Ill-informed comment and political interference won’t solve this high-stakes dispute CONTINUE READING
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All Change! (Or Change Is All)
If the only thing that is inevitable and constant is change, how can unions make it work both for their organisation and their members? CONTINUE READING
Injunction Makes Post Strikes More Likely
A 97% strike vote on a 76% turnout can’t be fixed by court action CONTINUE READING
Grievances: Symptom Not Cause Of Trouble At Work
The well-worn view that formal procedures cause more problems than they solve misses a fundamental point CONTINUE READING
To All Loudshirts Subscribers….
Dear Friends The new Makes-you-Think website has landed! I hope you will like what you see next time you visit. But even the best of changes can be just a little disruptive, and the site’s upgrade means that in order to continue to receive every new Loudshirts post just as soon as it is published,… 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
Union Fan Clubs: A Game-Changer?
The newly-launched #CWU supporters club could be a game-changer 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
NEW PODCAST: What Is It About Americans And Guns?
Each episode takes an issue that is deeply ingrained in the culture of either the UK or the US, but is also a total mystery to one side or the other CONTINUE READING
Employee Assistance Programmes – vital HR tool or incitement to lazy management?
I was happy to have worked with John Crowley of PeopleHR on this useful piece examining the ups and downs of Employee Assistance Programmes. The question in the title of this post is mine, not his!… CONTINUE READING
