Wednesday 7 October is World Day for Decent Work, the global trade union movement’s day to demand a right to good jobs at good wages with quality public services and the right to join a union. In London, we’re holding a great night out with lead speakers Wellington Chibebe (General Secretary of the Zimbabwean TUC), [...]
Wednesday 7 October is the second World Day for Decent Work and the TUC has got together with Philosophy Football to organise a great night out at TUC headquarters – it’s called Rhyme, Rhythm & Reason. Priority booking is now open (book early, this event will sell out well in advance).
Philosophy Football events are a pioneering mix of [...]
Around this time of year, the Nowak family trailer-tent gets its Annual airing, and for the second year on the trot we are off down to Dorset for the brilliant Tolpuddle Festival.
As well as the usual music, speeches and and all round Festival-stuff, Tolpuddle is a great place for swapping ideas and experience with fellow trade unionists. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve not been blogging recently because I’ve been helping to organise the Put People First March for Jobs, Justice, Climate which takes place in London tomorrow. One of the things I’ve been working on is an international dimension to the trade unionists on the march, and the response has been staggering.
Put People First T-shirts from Philosophy Football, now available – get them quick for 28 March!
Platform member Philosophy Football has produced a special souvenir T-shirt for the Put People First march, available from www.philosophyfootball.com. The ‘Put People First’ T-shirt is of course made of Fairtrade and organic cotton, and comes in sizes S-XXL plus women’s [...]
Last Saturday and Sunday 10 young members from TSSA, Unison, PCS and NUT as well as a representative of Westminster Uni Students Union attended the TUC Activist Academy special ‘GET ON THE BUS’ to the G20 weekend school at Ruskin College.
The school was designed to maximise trade union participation in the PUT PEOPLE FIRST march which [...]
The Irish Times reports that 100,000 people have gathered in Dublin today at a demonstration organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) to protest at the Government’s handling of the recession. Almost alone among EU Governments, Fianna Fail have opted to make cuts in spending – especially public sector pensions, and unions are [...]
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