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Good meetings are made, they don’t just happen

8/04/2024

Prepare the ground, do your homework and stay focussed.  Good meetings are made, they don’t just happen. CONTINUE READING

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We can’t go on meeting like this….

1/06/2023

Union conferences cost a small fortune to organise. It is an overwhelming imperative to get best value for what is spent. Accompanies the latest Union Days podcast. CONTINUE READING

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What’s branding got to do with it…..

1/10/2021

As the RCM unveils a smart new look, we signpost the background into union/branding love-ins. CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Podcasts

What price EDI?

16/02/2021

PDAU’s EDI model is unlike anything I’ve seen before. So how and why does it work? and what can the rest of us learn? CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Podcasts

All aboard for the Resolution Revolution?

9/02/2021

Can better mediation lead an industrial revolution? Find out on the new Uniondues podcast. CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Loudshirts Blog

How Flexible Is Flexi-Working?

13/05/2020

Flexi-Working is great, but not a magic wand for all employment ills CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Loudshirts Blog

Click And Collect Jobs Catastrophe And The Case for UBI

11/05/2020

The new normal isn’t going to be good news for many of the 6m workers currently furloughed. Put simply, click-and collect needs far fewer staff than pre-Covid habits. CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Loudshirts Blog

Social Rights In Post-Covid Britain

9/04/2020

The campaign for Social Rights to form an integral part of post-Covid Britain is growing. Here’s my take on the Why and the How. CONTINUE READING

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Good Ideas  Loudshirts Blog  Politics

Coronavirus, Sick Pay & The Case For Government Action

3/03/2020

Making special bespoke arrangements for those in financial distress as a result of quarantine and self-isolation is possible, appropriate and necessary. CONTINUE READING

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Injunction Makes Post Strikes More Likely

14/11/2019

A 97% strike vote on a 76% turnout can’t be fixed by court action CONTINUE READING

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