Unions In The UK: Recent Episodes
Hen and Corey
A podcasts about unions.. In the UK! We discuss Unions in the UK: what they are; how to get involved; and what’s going on with them at the moment.
In this episode, we discuss union organising: how to do it; what is involved; what you need to look out for; etc etc etc. This is a very broad strokes episode on how the first steps to organising a union at your workplace are done.
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography and links (Sources are given in the order they were mentioned):
- PCS Strike Info: https://www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/news
- UCU Strike Info: https://www.ucu.org.uk/news
- IWW Organiser Training: https://archive.iww.org/organize/training/
- Organising For Power - Rosa Luxembourg Institute: https://www.rosalux.de/en/o4p
- Jane McAlevey: https://janemcalevey.com/book/
- The World Transformed Festival: https://theworldtransformed.org/
- Red Plenty Games: https://redplentygames.com/
- Keir Milburn: Generation Left: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40248141-generation-left
- IWGB Organising Deliveroo Drivers: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/16/deliveroo-couriers-strike-freedom-william-shu
In this episode, we talk about joining a union. What's involved, what to look out for, what you should be aware of, etc. We also talk about our cool new friend Debbie.. And.. Geese?
Skip to 4:59 to avoid "Goose Chat".
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography and links (Sources are given in the order they were mentioned):
- TUC Union Finder Tool: https://www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union
- UK Government Registered Unions: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-list-of-active-trade-unions-official-list-and-schedule/trade-unions-the-current-list-and-schedule
- IWW UK Website: https://iww.org.uk/
- IWGB Website: https://iwgb.org.uk/en/
- SWARM Website: https://www.swarmcollective.org/
- Equity Supports Sex Workers: https://twitter.com/SamGSwann/status/1577611347004727296
- UVW United Sex Workers: https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/sectors/united-sex-workers/
- IWW IU 690: https://archive.iww.org/category/union-news/news-all-departments-and-unions/department-600-public-service/sex-trade-workers-/
- Solfed Website: http://www.solfed.org.uk/
BONUS EPISODE ALERT! In this episode, we talk some more about cultural hegemony, and then how to get our hands on our own slice of that delicious pie!
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography and links:
- Grunwick Dispute: https://www.striking-women.org/module/striking-out/grunwick-dispute
- Trade Union Football and Alcohol Committee Website: https://tufac.org.uk/
- .. and their twitter!: https://twitter.com/TUFAC4
In this episode, we talk about cultural hegemony. More specifically, what cultural hegemony the working class has, and how the hegemony of the state dictates what unions can and can't do. Also, this is the beef episode. We are getting into some beef.
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography and links:
- Gramsci quote: https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1916/12/newspapers.htm
- Howard Beckett’s Unite TV idea: https://twitter.com/BeckettUnite/status/1402910656282693633?s=20&t=4KkdDzfvV0bafKWYBR2Svw
In this episode we give an overview on who the TUC are. What are they like? What do they do? What are they currently doing? Do we need to be worried about them? Find out this and more right here!
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography and links:
- The TUC general council and structure: https://www.tuc.org.uk/general-council-and-tuc-structure
- An overview on TUC wins: https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/unionsatwork.pdf page 8
Here we discuss the point of union organising! Why bother doing it? Find out in this episode of Unions of the UK! (spoilers; because it is cool and good and rad, but also other things!)
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Bibliography:
- Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism by Amelia Hogan
- Climate Strike: The Practical Politics of the Climate Crisis by Derek Wall
Welcome to Unions In The UK! This is our first episode where we discuss who we are, what we are doing, and the phenomenon known as Hot Strike Summer. Whats going on in the UK and how did we get here?
Music by: intellectualdarkwave @ https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com