The audio of my discussion on NHS strikes with Anjana Gadgil on the BBC News channel. Top of the agenda – why won’t the government negotiate and will anything persuade them otherwise? CONTINUE READING
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Strikes and how to solve them – part 3
Talking strikes and how to solve them with @rickedwards1 on the @bbc5live breakfast show this morning. CONTINUE READING
Strikes and how to solve them – part 2
Here’s the audio of my interview with Ben Brown on the BBC TV News Channel this morning. CONTINUE READING
Strikes and how to solve them
Here’s my discussion with Chris Buckler on BBC Radio 5live. CONTINUE READING
Tech workers in the UK are finding their voice… but will they unionise?
My article for the new Techworker site looks at the growing appetite for collective voice amongst the UK’s now-majority digitally native workforce, and explores whether that will translate into a resurgence of trade unionism and a rebalancing of power in workplaces. https://techworker.com/2021/03/01/tech-workers-in-the-uk-are-finding-their-voice-but-will-they-unionize/… CONTINUE READING
The Low Pay Commission Is Coming To Stoke
Here’s my interview with BBC Radio Stoke’s Stuart George on the Commission’s forthcoming visit to the Potteries. CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST: Post-Election Prospects For UK Unions
How should unions engage with the new Conservative government? CONTINUE READING
Here I Am…..
Thanks to Gresh for inviting me onto his podcast! CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST: New Union Organising Models
In the latest Unions21 podcast, Becky Wright and me talk with John Forth and Mathias Askholm about union organising models – specifically why #unions are in the grip of a #costdisease, what that means, how it can be detected and what can be done about it. This coincides with the publication of our new paper, downloadable from the… CONTINUE READING
Brexit, Mediation and Negotiation
What can Brexit tell us about the respective merits of mediation and negotiation? That’s what BBC Radio Scotland’s Stephen Jardine invited me and TCM’s David Liddle onto his show to discuss. I don’t think it will surprise anyone that from the perspective of either negotiation or mediation, the situation screams out “Don’t Do It this Way”. A slow-motion car… CONTINUE READING
