#UCU Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

#UNITE #Unions #FightingBack According to the latest UNITE 'Facts & Figures' (Nov 2025): Since Sharon Graham was elected General Secretary in August 2021, over 267,000 members involved in 1,600 disputes, members winning won 83% of them and £620m www.unitetheunion.org/work-voice-p...

Resident doctors in England to go on strike in run-up to Christmas: Five days of strike action over jobs and pay to take place from 17 to 22 December www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@bma.org.uk Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#BMA Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

Quoted in Times Higher here on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is the 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece: 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece today called 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be the next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Life as a food delivery worker www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay - Thirteenth action since March 2023 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...

Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...

#strikes Continued significant strike drop for Sept 25 - only 39,000 days not worked in 42 strikes by 10,000 workers. Though higher than in August – 15,000 days not worked in 18 strikes by 4,000 workers, much lower than July (83,000 days not worked, 225 strikes, 26,000 workers).

Resident doctors’ strike to go ahead after Wes Streeting’s last-ditch offer is rejected: Resident doctors in England to strike for five days next week, saying health secretary’s latest offer is way too limited www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Employment Rights Bill will go back to Lords on 17 December for more ping-pong. A guillotine is needed here by the elected chamber www.personneltoday.com/hr/employmen...

ASLEF, the train drivers' union, announces new general secretary aslef.org.uk/news/aslef-a...

My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to portray aslef.org.uk/system/files...

@aslefunion.bsky.social @aslef-do7.bsky.social @mickwhelanaslef.bsky.social My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to play aslef.org.uk/system/files...

#ScottishGreens #GreenParty #GPEW My National piece today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

#ZackPolanski #Zacktivism My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

‘‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests (aka a strike) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days again next month www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#RadicalGlasgowTours Went on this walking tour and would thoroughly recommend it - organised by radicalglasgowtours.com www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Went on this walking tour and would thoroughly recommend it www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Significant strike drop for Aug 25 - only 15,000 days not worked in 18 strikes by 4,000 workers. Because workers were on holiday? More likely reflects absence of no resident doctors' strikes as were in July (when 83,000 days not worked in 225 strikes by 26,000 workers).

Longest strike in NHS history reaches 200 days www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Iron Ladies' review – inspiring account of the women on the miners’ strike picket lines showing the battle against the 'Iron Lady', aka Margaret Thatcher www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My Herald piece today on why the Greens in England and Wales are powering ahead under Zack Polanski, leaving the Scottish Greens in the slow lane. It's called 'Where's Scotland's Jack Polanski? Scottish Greens are going nowhere' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

My Herald piece today on why the Greens in England and Wales are powering ahead under Zack Polanski, leaving the Scottish Greens in the slow lane. It's called 'Where's Scotland's Jack Polanski? Scottish Greens are going nowhere' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

My Herald piece today on why the Greens in England and Wales are powering ahead under Zack Polanski, leaving the Scottish Greens in the slow lane. It's called 'Where's Scotland's Jack Polanski? Scottish Greens are going nowhere' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

@aslefunion.bsky.social My piece in the Oct issue of the ASLEF train drivers' journal called 'With a hell of a shout, it’s Out brothers [and sisters], out!' on what's been happening to the levels of industrial action - see p10 aslef.org.uk/publications...

My piece in the Oct issue of the ASLEF train drivers' journal called 'With a hell of a shout, it’s Out brothers [and sisters], out!' on what's been happening to the levels of industrial action - see p10 aslef.org.uk/publications...

First-year resident doctors back strike action over jobs shortage www.personneltoday.com/hr/first-yea...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted here on the troubling continuation of universities deferring the national pay rise due to continued financial distress www.timeshighereducation.com/news/five-uk...

Quoted here on the troubling continuation of universities deferring the national pay rise due to continued financial distress www.timeshighereducation.com/news/five-uk...

Mirror journalists set to strike in response to AI jobs threat www.personneltoday.com/hr/mirror-nu...

@gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social Well done the IWGB: 'UK workers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionized - Employees have formed the first recognized workplace union in the UK game industry'. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/wor...

Well done the IWGB: 'UK workers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionized - Employees have formed the first recognized workplace union in the UK game industry'. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/wor...

#YourParty The troubles trundle on for proto-party Your Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My Herald piece on former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. It asks the question on where the time came from to write her memoir & whether it was written in 'work time' of the Parliament as an MSP for which she receives ample salary www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece today on former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. It asks the question about where the time came from to write her memoir & whether it was done in 'work time' of the Scottish Parliament as an MSP for which she receives more than ample salary www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

A little bit of hope? Zarah Sultana to drop legal threat over feud with Jeremy Corbyn: MP ‘determined to reconcile’ with former Labour leader after fledgling party’s membership sign-up row www.theguardian.com/politics/202...