In this Extraordinary General Episode, "The Committee" suffers it's first resignation, the panel becomes an orifice of government, we organise the cabinet in to height order and present a special report from Union-Con. Further Reading: One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On Popbitch NewsletterPlay Guess The PartyFuturism: Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful EyeReuters: Meta employees l...
30 Apr 2026
A Very Stinky Slip and Slide
This week everyone's got somewhere else to be, but before they all rush off, there's a housing special spectacular to record, where the committee put aside the usual trade union affairs to talk about the Renters Rights Act, with very special guest Dan G who's doing bits with the London Renters Union. Further Reading: Dubai: Playground of the Rich (I'm not linking it here but it's all on Dailymotion, I'm sure you'll find it)The Renters Rights Act: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advic...
4 Apr 2026
Bobbies in the Cemetery
Buckle up for a marathon episode during which the committee covers Lord Mayors, the Together Alliance, Lammy, Robbie, Aunty, Galloway, and are joined by special guest Abby to talk dumping Labour. Further Reading: BBC Archive: Last Days on Grand Parade: youtube.com/watch?v=zgpK5YxqmDoBlessed are the Tea Ladies: youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg08w8jyZUThe Office Christmas Party: youtube.com/watch?v=OxAzCyCY7MsCWU Letter to Branches: Special Report — Labour Party Relationship: https://www.cwu.org/wp...
19 Mar 2026
Salinated Dick Wind
The committee is back, after an unfortunate hiatus resulting from an attempted (FAILED) insurrection. Find out where we’ve been, why we’ve been there, why we’re sorry about it and how we’re going to make amends. This episode: Affairs of the Olympiad, New comrades in Ireland, Protests at Google, a union ballot at Apple, Shireen goes Green, Wes’ Revenge, The Mandelson Files and a very happy birthday to Andrew. Further reading: Fast ice skating where they go round: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN...
16 Jan 2026
ADHD Is My Media Training
London Met Research Assistant Alison MacKinnon joins the committee to talk about layoffs at the university. Grok gets cancelled, UTAW wins big, and we decide whether speaking Bri'ish is a protected characteristic. Times Higher Education - “Union brands London Met cuts an ‘act of institutional vandalism’”: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-brands-london-met-cuts-act-institutional-vandalism or "archived" link: https://archive.is/hikiuPeople Make Games - "Rockstar vs. Union: We Wen...
19 Dec 2025
It's Giving Thanks
The holiday spirit brings about a giving of thanks, a summary of slop, and a prophecy of trash. The ghosts of unions past, present and future, Shireen Asaw, Eleanor Payne and Edwin Dorley return for a Workers of the World Wide Web holiday special. This episode is brought to you by The People’s Prop Department patreon.com/protestprops and the UTAW Scarf https://utaw.shop/products/scarf/ Further Reading: Slade in Flame (1975) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade_in_FlameExpresso Bongo (1959) htt...
2 Dec 2025
Ideological Looseness
Data centres in the shed, using AI to talk to the other side, a messy bill, some bad eggs, and a lil bit of self-crit. Shireen Asaw, Eleanor Payne and Edwin Dorley are your committee du jour. The motion: "should managers join trade unions?" (submit your motions to this committee at wwww@utaw.tech) Further Reading: Cory Doctorow's For The Win & Enshitification.Data centres in the shed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rpy7envr5oAI avatars of dead relatives: https://www.dexerto.com/ent...
16 Nov 2025
Whether You Write Code or Deliver Load
Welcome to Workers of the World Wide Web, a brand new podcast about tech workers and the tech they work on, from United Tech & Allied Workers, the UK’s first trade union for tech. On the agenda this week, Shireen Asaw, Eleanor Payne, Vanessa Heron-Hua and Edwin Dorley establish some ground rules, talk about Rockstar committing Grand Theft Union-Busting and catch up on the latest AI cons. The motion this week: "should trade unions disaffiliate from labour?" Submit your motions to be ...
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