Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Stewart
Back to Lincolnshire again, where the road beneath you is the highest point in the landscape. This time a bit of experience, and a bit more planning, and every visit was a success. Even where the head wanted to turn us away they couldn’t.
For this visit hundreds of letters, scores of posters and dozens of [...]
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Posted on April 20th, 2010 by Ellenor
Followers of my blog will remember that I have recently put together my project plan and that the first item is mapping.
Mapping is just what it sounds like: a process of understanding the important features of a workplace or situation: how many people work in this office, or warehouse or industry, how many are union [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Ellenor
One of the cool things about working at Congress House is the sense you have of national events unfolding around you. Just lately, the building’s been hosting the negotiations around the British Airways dispute.
Yesterday the guy in the phone shop wanted to know if I thought he’d still be able to get to his brothers [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Ellenor
Well a month has gone by and it feels about the right time for a little update on my progress. I can picture you all waiting with baited breath. You will remember that I had arrived in Congress house, wide eyed and naive with scarcely any knowledge of the strange new world I found myself in, marvelling at [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by Andrew
Andrew Robbins – NUT Organiser!
Somewhere around the summer of 2008, I took the difficult decision to leave behind my blossoming future as an Elvis Presley impersonator and take up the gauntlet of organising full-time in the labour movement!! A tough call you might think – after all it’s hard to beat Elvis when it comes [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Ellenor
We have all been shocked and appalled by the images emerging from Haiti. The TUC is collecting funds for life saving humanitarian aid to be distributed via the trade union movement in Haiti. If you haven’t given already then you can do so here: http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-17424-f0.cfm
The Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network and Miami Autonomy and Solidarity [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by Stewart
Sponsoring Union: NASUWT
Age:29
Stewart first got involved with unions when he joined USDAW as a 16 year old Tesco worker. He distributed his first union leaflet at 17 and was almost sacked for it.
He has been a campaigning activist for many years, most recently when he worked for Stop the War Coalition setting up and supporting [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Organising Academy
This blog is under new management! We’d like to welcome the next intake of trainees on the TUC Organising Academy programme. You’ll start seeing posts here from our new colleagues now, and can use the blog to keep up with their journey throughout 2010. We’ve a great bunch on board this year, so here’s wishing [...]
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