Strike build-up latest from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Scottish and Welsh patients face cancelled appointments as Northern Ireland’s SDLP outlines support for striking workers, reports Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs.
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Scottish union chief accuses government of behaving like a “Victorian millowner”
One of Scotland’s major teaching unions has warned that virtually every school north of the border now faces closure on the November 30th, reports Ed Jacobs.
Building links not breaking links: Lessons from the Nablus Project
BICOM’s Alan Johnson argues the lesson of the FBU Dundee to Nablus Project is that derecognition is not the most effective way to help Palestinians.
You gotta fight, for the right, to tweeeeeeet
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, details the victory of the Newspaper Guild Of New York in fighting for the right to free expression online.
Forget Grayling’s excuses: Record joblessness is solely the fault of this government
The TUC’s Richard Exell analyses today’s unemployment figures, explaining how they are directly connected to this coalition government’s current economic policy.
Priti Patel’s attacks on trade unions are all about ideology
Carl Roper of the TUC defends the record of unions against the ideologically driven attacks of swivel-eyed right-wing Tory Priti Patel.
What kind of “civil disobedience” tactics will the unions use?
Unions have promised the biggest campaign of “civil disobedience” ever seen – but what kind of tactics might they be considering?
Spanish and Italian strikes show the growth in sporting socialism
Rich Hook looks at the strikes that have gripped Italian and Spanish football and the US NBA and NFL and says sporting socialism is alive and well in those states.
How do unions renew their public image?
Dan Whittle, the director of Unions 21, on the need for unions to renew and make themselves relevant to the 2011 public.
The coalition and the unions: the state of play on day one
The government and the unions are scrapping over public opinion, and so it seems worth looking at the short-term and long-term trends on polling on the issues.