by admin | Oct 12, 2011 | unions
On Sunday 2 October I joined some 35,000 people on the TUC March for the Alternative in Manchester, which went through the city and passed the Conservative Party Conference. Imagine my surprise when I saw this picture taken by NUJ photographer Guy Smallman of police...
by admin | Apr 16, 2011 | Europe, unions
Congratulations to the people of Iceland who, almost one year since the eruption of volcanic ash which grounded aircraft for days, voted down a revised plan to compensate the UK and the Netherlands for losses following the financial crash of 2008. ‘See you in the...
by admin | Mar 28, 2011 | unions
A couple of weeks ago I received the following from Unite regarding the dispute at Amensty International. It’s good news and updates my blog of 9 March. ‘Following a meeting between shop stewards, the representative of Unite and the Secretary General...
by admin | Mar 9, 2011 | international, unions
At last Friday’s European network meeting at the TUC we received an update of the continuing fight back against attacks on our pay, working conditions and social benefits across Europe. Protests against austerity continue in Greece and the first general strike of the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2011 | unions
I recently received a copy of a news release from Unite, the trade union, stating that Amnesty International had told its workers based outside the UK that they will no longer have the right to remain members of the UK based union. A copy of the news release dated 21...
by admin | Feb 7, 2011 | nuj, unions
On 24 January 1986 Rupert Murdoch’s News International group moved production of their four newspapers (Times, Sunday Times, Sun and the News of the World) to Wapping in east London’s Docklands. Some 5,500 production and clerical workers were sacked overnight in what...
