ORGANISING ACADEMY

The philosopher Diogenes eschewed normal living, to eke out his existence in a barrel.  He claimed that by doing so, he would reach his inner self and therefore discover the meaning of life. There have been many others since  who have, for reasons only known to them, quite happily navel gazed, ‘turned the other cheek’, [...]

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Busy time in N. Ireland all our members are engaged in action short of strike to achieve parity of pay and conditions of employment with teachers in England and Wales. The action has highlighted the schools with bullying heads, leaving the office with a hit list of industrial relations hotspots to get better organised when the [...]

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Over the last nine months of working for the Organising Acedemy, I have found that you have to be a hearty soul.  I am working on the campaign for betting shop workers and this means a lot of walking in the fine scottish weather.  Not that I am complaining because I’m not.  I love meeting [...]

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I’m just over halfway through my placement and suprisingly I’m feeling more invigorated and full of energy than I did in September last year.
Remembering why I wanted to be an organiser in the first place has made me realise that I’m doing the right thing and that things aren’t always going to go smoothly but [...]

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I’ve been working on varying activities within the NASUWT over the last 6 months,  with my 3 main areas of concern being
                 1.  Working on organising members in schools which are slated to become academies within the next year or so
                 2.  Developing an informal structure to help0 develop some of the Younger Members within the [...]

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On the last day of the last block of newcastle training at the moment, it’s been a hard week, covering campaign work. It’s been incredibly helpful, even with Mr Nowak pretending to be someone completely different….
 
We’ve all realised that organising is incredibly hard work and tiring,  I Think we all just need to get some [...]

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I’m now over the half way point at the EIS, and things are going well.  I’ve been surveying as many of our student members as possible, and it’s becoming clear that they have the same concern preying on their minds: the shortage of jobs in Scotland for newly qualified teachers.  I spoke to some of [...]

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PCS members at the South Bank recently held a successful recruitment event, targeting ticketing and non-retail staff.
Organised by reps Jack Goffe and Helen Burgess, this event drew interest from a variety of staff, including young members, some of whom  joined on the day.
The Royal Festival Hall was closed in 2006 under a massive refurbishment programme, [...]

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