Deliveroo Drivers: Mobile workers with a Mobile Union

Covid 19: face masks, boredom, Deliveroo and Zoom were some of the key features of that mundane, samey yet scary period. The use of face masks may have waned, but the popularity of food delivery services such as Deliveroo and Just Eat hasn’t. Food delivery riders are now a more common sight than postal workers; both professions carry a heavy load and involve long, hard hours but the main difference between them is that one workforce is supported by a large, established, wealthy union, the CWU. The other isn’t.

Greenheys Remembered

A project funded by English Heritage, with volunteer support from the University of Manchester, revealed the links between archaeology, social history, and the lives of former residents.

RainOnMe FC – Playing a Different Way

Women playing football is nothing new, but women being paid to play professional football is. Since 2018, professional female footballers earn £47,000 per year, a good sum by anyone’s standards but when compared with male footballers’ salaries, it’s pocket money. But it’s a start, and change only comes about when people who care, show it.

Pride: Diversified?

Manchester Pride has changed over the years since its inception in the mid-1980s. The Pride weekend provides more than just entertainment for the LGBT community, but is Pride doing enough to keep up with the community’s diversity in 2022?