Ill-informed comment and political interference won’t solve this high-stakes dispute CONTINUE READING
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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
“Can Damon Silvers Save Organized Labor?”
So asked the Washington Post in 2013. So as the POTUS pays us a visit, we sat down with Damon Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel at the AFL-CIO, America’s TUC to record a special Unions21 podcast. That question is even more important today, as a hostile environment rages against organised labour in the US. … CONTINUE READING
Jess Phillips MP on Women and Work
We talk women an work, childcare (why describing it as low-skill is so wide of the mark) why it’s good to laugh (“gags are supposed to be funny, that’s the point”), and why we shouldn’t be grateful when we win. CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST: Enforcing Labour Standards
Non-compliance is a major issue – for being paid at least at the statutory levels, for equipment and working practices being safe. You can have all the positive legislation in the world, but effective enforcement is needed to make good intentions a day-to-day reality. CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST What Future For ACAS?
Is it possible or realistic to see the ACAS of 2025, being at the heart of renewed public policy to encourage and facilitate good standards at work? CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST: Industrial Strategy and Collective Voice
How to ensure that collective worker voice is embodied in the UK’s industrial strategy is
both a live and challenging issue. CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST What Makes NHS Employers Tick?
The lack of co-ordination and appetite amongst employers is a major inhibitor of good industrial relations. So, when the lead negotiator for the employer of the largest workforce in the country offers to share his thoughts, that seems a good opportunity to learn something. CONTINUE READING
NEW PODCAST: How To Win Union Recognition
In a David-and Goliath tale for our times, hear how a retail/pharma giant was called out by their own staff. CONTINUE READING
