STRONGER UNIONS

We’ve produced a flyer to advertise our new TUC 60 Second Advert Contest – a challenge to anyone to make a YouTube video about the positive role of trades unions. You can download it in pdf form here.
If you know anyone who likes online video, why not download a copy and send it on to [...]

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For more on the 60 Second Ad contest, check the contest page here.

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As you’ll have seen from previous posts (including the posts regarding the course ‘Lights, Camera, Action’ ) video sharing has become one of the most exciting parts of Internet culture. Trade unions have been quick to get involved. Sending out videos through YouTube, social networking sites, virals and blogs, unions have been able to get [...]

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Interviews from the TUC / Amnesty / ITF protest at the Iranian Embassy in London, 26 June 2009. More information at justiceforiranianworkers.org

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1. On average, union members receive higher pay, better sickness and pension benefits, more holiday and more flexible working hours than non-members. Union members earn more than 12.5% more per hour than non-union members (with average hourly earnings £13.07 for members and £11.62 for non-members).
2. Unions can also play a key role in reducing pay [...]

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A few stats from this month’s TUC Recession Report raise more concerns about the potential impact of the recession on union membership.

The number of people in involuntary temporary jobs – meaning that they’re doing these jobs because they can’t find permanent ones – is increasing, as is the number of people in involuntary part-time work.
Also, [...]

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This week I broke my 25 year barren patch in competition winning (last win was in 1984 when I won a Le Coq Sportif  Everton tracksuit) and scooped a Philosophy Football Jack Jones T-Shirt (see picture).  You can get the T-Shirt here from Philosphy Football – they cost £20.99 which includes a contribution to the [...]

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Against the background of post-election turmoil in Iran, and in the context of a Global Solidarity Action Day demanding justice for Iranian workers on Friday 26 June, the TUC is joining Amnesty International in calling for the release of four trade unionists and a journalist who remain in jail following mass arrests at two May Day [...]

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Dreadful headline I know, but please read on…
Covanta are a US based waste incineration company. According to the Utility Workers Union of America,
Most Covanta incinerators in the U.S. are operated non-union – and workers who seek to organize to win a voice at work are faced with fierce opposition from management. Covanta’s official employee handbook [...]

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Following on from Paul’s post about political songs last week, i was sent a link to this website by Jen Hunter from the Musicians Union, its Glasgow Caledonians centre for political song, it started back in 2003 and includes: political song news, song catalogues, collections and research. It has a great collection of political songs including Pearl [...]

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