Links and background to the latest UnionDues podcast – community activism and unions, shop-workers transformed, and much more. CONTINUE READING
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New Podcast – Techworkers unionise
“The biggest job is translating a union and its benefits for a generation that doesn’t understand what they are.” Have UTAW broken the mould of old-style unionising? 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
Transforming the world and other union stories
The new UnionDues podcast goes behind the scenes at the GFTU, asks “What’s next?” for the GMB and looks back at Ewan MacColl’s contribution to union organising. CONTINUE READING
The Problem With May’s Terrorist Response? It Just Doesn’t Add Up
We need to be as tough on the causes of terrorism as we are on those who murder and maim CONTINUE READING
The moral case for saving steel
Politicians are seeing shades of grey when the landscape is black-and-white:The moral case for saving steel is overwhelming. CONTINUE READING
