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Labour market regulation needs strong unions

11/01/2022

Millions of workers rely on labour market regulation – but unions are the best guarantee of compliance CONTINUE READING

Podcasts

The Brave New World of work

20/10/2020

A companion to the latest UnionDues podcast where we ask if Huxley’s dystopian future is about to become our present – and what we can do about it. CONTINUE READING

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NEW PODCAST Unions Go Digital In The Covid Crisis

6/04/2020

In the first episode of the UnionDues podcast, I chat with TUC Digital guru, John Wood on how the Covid crisis is the ultimate stress test for their work. CONTINUE READING

Good Ideas  Media

NEW PODCAST #TUC150 – Digital Transformation, Collective Voice, Worksmart and Shop-workers

13/09/2018

The @unions21 podcast is one year old! To celebrate, Becky Wright and me joined the TUC Congress in Manchester for our latest episode. CONTINUE READING

Media

Our Podcasting Year: You Heard It Here First Folks

18/12/2017

Only 4% of union web site front pages have any audio content. Yet the audience for podcasts has expanded exponentially. CONTINUE READING

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Remote, illiterate, self-interested – Government’s own experts slam UK digital programme

2/11/2016

Systemic failings in the Government’s digital programmes cost us more than £2bn of lost savings. CONTINUE READING

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Servant or Master? What Will be our Relationship With a Digital Economy

1/11/2016

I worry when digital experts talk gleefully about ripping down barriers and creating a brave new world. CONTINUE READING

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