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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Trade Unions'
The Tolpuddle experience
July 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics
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 [...]
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
Tax Freedom Day
January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Thanks to Will Parbury for giving me my first good laugh of 2009 with his piece about billionaires’ tax freedom day. Very topical of course, coming right after my union’s call for tax havens and other tax loopholes to be closed.
Tags: Greed·Taxation·Trade Unions
Unionize
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Sorry punk fans – another song title red herring there. Today I spent an interesting day in Guildford at the University of Surrey, attending a political seminar with my trade union, Unite.
Parisienne Walkways
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Life, Work
I’ve just got back from a little trip to Paris. I can’t even call it a flying visit because I took the Eurostar again. They are up and running after the fire, but not so frequent and the journe takes even longer. It was another visit to our French offices for a union-related meeting where [...]
Tags: France·Paris·Photos·Railways·Trade Unions
Mind Blowing Decisions
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
Tonight I had my monthly clash of meetings because the Horsham CLP and my local trade union branch both meet on the first tuesday of the month. It is a real dilemma because there are reasons to go to both of them.
Tags: Horsham·Labour Party·Trade Unions
Unions: good or bad?
May 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Politics, Work
While yesterday’s meeting was interesting – its always good hear about the plans for the company directly from the man at the top – it was just as illuminating to pick up things from colleagues outside the meeting. I am not directly involved in the European Works Council so a lot of it was new [...]
Tags: France·Trade Unions
The benefits of union membership
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Work
There are many benefits of trade union membership as I am always telling colleagues at work, trying to get them to join up. I tell them all about the legal protection offered, extra benefits gained from the company, the pensions advice, the discounts on all sorts of goods and services, and all that but I [...]
Tags: France·Trade Unions
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