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I hope that the person who reads this blog won’t mind my posting briefly on behalf of the TUC Organising & Recruitment Team about an internal matter here at Stronger Unions towers – but it wouldn’t be appropriate to allow to go unmentioned the fact that today was Paul Nowak’s final day as TUC National [...]

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Time to deliver a new deal for agency workers!
The TUC is calling for the Government to introduce a fair deal for agency workers when implementing the Temporary Agency Worker Directive in the UK. Agency workers must have the right to equal treatment on pay, including basic pay, bonuses, and redundancy pay, and to equal treatment [...]

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20,000 take to the street to protest Johnnie Walker plant closure
Fantastic turn-out – lets hope the company listen to sense!
(tags: scotland whiskey johnny walkers unions)

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As most readers of this blog will be aware the US trade union movement is in the midst of an ongoing struggle to secure the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
The TUC has prepared a briefing for UK trade unionists on what you can do to help. This is vital stuff as the union-busters [...]

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Hat-tip to Ian, who reports on UNITE’s success at securing recognition at Procter & Gamble.
“I’m on cloud nine. It’s given the company the right message and our job is to knuckle down and achieve the morale that’s necessary on the site through proper representation.”
Ken Chapman, UNITE activist
Despite the recession and despite the employer’s strong-arm tactics (as [...]

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The TUC, NUJ and Amnesty International were outside the Gambian High Commission again yesterday (21 July), this time to protest about the disappearance of journalist Ebrima Manneh, who vanished after posting material critical of the Government. Last time we were there (3 July), we were protesting about the trial on charges of sedition (basically, criticising [...]

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Just on my way back from a meeting at the ETUC where I’ve been representing the TUC in developing a course on strategic organising for union officers and activists from across Europe.
In practice, the training will form the basis of planning and preparation for real organising campaigns across Europe in three companies.
The sessions are a [...]

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Coming soon to the USA: the freedom to join a union which can bargain for workers’ rights.
The TUC has joined the campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act in the USA. Brendan Barber has written to the Prime Minister and to the US Embassy, and he’s written an article you could put on your website [...]

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The TUC Activist Academy and unionlearn with TUC Education is pleased to announce a new set of dates for Activist Academy courses.  Starting dates for courses are as follows;

East Riding College, Hull – November 4th
Park Lane College, Leeds – September 30th
Stow College, Glasgow – October 5th
Manchester College- September 21st
South Nottingham College – November 3rd
Lewisham College, London [...]

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Can you think of a better word to describe the £5,000 fine handed out to Ian Kerr for running an illegal blacklisting service?
 
I never believe everything I read in the tabloid press but apparently this is the same fine you could expect for leaving your wheelie bin out to long…time for Government to act on [...]

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