The TUC Lay Leadership Development Programme will provide senior lay union representatives (i.e. members of union National Executives) with a challenging and innovative package of training, discussion and support delivered over three 2-day modules. The core themes of the programme will be the way unions respond to key strategic and organisational challenges, the need to [...]
A new report commissioned by the TUC on the current nature and future of community engagement by trades unions in the UK is released today. The report, written as a result of a collaborative project involving the TUC, Goldsmiths and Darwin College, University of Cambridge finds that there is a compelling case to include community [...]
Priti Patel, the new Conservative MP for Witham clearly has her finger on the nations pulse. How else to explain the 67 Parliamentary questions that she’s submitted on the costs to government departments of trade union facility time – the time away from work duties that union reps get so that they can help their colleagues [...]
The TUC is celebrating union communications and campaigns with the annual Trade Union Communications Awards in London today. When times are tough, members look to their unions for guidance and support. It is absolutely vital that unions communicate what they are doing for their members – and on the evidence of this year’s award winners, [...]
Two thousand Unison conference delegates arrived at this morning’s session to find a green mask on their chairs – and the result was a massive demonstration of support for the Robin Hood Tax, which Unison claim would help prevent damaging cuts in public services. Musician and political campaigner Billy Bragg masked up too, explaining the purpose [...]
The agenda is taking shape for the TUC’s big post election event on future union Campaigning, Organisation, Representation and Education – STRONGER UNIONS 2010 to be held at Congress House on July 5th.
Confirmed speakers are Frances O’Grady (TUC Deputy General Secretary), Sally Hunt (UCU General Secretary), Dave Prentis (Unison General Secretary) Mehdi Hasan (Senior Editor, [...]
I suppose you could regard Michael Gove’s speech on the relationship between trade unions – and Unite the union in particular – and the Labour party as an understandable bit of electioneering. But underneath the somewhat forced hysteria about Unite, the BA dispute and Charlie Whelan what he really seems to be saying (perhaps what [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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