The North West TUC produces an audio magazine ‘Union Hour’ for union activists, organisers and officers based in the region. This month ‘Union Hour’ focuses exclusively on organising and features audio articles on amongst other things; resources for reps and activists, organising young members, organising case studies (incl. taxi drivers, retail workers, migrant workers and school support [...]
I spent the early part of this week at our partner college, Ruskin College in Oxford with 15 Prospect reps who were on a development course that the TUC had put together with the union. The aim of the course was to give the reps a wider understanding of some the challenges that unions face and the strategies that are being developed [...]
Japanese trade unions have recorded their first year of growth since 1975, up by 0.4%. The growth was led by impressive rises in the unionisation of part-time workers (up 13.7% to 700,000) and workers in accommodation and food services (up 11.2%). There are just over 10 million union members in Japan, most of them in [...]
On January 1st 2010 the revised AC AS Code of Practice on Time off for trade union duties and activities will come into effect. The revised code contains some important changes that all union reps and officers should be aware of and will want to ensure are included in their facilities agreements. The most significant revisions are in [...]
Previous posts on this blog have flagged up the work that the TUC is doing to support unions in organising Future Jobs Fund (FJF) workers. On Tuesday I attended a briefing for reps and officers in the South West on the FJF which included a discussion on the subs rates that unions might charge those FJF workers that [...]
I recently had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Marshall Ganz the US organiser who (if you’ve never heard of him) designed the Camp Obama training sessions that played a significant role the successful mobilisation of volunteers during Barack Obama’s presidential campaign last year.
During my meeting, we discussed his belief that unions need to [...]
The Future Jobs Fund (FJF) is the most progressive jobs programme for more than a quarter of a century and unions and the TUC want to make it a success, for the employers who host FJF placements but primarily for the FJF workers themselves.
Unions can only do this effectively if we are geared up to recruiting and [...]
Union membership in California (a labout market roughly half the size of the UK) has risen by over 100,000 in the last year. This is recession-busting stuff, given that unemployment in the state hit 11.9% in July.
In fact, California unions gained 131,206 new members from July 2008 to June 2009 (up from 2.7 million according to [...]
If you’re due to be at this years Congress which begins in Liverpool on September 14th, attending the following fringe meetings will be time well spent.
Reaching out: organising young workers
Room 4A, BT Convention Centre
Monday 14th September, 5.15pm
Chair: Frances O’Grady, TUC
Speakers: Billy Hayes, CWU, Mark Serwotka, PCS, Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ, Chris Keates, NASUWT, John Walsh, Unite [...]
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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