ALT Booksellers at the Scarlett letters are in open dispute with their lawyer. All staff at the Scarlett Letters have unionised with UVW and will ballot to strike due to poor working conditions and unfair treatment.

ALT The workers are queer, trans, racialised, disabled, sex workers and students. They joined this workplace because it promised to be a supportive environment and aimed to provide security and opportunity to marginalised communities. Their identities have been used to advertise and fundraise for the bookshop as a radical space whilst their voices are not listened to.

ALT The Scarlett letters booksellers have simply demands: Fixed/guaranteed hour contracts Occupational sick pay To run the workplace based on cooperative principles. Full financial transparency. Fair pay for fair work, including piecework rates for illustration,graphic design and other tasks that fall outside of bookseller duties.

ALT After submitting demands, TSL's director refused fixed hour contracts. Staff were promised these in November when they first accepted their roles. They already work fixed hours but these have been cut and could be further. Gatekept financial information. They were told there is not enough money to guarantee hours, being shown only estimates. Threatened to fire staff. Their employer recently shared her intent to dismiss some staff and use the money to hire a new manager.