the experience of Gruvkvinnor [Mine Women], a self-organised group of blue collar women working in production roles.

Gruvkvinnor have an article in the upcoming issue 23 of NFB on Infrastructure. Subscribe now if you want a copy as soon as its released!

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In episode 5 we talk to Nick Francis about his time working as a bouncer. We go over the experience of the work, the possibilities for coalitions in the hospitality industry, and the stories we tell ourselves to make work bearable.

Read Nick's article for issue 21 of NFB

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