ORGANISING ACADEMY

Andrew Robbins – NUT Organiser!
Somewhere around the summer of 2008, I took the difficult decision to leave behind my blossoming future as an Elvis Presley impersonator and take up the gauntlet of organising full-time in the labour movement!! A tough call you might think – after all it’s hard to beat Elvis when it comes [...]

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We have all been shocked and appalled by the images emerging from Haiti. The TUC is collecting funds for life saving humanitarian aid to be distributed via the trade union movement in Haiti. If you haven’t given already then you can do so here: http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-17424-f0.cfm
The Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network and Miami Autonomy and Solidarity [...]

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This is a post I’ve put slightly on the back burner. The environment is new to me so it’s taken some time to form an impression.
I’m working for the South East region TUC, based in the magnificent Congress House, just off of London’s Oxford Street (my first pay packet was spent in my mind at [...]

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Well it’s almost upon us, the first Academy Organiser session at the Ruskin College in Oxford. Really cant wait to meet up with everyone again and share some of the experiences i have had the past 3 weeks. 3 weeks!! Blimey that has gone so quick.
My sponsoring Union have been brilliant, have been out on [...]

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10th January 2010 –
This will be my first post on the TUC blog and as someone new to blogging I’m not quite sure what to write.
After finding out I had been successful in getting into the candidate pool this year and then later with the NUT I was ecstatic! Although I don’t have much experience [...]

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Name: Chris Musgrave
Age: 23
Background
Originally from Pontypridd, but spent his working time in the City of Cardiff, where he worked for the HMRC for 7 years.
Chris was propelled into activation by a growing dissatisfaction with his management and deteriorating working conditions. During his time at HMRC he was a PCS Union Representative for four years, and [...]

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Well, that was an interesting first week, negotiating blizzard conditions and a 130 mile trip to start my first day. Then being sent home at 12pm as the snow was so heavy.
The end of the week saw me moving into my accomadation and arranging, re-arranging then arranging some more, till i finaly settled in. Gorgeous [...]

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Sponsoring Union: NASUWT
Age:29
Stewart first got involved with unions when he joined USDAW as a 16 year old Tesco worker. He distributed his first union leaflet at 17 and was almost sacked for it.
He has been a campaigning activist for many years, most recently when he worked for Stop the War Coalition setting up and supporting [...]

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As we all know, there are a multitude of factors that make the current world of work a ‘difficult climate’ in which to organise so perhaps the sub-zero first week for us 2010 trainees was fitting.
Difficulty in getting anywhere has characterised the first week as well getting used to working from home. Sorting out a [...]

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Well my first week has been and gone and it feels about time for the first blog entry!
Seeing as I’ll be working on the Vulnerable Workers Project I thought I’d explain a little about what we mean by vulnerable workers and what the trade union movement has been doing about the problem so far.
The TUC’s [...]

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