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Interim injunction against effective 'unlawful' picketing in Birmingham bin strike now extended indefinitely bbc.com/news/articles/…

Quoted here on the issue of whether the UCU can have a lawful 'trade [industrial] dispute' with the Education Secretary; 'UCU warned of court battle if strike against minister progresses: Union threat could prove to be more about ‘propaganda’' timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-warne…

Postie’s been… youtu.be/er1XsPyyYiQ?si… The Clash GC's Punk & New Wave PunkAndNewWave Tony Beesley Gregor Gall FlipsideLondon Tours

Gregor Gall The Clash GC's Punk & New Wave PunkAndNewWave Tony Beesley FlipsideLondon Tours Far from it, but will pick up the odd rarity where & when I can!

25 yrs ago today Britain's 3rd process for gaining statutory union recognition went live. With only 1473 applications so far, it's clear this is not an effective way for unions to gain recognition. The forthcoming Employment Rights Act doesn't look like it will help much either.

My piece in The Sunday National today on how far the politics of 'Scottish socialism' in the Scottish Labour Party have been cast aside in the last 50 years after the publication of 'The Red Paper on Scotland' edited by a then young Gordon Brown thenational.scot/politics/25222…

#GordonBrown My piece in The Sunday National today on how far the politics of 'Scottish socialism' in the Scottish Labour Party have been cast aside in the last 50 years after the publication of The Red Paper on Scotland edited by a then young Gordon Brown thenational.scot/politics/25222…

#ScottishLabour My Sunday National piece today on how far the politics of 'Scottish socialism' in the Scottish Labour Party have been cast aside in the last 50 years after the publication of 'The Red Paper on Scotland' edited by a then young Gordon Brown thenational.scot/politics/25222…

Rock Against the Rich/Class War youtu.be/25Lm401fFKA?si… #joestrummer Joe Strummer GC's Punk & New Wave PunkAndNewWave Gregor Gall Gregor Gall

My new Labor Studies Journal (open access) article, 'Labour Relations in the UK and USA: Separated by Much More than a Common Language?' - looking at recent industrial relations & labour law developments, suggesting both need social democratic parties journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

April 25 strikes stats out today - same pattern every month since Nov 24, namely, about 47,000 days not worked in about 51 strikes by about 6,000 workers each and every month so well down on cost-of-living strike wave but still way higher than immediate pre-pandemic years

Quoted in Times Higher on the employer tactics used in universities to shed increasing numbers of staff at the moment timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-ente…

#strikes #unionbuild New strikes statistics for Britain: Link for initial analysis of a newly generated database for the period 2018 to 2023 on i) ballots for strikes and industrial action; ii) strike action; and iii) industrial action short of a strike business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/down…

New strikes statistics for Britain: The link for the initial analysis of a newly generated database for the period 2018 to 2023 on i) ballots for strikes and industrial action; ii) strike action; and iii) industrial action short of a strike: business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/down…

Another new political initiative makethempay.org.uk

When will the Employment Rights Bill become law? Not for some time due timing of passage through Parliament & then staged (aka delayed) implementation. All makes a mockery of Bill being lay before Parliament within first 100 days of Labour being in office personneltoday.com/hr/when-will-t…

#JoeStrummer #TheClash Three years ago today, my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book was published. Thanks to the thousands that have bought it and it continues to sell well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#JoeStrummer #TheClash Three years ago today, my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book was published. Thanks to the thousands that have bought it and it continues to sell well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

Three years ago today, my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book was published by Manchester University Press. Thanks to the thousands that have bought it and it continues to sell well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#JoeStrummer #TheClash Three years ago today, my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book was published by Manchester University Press. Thanks to the thousands that have bought it and it continues to sell well. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/