Well I’m back again! Nick isn’t able to take on the Assistant Sec job at the moment as he’ll be moving to a different branch of Unite and will have to get re-elected as a delegate to NTUC. Let’s hope that happens soon, as we need his energy and
enthusiasm!
As you have discovered, we now have an NTUC blog. It won’t be for discussions as we haven’t time to moderate it and there are plenty of other forums for that. But we will try to keep you up to date with events and newsletters.
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have divided this newsletter into two blog entries as it will be too long otherwise. I will put all the TUC info on courses, H&S and interesting blogs on a separate page. So please take a look at it as well.
We will also be putting some help pages up. We currently get queries from mainly non-unionised people who want to know what union they should join, how to go about it and also how to deal with problems such as disciplinaries, redundancy, bullying and health and safety. I am currently drafting some pages with links – once they are up you can let me know if I need to alter it or add info. It will be work in progress – I’d like to get at least something up pretty soon.
Dates for your diary:
1st March : Work Your Proper Hours Day 2013. If staff who regularly work unpaid overtime totted up all the extra hours they put in, and run them from the start of the year they’d be working for free… http://www.worksmart.org.uk/news/2013/02/march-1-is-work-your-proper-hours-day-2013
8th March: Unions21 Conference at the TUC. Details and
registration: http://www.unions21.org.uk/events/annual-conference-2013-strong-unions-turning-the-t
14th March: NTUC at the Doddridge
23rd March: Campaign for Trade Union Freedom Launch & Rally 1:30 – 4:30pm at Friend’s Meeting House, Euston Road, London
22nd June: People’s Assembly – see http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/ for details and how to register. Also a model resolution proposing delegates.
Sat 29th June: Camden Centre, London NSSN 7th Annual Conference.
Prevention and Demand Management Strategy Consultation
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DCH Go to http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/ for petition and campaign news.
Connolly Association/cards. A bit early for Mayday yet but a reminder that the Connolly Association sells lots of different cards with socialist themes via Peter Mulligan. Contact Northampton Connolly Association 5 Woodland Avenue, Abington, Northampton NN3 2BY. Tel. 01604-715793 e-mail. pmcelt@o2.co.uk . I have discovered a blog linked to the Association: http://maryrussellwriter.wordpress.com/tag/northampton-connolly-association/.
Petitions
Trade Unionists in Turkey arrested: http://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=1742