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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The TUC is pleased to announce the full list of TU Education Centres who will be Activist AcademyCentre’s of Organising and Recruitment Excellence (COREs) and also initial dates of Activist Academy programmes running at the participating centres - vist the TUC website Activist Academy page for a full list of CORE contacts and programme dates.
The [...]
“Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.”
The above is [...]
