There is a story in today’s Sunday Herald that highlights UNISON Scotland’s ongoing campaign against austerity and the impact it is having on Scotland. It describes some of the methods we are using to promote that campaign in the coming months.However, the newspaper has spun this into an initiative aimed at attacking Labour. It is nothing of the sort. In fact the campaign starts by highlightingRead more…
What happened to “Senjko”
SENJ
THIS is Senj, on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, situated south of Rijeka and north of Split. An old town with a history going back to Roman times when this was the province of Dalmatia, and…Read more…
A well-earned tribute, and a timely book
MICK ABBOTT, in white Justice for Pickets tee shirt, with Ricky Tomlinson at Westminster
WIGAN building worker Mick Abbott, a dedicated fighter against the blacklist, and for justice for the jailed…Read more…
Rising inequality caused by weaker unions
A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tracked three decades of income (1980 to 2010) and found that as unionisation declined, the wealth of the richest 10% in advanced countries…Read more…
Speech:Glasgow and District Branch AGM
Thank you for this opportunity to address your AGM. I want to makes some observations on the political situation, the unions work on organising, and our work on proportionality. This year is…Read more…
Organising the Unorganisable? Voices from the bottom up: Researchers and Activists Forum on Precarious Work 23-24 April
Colleagues,
Maurizio Atzeni has organised a fascinating, international line-up of speakers around the theme of workers’ organisation and precarious work at Loughborough University 23-24 April.
The event reflects key themes of his last book (http…Read more…
International Women’s Day: A time for action, not just celebration
International Women’s Day is not just a warm up act for Mother’s Day: a day for celebrating our mothers, daughters, and sisters. It has clear radical and union roots.Read more…
Women – we got the power
In water cooler moments up and down the land everyone agrees that the fast approaching general election will be ‘the closest ever’. All political parties are now scrambling to maximise their vote on May 7. But on what will the result hinge? Might it be the expected meltdown of the Lib Dems, the […]
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UNISON NEC Elections 2015
This morning I received written confirmation that I have been accepted as an eligible candidate for the UNISON 2015 National Executive Council elections.
I have been nominated by 40 UNISON branches for the Community Service Group General Seat. Many t…Read more…
Canadian Key Proxy Vote Survey
A quick plug for the annual proxy vote survey undertaken by SHARE plus the Columbia Institute and Fonds de Solidarite FTQ. This is one of several survey undertaken by labour-oriented groups worldwide to assist trustees in holding asset managers a…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections – vote for me?
Like many blog posts on this blog over the next few weeks this is one which has not been posted with any UNISON resources.
Voting in the elections for UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) opens on 7 April, but, the nomination period having drawn to a close, I can report that I am a candidate…Read more…
Blacklisted – The Secret War Between Big Business & Union Activists
‘Blacklisted – The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists’ by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlin tells the story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction…Read more…
Spring cleaning
Apologies to those readers who noticed I had taken the blog offline for a couple of days.
I am trying to springclean the blog, which I hope to make a better and more effective vehicle with which to organise, comment, offend and outrage (as appropriate…Read more…
Supporting public services
It’s often said, ‘all politicians are the same’, well in this UK General Election it simply isn’t true, at least for public services and those who deliver them.
Today is the pre-election Scottish…Read more…
Blacklisted – the book
A new book, ‘Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists’, delivers a searing indictment of the collusion between the state and the construction industry that saw…Read more…
Speech: Joint meeting of Women’s Advisory Committee/Regional Women’s Committee
Thanks for the opportunity to address you. The old wisdom in the labour movement used to be that women would be expelled from work during recessions. We now know this to be untrue. Women’s…Read more…
Handbags and skincare products – is that what International Women’s Day’s all about?
TUC’s Women’s Equality Officer Scarlet Harris says IWD should be about seeking radical and progressive changes towards achieving gender equalityRead more…
China’s top policymaker pledges better life for migrant workers
China’s Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual report on the work of the government this Thursday at the National People’s Congress. Although workers often deem this kind of high-level policy addresses as empty and meaningless, it might still be useful to take a brief look at what the government achieved last year and what it is planning to do to improve workers’ living condition this year:Read more…
Emma Reynolds MP at UNISON Housing Associations Labour Link AGM
Emma Reynolds MP has agreed to be our key note speaker at our Branch Labour Link AGM on Tuesday 17 March 2015. All Labour Link members welcome. Read more…
Dunnes Stores workers vote for industrial action.
Union calls on company to prevent strike by entering meaningful negotiationsRead more…