STRONGER UNIONS

TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, speaking on what trade unions want from a Copenhagen deal, and how the transition to a low carbon economy would benefit British workers. From the Government’s ACT ON COPENHAGEN website.

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It’s been a while, but we’ve now updated the TUC Facebook application, My-Union. When Facebook released their new design, applications that were developed before were banished to the boxes page. Whilst the app still goes there by default now, clicking the little pencil button on its box header now lets you move it to your [...]

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For more on the 60 Second Ad contest, check the contest page here.

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1. On average, union members receive higher pay, better sickness and pension benefits, more holiday and more flexible working hours than non-members. Union members earn more than 12.5% more per hour than non-union members (with average hourly earnings £13.07 for members and £11.62 for non-members).
2. Unions can also play a key role in reducing pay [...]

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Today the TUC launched a joint statement with BERR & the CBI, setting out ‘the positive contribution [union reps] can make to the workplace’.
The statement comes on the back of research undertaken by BERR, as part of its review of facilities and time off for workplace,  which found that union reps contributed between £3.4bn and [...]

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The first TUC Activist Academy courses are due to get underway over the next few weeks. 
During January and February, courses will be starting in Birmingham (first session January 14 and 15), Ruskin College, Oxford (Jan 15 and 16), Stowe College, Glasgow (January 26 and 27), Leeds (Jan 28, 29 and 30), Plymouth (Feb 9 and [...]

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Just a union you can believe in!
So goes the (pretty good I think) strap line of Equity’s new campaign to coincide with the forthcoming panto season. Equity is the UK union that organises artists in professional entertainment. This includes singers, actors, dancers, directors, stage managers, radio and TV presenters etc.
Today I’ve been doing an organising [...]

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A combination of a glitchy wifi connection at the hotel and a pretty heavy schedule have prevented me posting as promised on the Leading Change Class of 2008 visit to Cambridge, MA.
But now its Sunday morning and there’s time to cover a few highlights and make another promise.
From speaking to the group, the undoubted highlight [...]

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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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A friend sent me this – very funny but making a serious point.

Send a personalised one to your friends in the States here.

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