tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3777273034647108756..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: What Are Trades Councils?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-22564308930277193442009-10-22T10:04:10.393+01:002009-10-22T10:04:10.393+01:00This piece on the White Horse Trades Council at So...<a href="http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=4785#comment-159800" rel="nofollow">This piece</a> on the White Horse Trades Council at Socialist Unity might be of interest to comrades and readers.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-4004909046457392292009-10-20T20:26:26.660+01:002009-10-20T20:26:26.660+01:00I joined Usdaw ages ago, and very helpful they wer...I joined Usdaw ages ago, and very helpful they were too, with regard to their legal help when a colleague succumbed to an injury at work. But I couldn't help feeling that the rep who recruited me was more interested in handing out Usdaw logoed biro pens and those fluffy things with wobbly eyes and sticky feet that you put on your computer monitor or stationery holder.Pineapplehttp://padevat.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-72753241996601416072009-10-20T12:34:34.479+01:002009-10-20T12:34:34.479+01:00Show me some mathematical proofs Skidders and I...Show me some mathematical proofs Skidders and I'm anyone's.<br /><br />Phil, we're hoping to do May Day events too at some point down the line. Our immediate strategy is helping out the local labour movement anyway we can as well as holding the occasional public meeting. What we do lack is a specific campaign that is seen to be "owned" by the trades council. But yes, getting the delegates in is an interminable challenge and one not assisted by the unofficial boycotts a couple of national TUC-affiliated unions have locally.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-60310265469957579402009-10-19T22:35:53.912+01:002009-10-19T22:35:53.912+01:00What else have trades councils up and down the cou...What else have trades councils up and down the country done, apart from supporting local disputes and the like to keep the trades council relevant to overworked local labour movement activists?<br /><br />How do we get branches to see the need to send delegates on a regular basis?<br /><br />This is a conversation I had with our local TC secretary. We are doing many things including doing mayday events, and I have spoken to people from other councils who hope to use it to do training for activists locally but would be very interested to hear other ideas from around the country.<br /><br />CheersPhil Brightonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45280829211139203372009-10-19T18:54:06.191+01:002009-10-19T18:54:06.191+01:00You social scientists are easily impressed with a ...You social scientists are easily impressed with a bit of maths.skidmarxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-7875747177896877992009-10-19T12:54:15.799+01:002009-10-19T12:54:15.799+01:00Tom produced some graphs to illustrate the point, ...Tom produced some graphs to illustrate the point, so it must be true :PPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90159596340207430772009-10-19T12:05:32.163+01:002009-10-19T12:05:32.163+01:00Giood summary - I have been active in my local Tra...Giood summary - I have been active in my local Trades Council for soem time and often forget how people may not know how they work and their importance. That is, very.<br /><br />However on the 'stablising' of union memebrship - well I've also ehard that one for some time!Andrew Coateshttp://www.tendancecoatesy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com