Court Win on Right to Strike
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday 17 April that UK law allowing employers to discipline (but not sack) workers for striking is in conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Issues and campaigns: Trade unions
Workers’ self-defence starts with getting unionised at work. This section includes material on the trade union struggles and issues I am involved in and/or urge you to support!
Guest poem: This is Me
I am loud, I am chatty
I am exhausting, Impulsive and batty
Video: Job cuts
A poem in the Welsh poetic form of Clogyrnach (which is remarkably similar to a limerick), written in support of Unite the Union’s strike ballot of steel workers employed by Tata in South Wales, whose jobs are under threat.
Video: Steel workers’ jobs are on the line
A poem in the Welsh poetic form of Cyhydedd Fer, written in support of Unite the Union’s strike ballot of steel workers employed by Tata in South Wales, whose jobs are under threat.
LGBT+ Educators hold largest-ever union conference
Report from National Education Union LGBT+ Educators Conference by Janine Booth, delegate Published in Solidarity 698 Last weekend (2-4 February), 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other non-straight education workers gathered in Birmingham for the National Education Union’s largest ever … Read more
Work and menopause
Menopause at work hit the headlines on 22 February as the Equality and Human Rights Commission issued new guidance on the issue. However, the guidance only affirmed what the law has been for the last fourteen years, and the fact that news coverage trumpeted it as a breakthrough can only mean that employers have not been following the law.
International Women’s Day celebration, Ealing
Janine’s annual poetic performance at Ealing Trades Union Council’s International Women’s Day celebration. There will also be speakers and music, and a good time will be had by all. Venue: to be confirmed
Fire Brigades Union Neurodiversity training
A three-day residential course in Eastbourne for Fire Brigades Union reps.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace training, FBU Manchester
A one-day training workshop to introduce neurodiversity, for FBU member sin Manchester.
Bakers’ Union neurodiversity workshop
A workshop for delegates at the annual conference of the Bakers’ Food and Allied Workers’ Union.
Is a neurodivergent worker considered disabled under UK law?
The law judges this on a case-by-case basis. The 2010 Equality Act states that an individual is disabled under the law if they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial, long-term, adverse effect on their ability to … Read more
TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee meeting
At Congress House, London
Understanding Neurodiversity training, GMB
If you are a GMB member and would like to take part in this online course, please contact the Southern regional office.
RMT Neurodiversity in the Workplace training
This course introduces you to the Neurodiversity approach, accepting and embracing that different people have differently-wired brains! It equips you as a union activist with the knowledge skills and belligerent attitude you need in order to fight for inclusive, neurodiversity-friendly … Read more
RMT Neurodiversity in the Workplace training course
This course introduces you to the Neurodiversity approach, accepting and embracing that different people have differently-wired brains! It equips you as a union activist with the knowledge skills and belligerent attitude you need in order to fight for inclusive, neurodiversity-friendly … Read more
Cancer in the Workplace training, RMT
Venue: RMT National Education Centre, Doncaster RMT reps and activists can register for this course via their branch or the members’ section of the union’s website.
FBU Neurodiversity in the Workplace training
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Newcastle.
PCS Neurodiversity Taster Session
A one-hour online session introducing PCS members to neurodiversity. Contact the union for more details.
Be Reasonable
We’d like you to strike when it doesn’t disrupt us when it won’t interrupt us going about our daily life We’d like you to strike when it won’t cause strife when no-one will notice Please don’t misquote us Of course … Read more
Share of the Pie
Long long time ago, I can still remember How winter snow would make me smile And I knew when I had my chance We’d come inside to warm and dance And maybe we’d be happy for a while But February … Read more