This is not only a big deal locally, but has been gathering momentum as an issue of much more widespread interest for the general principles involved as well as for the situation of the individual involved. I think it deserves all the publicity it can get! One way to sum it up is that a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Trade Unions'
Sacked for being a good trade unionist
December 4th, 2009 · 48 Comments · Politics
Tags: Medicine/Health·NHS·Trade Unions
Meeting Mandelson
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Work
Today was the long-awaited official opening of the new site where I work. Personally I have been in the new buildings for just over a year, but the industrial building with all the labs and test and manufacturing facilities took longer to finish, and now the company has decided that enough of our operations have [...]
Tags: Crawley·Trade Unions
Money in the Labour movement
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Money is as important to the various organisations within the Labour movement as it is to any capitalist entity. Well, maybe not exactly: it is not chased or accumulated for what it is, but it is very much appreciated for what it can do, and necessary. No point having hundreds of willing volunteers to deliver [...]
If at first you don’t succeed, get up early
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Following my failed previous efforts to support the striking Royal Mail workers I took the rather drastic and extreme step of getting up before 6am on a Saturday.
This ludicrous tactic worked and I met with the workers who were manning the picket line. They did mention how several other members of Horsham Labour Party visited [...]
Tags: Horsham·Royal Mail·Trade Unions
Supporting the postal workers
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
It is proving to be harder than I had expected to support the striking postal workers.
I should rephrase that…
It is proving to be harder than I expected to show my support for the striking postal workers.
Having a full-time job myself with a lot going on there, and more limited access to transport since writing off [...]
Tags: Royal Mail·Trade Unions
Unite’s reaction to the Tory conference
October 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics
More specifically, Unite’s reaction to the proposals to cut 25% of the MoD budget. As somebody who works in the aerospace & shipbuilding sector covered by Bernie Hamilton I have more than a passing interest in this.
Tags: Tories·Trade Unions
The Tolpuddle experience
July 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics
A few days have passed since visiting Tolpuddle so if I write about it now it is not fresh in my mind and I may have forgotten some details, but at least that stops me wittering on about total ephemera.
So anyway, here are some thoughts about the event, about the Labour movement in general and [...]
Tags: Dorset·Heroes·Photos·Trade Unions
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
July 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Life, Politics
Today I went on a day trip to Dorset for the last day of the Tollpuddle Martyrs Festival. It is a long way to go for a day (nearly three hours each way on the coach) but plenty of people came from even further away and it was a good day out even if it [...]
Tags: Dorset·Labour Party·Photos·Trade Unions
Friday 13th
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
On Friday 13th Lindsay Hoyle (Labour MP for Chorley) is introducing a private members bill – the second reading of the Statutory Redundancy (Amendment) Bill. Fridays are days when many MPs traditionally head back to their constituencies, making it hard to get such bills passed.
My union is supporting this bill very strongly, as they should, [...]
Tags: Labour Party·Trade Unions
Bullying and harrassment
February 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Work
At the moment my union is involved in helping to draw up a number of documents for our company all related to ‘dignity at work’: policies and guidelines on bullying and harrassment feature heavily. One type of behaviour does not feature at all, and I am not sure whether it is actually bullying or harrassment [...]
Tags: Trade Unions
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