STRONGER UNIONS

I was interested to read in the paper this week that Obama owns the internet when it comes to winning the election campaign. It seems that the use of this medium was due to the hostility of the US media to the centre left and hence the use of the internet in the US as [...]

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Over 200 union organisers, officers, activists and reps joined us in London yesterday to help celebrate 10 years of the TUC Organising Academy at the ‘Building Stronger Unions’ event. We’ll be putting film footage of the day up on the Stronger Unions youtube channel over the next week or so, and we’ll circulating the results [...]

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Some 90 people packed into the Regents room in the Grand Hotel yesterday lunchtime for the ‘Building Stronger Unions’ fringe meeting.
Most people were left standing and the butties were in short supply (we catered for 30!) but the event itself went really well, and all four speakers got a good reception.
Arlene Holt-Baker from the AFL-CIO [...]

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In the second week of September unions will (once again) descend upon Brighton for Congress 2008.
It feels like Congress has been held in Brighton forever (in fact this is the 5th year on the trot the event has been held in the south coast resort) - but delegates can look forward to something a little bit different [...]

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The TUC is presenting a seminar on employment status and access to employment rights in the UK for workers in precarious employment.  It takes place on Wednesday 23 July 2008 at Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1. The seminar will look at the legal, economic and social policy context for those working on the edge, particular [...]

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Are you going along to one of this year’s TUC Organising Academy Development Centres?
 
Are you wondering what exactly will happen during the Development Centre? 
Do you have any questions that you’d welcome the opportunity to have answered before you arrive?

If you’ve answered YES to any of the above then the TUC’s Organising & Recruitment Team together [...]

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May Day (Thursday 1 May) sees the launch of Union Island, an innovative new trade union project to build a home for unions and activists in the virtual world Second Life™.
Union Island will host the first ever virtual May Day, a day of training, networking and celebration to bring activists from the global union movement [...]

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Last week I spoke about the organising challenge in the UK to the Biennial conference of Mandate, the union for bar and retail workers in Ireland. Its the second event I’ve spoken at in Ireland during the last few weeks. The first was an event hosted by the NCI looking at prospects for union growth [...]

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