STRONGER UNIONS

Digital video cameras are as cheap as chips nowadays. On one level this is great - opening up a new creative medium to millions of people. On the other hand - well, have you actually ever sat through and enjoyed someone else’s wedding/holiday/children being cute video? The only time I’ve ever come close to enjoying anything [...]

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Here’s wishing you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
 
Image courtesy of the wondeful Eclectech
 

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It seems that no campaign is complete these days without someone setting up the ubiquitous accompanying Facebook group. Some of these have been really successful, some really haven’t. I’m a big fan of anything that can help unions organising but I think there are a couple of potential pitfalls in using Facebook so liberally.
The first is that Facebook [...]

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I suggested in my last post that some employers might use the downturn to as a handy catch-all excuse to shed staff, and this article suggests I wasn’t far off the mark…
Just when you thought the downturn couldn’t get any worse, here comes business ‘guru’ Dave Ulrich. He thinks employers should use the downturn to, [...]

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Brian Souter, co-founder of Stage Coach, is the sort of person who is often described as a ‘colourful character’. I am sure he is often described rather more robustly than this, but this a family blog so I’ll stick to the euphemisms. When some-one’s wikipedia entry looks like it must be made up but in fact it isn’t [...]

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This is officially the 100th post on the ‘Stronger Unions’ blog.We have yet to receive our telegram from the Queen…
Since April we’ve posted 100 posts on issues ranging from union busting to ‘well dressed organisers’. Some have been interesting - some really haven’t; some have been insightful - some… Ah well you get the drift.
At [...]

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I’ve spent the last couple of days in Madrid attending an ETUI ‘Recruitment Network’ meeting - and so have done little in the way of shopping etc. I flew out - and am waiting to fly back - on British Airways, which recognises a number of TUC affiliated unions including UNITE and BALPA. As usual [...]

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Rather than go through EVERY single transaction I’ve, well transacted, over the last two days - here are some of the ‘highlights’  (I use the word ‘highlights’ very advisedly)
 

On-line shopping at Tesco - Tesco is one of those companies people love to hate…its 30% UK market share has seen it come under fire from groups [...]

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Yesterday was a quiet day…only 3 transactions to report.
1) Went to the Co-op to buy bread and the papers. You’d think the Co-op would be a safe best considering its history and the fact that it recognises several TUC unions. However, the GMB is currently in dispute with the Co-op over its decision to unilaterally [...]

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Yesterday was Day One in my attempt to evaluate - and hopefully shape - the ethical impact of going about my day to day business and, as Lawrence suggested I would in the comments section, I’m already finding things difficult.
In the morning I bought The Independent which came with free bottle of Buxton Spring Water. [...]

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