Leading Change Boston

I’m off to Boston tomorrow, standing in for Paul Nowak taking this years Leading Change group over to the US leg of the programme.
We are being hosted by Elaine Bernard of the Harvard University Labor and Worklife programme and over the two days of the session will be treated to contributions from a great [...]

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Unions and economic performance

The website www.newunionism.net reports an interesting finding from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitivness report - namey that high levels of unionism correlate positively with improved competitive performance.  The  top 5 countries for 2008 have an average union membership of 41.8%. The top 10 have an average of 37.6%. The top 20 have an average of 37.0%. [...]

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Leading Organising

Tonight we had the first informal meeting of the TUC’s ‘Leading Organising’ network, bringing together heads of organising from unions including Unison, GMB, PCS, NUT and the CSP.
Our aim is to pull together this group every couple of months or so to share ideas and experience. The meetings are open to everyone with a lead [...]

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