STRONGER UNIONS

The Taxpayers Alliance -the group that is NOT an alliance of ordinary tax payers is once again speaking up for..well themselves really.
Taking up the invitation recently extended by the government for suggestions from the public for laws they would like to see repealed, the Taxpayers Alliance has shown that it has its finger on the [...]

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A survey of over 1300 union reps carried out by the Labour Research Department in 2009 found extensive evidence of union involvement in climate change measures in the workplace.
Across the private and public sectors negotiated agreements, climate committees, audits and inspections, and training are all ways in which union environmental reps can act as [...]

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Good article in the Guardian today summarising “CARITAS IN VERITATE”, the latest Papal Encyclical. Some of this will be very controversial for trade unionists and the left more generally - but while the encyclical contains much on issues around abortion and contraception that I disagree with, I have more sympathy with its analysis that a belief in [...]

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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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Yesterday evening I was in the East End of London speaking at a seminar organised by the Young Foundation on Organising, unions and social movements.
The Young Foundation is an organisation set up to ‘tackle major social needs through combining creativity and entrepreneurship’ and is currently running Uprising – a new leadership programme aimed at training [...]

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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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Good article here on the Uni Global Union site about our 10th anniversary conference earlier this week.
Another perspective of the event can be found on John’s Labour Blog – thanks for the good review John!
Let us know if you see any more reviews or comments about the event and post the links in the comments section.

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