It seems that no campaign is complete these days without someone setting up the ubiquitous accompanying Facebook group. Some of these have been really successful, some really haven’t. I’m a big fan of anything that can help unions organising but I think there are a couple of potential pitfalls in using Facebook so liberally.
The first is that Facebook [...]
Rather than go through EVERY single transaction I’ve, well transacted, over the last two days - here are some of the ‘highlights’ (I use the word ‘highlights’ very advisedly)
On-line shopping at Tesco - Tesco is one of those companies people love to hate…its 30% UK market share has seen it come under fire from groups [...]
Yesterday was a quiet day…only 3 transactions to report.
1) Went to the Co-op to buy bread and the papers. You’d think the Co-op would be a safe best considering its history and the fact that it recognises several TUC unions. However, the GMB is currently in dispute with the Co-op over its decision to unilaterally [...]
Here’s my dilemma…
Yesterday we ran out of coffee in the office (well we ran out the proper stuff, I don’t count decaffeinated as coffee in the same way that Kaliber is not a lager), so I was forced to go out to a local coffee shop for my daily fix.
The nearest,and frankly best, coffee shop to [...]
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 [...]
“The classic English gentleman abroad: It’s David Niven. It’s Stuart Grainger. It’s Nigel Havers. The look - Imperial Leisure. Offset that look with those four summer reliables - hat, cravat, summer spectacles and, for that touch of class, the Organising Academy Polo Shirt.”
(with apologies to Alan Partridge)
Are you a sartorially challenged union organiser, looking for [...]
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.
The website www.newunionism.net reports an interesting finding from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitivness report - namey that high levels of unionism correlate positively with improved competitive performance. The top 5 countries for 2008 have an average union membership of 41.8%. The top 10 have an average of 37.6%. The top 20 have an average of 37.0%. [...]
