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Union Dues is back!
Union Dues is back, with a stellar line up of guests to delight, inform and inspire. Here’s the series preview. CONTINUE READING
A way through the woods?
A stunning new report on Unions and Covid says it’s ok to innovate. CONTINUE READING
Unions after Covid
What will we learn and what changes will we make because of Covid? A new research project aims to find out and we’re all invited to help. CONTINUE READING
The Union Brand
Getting our message across is especially important in these Covid-ridden times. CONTINUE READING
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
New Podcast: Can The Industrial Strategy Deliver?
Becky and I welcomed Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England to the last episode of the current Unions21 podcast series. Andy spoke with us in his capacity as the chair of the Industrial Strategy Council– charged with holding the government to account over its delivery (or not) of the strategy’s objectives. We made clear… CONTINUE READING
NEW Union learning and CPD – a winning combination
In this second Unions21bite-size masterclass, Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Unionspeaks on how levels of engagement and union education were transformed by embracing the need of members for continuing professional development (CPD). There is expert analysis from Becky Wright, SPERI’s Tom Hunt, and Simon Sapper. We welcome the support of welcome… CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST Heatwaves and Blue Sky Futures
Maybe it was the heat, maybe we were just hit by a wave of end-of-termitis, of maybe we were hitting lots of nails on the head. Whatever. This is a rousing finale to our second series. CONTINUE READING
“I Didn’t Think I Could Take My Maternity Leave But I Knew I Had To”
The lack of flexible working practices is really a cost to business – a bar to higher productivity. Yet still there is reticence to have a sensible discussion about this. CONTINUE READING
