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Simon Sapper

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UnionDues: 5 important discussions on the GMB/Deliveroo agreement

Simon Sapper
15 June, 2022 (2 weeks ago)

‘Is this a remarkable negotiating coup or a sharp move to take IWGB out of the game?’

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UnionDues: Reach, information and persuasion – the three pillars of (successful) union comms

Simon Sapper
22 February, 2022

We look at the world of union communications in the company of one of its most accomplished practitioners, Kevin Slocombe.

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UnionDues: The Great Post Office Scandal – and postmasters’ union “jaw dropping” role

Simon Sapper
25 January, 2022

In a special edition of the UnionDues podcast, we look at the Horizon IT debacle

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UnionDues: Labour market regulation needs strong unions

Simon Sapper
11 January, 2022

‘In our first episode of 2022, we look at the thorny question of labour market regulation.’

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UnionDues: Are we there yet? Unions and gender equality

Simon Sapper
15 December, 2021

The pay gap is now at between 8 and 15.4 percent

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UnionDues: A global footprint – How LabourStart works to support unions and their members

Simon Sapper
30 November, 2021

With networks in over 20 countries, and working in nearly 30 different languages, LabourStart has been campaigning with unions and their members for over 25 years.

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UnionDues: Doctors’ union finds strength in its members’ patients

Simon Sapper
16 November, 2021

Tom Grinyer, chief executive of the BMA, is the special guest in the latest UnionDues podcast

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UnionDues: The ADCU union and the battle for Uber drivers’ rights

Simon Sapper
18 August, 2021

How do you organise app-based workers? Simon Sapper explores the issue in this UnionDues special.

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UnionDues: The campaign to commemorate one of Britain’s first strikes

Simon Sapper
28 July, 2021

It’s time to recognise the legacy of the Matchgirls strike.

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UnionDues: ‘Industry without art is brutality’ – meeting the Artists Union of England

Simon Sapper
20 July, 2021

Many of their members got no support from the coronavirus income protection schemes, Simon Sapper writes.

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