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Apparently Nigel Farage is angry. No surprise there, like any pub bore he’s always angry about something, but over the last couple of weeks he’s been angry at those campaign groups that are standing up to UKIP including us here at…
The brutal display of employer power during the Grangemouth Oil Refinery dispute has been pretty shocking. A workforce that sought to protect their union representative from employer victimisation was first locked out, and then threatened…
Cait Reilly, a 24 year old geology graduate from Birmingham being forced to work unpaid in Poundland for two weeks raises some searching questions about modern youth employment. Once you get over the media bile you have to ask the question…
By Byron Taylor At Unions Together we know the pride that trade unions take in their powers of negotiation. Yet even they are unable to reach an agreement with a government that calls for negotiations in one breath, then rejects any…
By Byron Taylor / @byrontaylor74 This morning, Vince Cable carried a stark warning to the trade union movement - industrial action will legitimise further restrictions on strike laws. Whilst this must be opposed, it is important to…
By Byron Taylor Our campaign to win justice for the victims of Pleural Plaques has made vital progress in the past few weeks. At TUC Congress, we overwhelmingly won an emergency motion on Plaques - the whole union movement supported our…
By Byron Taylor I'm writing this from TUC Congress in Liverpool, where, on Wednesday, an emergency motion was debated on Pleural Plaques, and the whole movement united behind our campaign for justice. Pleural Plaques are scarring of the…
By Byron Taylor Last summer I attended a political meeting of the CWU (Communication Workers Union) Youth Forum - a good opportunity to meet young members and shop stewards from around the country and hear their concerns. It was not an easy…
