Blogs Posts on "Trade Unions"
RE-ELECT MARK SERWOTKA by Socialist Unity on Nov 20, 2009The ballot opened yesterday for the General Secretary post in the PCS - civil servants union. Voting continues until 12 noon on 17th December. Mark has done an excellent job so far, in very challenging times. He has been nominated by 199 branches,...
THE RISE AND FALL OF “RANK AND FILEISM” - THE SWP AND THE UNIONS by Socialist Unity on Nov 20, 2009The recent decision of Jane Loftus, president of the CWU, to leave membership of the SWP exposes sharply the under-theorised nature of the SWP’s current industrial politics. So as I have recently had an opportunity to read the SWP’s indus...
JANE LOFTUS RESIGNS FROM SWP by Socialist Unity on Nov 19, 2009As I understand it, Jane Loftus, President of the CWU, and the SWP’s most highly placed trade union militant has resigned from the organisation, according to my source: Announced at Brent postal workers’ support group last night that, ask...
Meeting Mandelson by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Nov 13, 2009Today was the long-awaited official opening of the new site where I work. Personally I have been in the new buildings for just over a year, but the industrial building with all the labs and test and manufacturing facilities took longer to finish, a...
THE ROYAL MAIL INTERIM DEAL by Socialist Unity on Nov 6, 2009The CWU’s postal executive yesterday (Thursday) unanimously endorsed the attached agreement. This agreement has been brought about by the strength of the union’s national strike ballot and the overwhelming support for the strikes. CWU/R...
Money in the Labour movement by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Nov 5, 2009Money is as important to the various organisations within the Labour movement as it is to any capitalist entity. Well, maybe not exactly: it is not chased or accumulated for what it is, but it is very much appreciated for what it can do, and necess...
If at first you don’t succeed, get up early by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Oct 31, 2009Following my failed previous efforts to support the striking Royal Mail workers I took the rather drastic and extreme step of getting up before 6am on a Saturday. This ludicrous tactic worked and I met with the workers who were manning the picket lin...
Supporting the postal workers by Skuds' Sister's Brother on Oct 30, 2009It is proving to be harder than I had expected to support the striking postal workers. I should rephrase that… It is proving to be harder than I expected to show my support for the striking postal workers. Having a full-time job myself with a...
TRURO POSTMAN WINS £66200 FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL by Socialist Unity on Oct 30, 2009I just got a txt message from Jerry Hicks. A postal worker of 22 years standing was dissmissed in Truro because he stayed at home to look after his sick wife. An Employment tribual just awarded him maximum damages against Royal Mail, he would have go...
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BLACKLIST by Socialist Unity on Oct 27, 2009BBC report of the Steve Acheson court case. I spoke to Jerry Hicks, who attended the court case, and he told me that while it was good that UNITE paid for Steve’s lawyers, there was a missed opportunity that there was no UNITE presence outs...
