Plastic Worker Stories
September 30, 2021
Patrick O’Hare is an anthropologist who studies recycling economies in South America. We are publishing Patrick’s translation of a transcript from an interview he conducted
Your Stories
Here you’ll find an archive of all the stories published so far, from the earliest weeks and months of lockdown restrictions until now
System Change
September 19, 2021
This story comes from a trade union organiser based in Glasgow and captures the huge protests in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, that took place
Keeping the Wheels Turning
September 9, 2021
Sam Sheppard works as a food courier for Deliveroo and Uber Eats in Glasgow and this is his story. It was one of those glorious
My lockdown: Hope over experience
August 10, 2021
Michelle Opit recently completed the Workers’ Stories Collage Workshop. She works in operations with Big Noise Govanhill and part of her role is to keep
Lessons from Glendale
July 26, 2021
Jon lives in Skye and writes about the impact of the pandemic on his job as a tour guide and on the Scottish travel industry.
under my skin
July 26, 2021
R Forbes works as a courier in Edinburgh, where the Workers’ Observatory supports gig workers to monitor and organise their work. I began working as
A Work Ethic for a Hostile Environment
April 23, 2021
Workin’ durin’ lockdown was not stress free, but it was good to have a purpose and a reason to go out. At the same time, it was good to also have the time to enjoy the sunniest spring ever.
“For Sarah… for all of them”
March 30, 2021
So my contribution to The Workers Story Project has taken a sharp turn from writing about my COVID-19 experience as a lay trade union official representing firefighters to now using this platform to highlight the accounts and activism of sisters in our movement, which at times, moved me to tears.
Boomerang
March 23, 2021
Every day I walk round the park and circle the loch several times, returning to where I started and going round again, and again. Rather symbolic of lockdown, every day the same as the day before like for the guy in Groundhog Day.
The Lonely Letterbox Plate
March 1, 2021
In the dark, children’s voices
Guisers!
Too scared to visit Covid houses
Mind of a Star
February 26, 2021
The drink, a curse that can’t be shifted,
the upbringing harsh and too commonplace
A man victim to nothing in his control,
reaching out to steady himself.
“King of the Road”
February 9, 2021
Although I had lived in the locality for more years than I cared to remember, it was the first time I had visited this part of Lanarkshire.
April 2021
A Work Ethic for a Hostile Environment
April 23, 2021
March 2021
“For Sarah… for all of them”
March 30, 2021
Boomerang
March 23, 2021
The Lonely Letterbox Plate
March 1, 2021
February 2021
Mind of a Star
February 26, 2021
Giving Up The Ghost
February 21, 2021
“King of the Road”
February 9, 2021
January 2021
Acts of Covid
January 28, 2021
When Life Slowed Down
January 25, 2021
Cannae Complain
January 21, 2021
Normal for Nurses
January 18, 2021
Covid Covid
January 14, 2021
Yer Da’s Diary
January 12, 2021
December 2020
Reflections on 2020
December 16, 2020
Lockdown 2020
December 11, 2020
Twenty Seconds
December 8, 2020
Pandemic 2020
December 1, 2020
November 2020
How Has Life Changed During the Pandemic
November 25, 2020
Eternal Commute
November 18, 2020
Hub School
November 10, 2020
October 2020
September 2020
“Just as well you’re a teacher hen…”
September 29, 2020
Caramelised
September 22, 2020
Telling Workers’ Stories during COVID19
September 17, 2020
Conquering the Cathkin
September 14, 2020
Stimulate the Economy
September 11, 2020
Pause and Reset
September 7, 2020
August 2020
Essential workers or expendable workers?
August 28, 2020
Unner Yer Een
August 25, 2020
WFH?!
August 17, 2020
Workers’ Song
August 13, 2020
A View from the Frontline
August 10, 2020
Zero to hero…now what?
August 6, 2020
July 2020
Untitled
July 28, 2020
Lock Down Monologue
July 24, 2020
NHS Prayer
July 22, 2020
YA YA
July 17, 2020
The New Normal
July 15, 2020
Teaching Online The Kraplan Experience
July 14, 2020
June 2020
Dining Table Desk
June 23, 2020
Our Heroes
June 18, 2020
Untitled
June 15, 2020
Thoughts of A Postie During A Global Pandemic
June 10, 2020
