Ten years ago I was one of the first trainee organisers to join the TUC Organising Academy, working with BIFU the finance union. The union has gone (first to become part of UNIFI, then AMICUS and now UNITE) but the Organising Academy is still going strong On October 14 the TUC is hosting an event…
Interesting link here to an article about agency working based around the 6-week diary of a Unite member who went ‘undercover’ to find out the reality of working for an employment agency. ‘His time as an agency worker revealed a shadowy and insecure world of work where no national insurance was paid, contracts of work…
Tonight the organising team will be hosting a discussion in SecondLife on reps and facilities time. If you’d like to join us click here for more information. The event is just one element of a range of activity taking place on Union Island to mark May Day. Hope you can join us!
Tonight we had the first informal meeting of the TUC’s ‘Leading Organising’ network, bringing together heads of organising from unions including Unison, GMB, PCS, NUT and the CSP. Our aim is to pull together this group every couple of months or so to share ideas and experience. The meetings are open to everyone with a…
Last week I spoke about the organising challenge in the UK to the Biennial conference of Mandate, the union for bar and retail workers in Ireland. Its the second event I’ve spoken at in Ireland during the last few weeks. The first was an event hosted by the NCI looking at prospects for union growth…