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industrial relations professor, RMT Mick Lynch biographer, authored Joe Strummer's politics book, researching The Redskins' influence [email protected]

Glasgow, Scotland
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8 months
It is with incredible sadness and so many tears that we have had to say goodbye to our beloved rescued dog, Hugo. We hope we gave him the best life possible after such a bad start that he had. As long as we live here, we shall have him with us at the bottom of the garden. xxx
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Carrefour supermarket occupation: '... the French could give lessons to the British in terms of taking no crap from exploitative and abusive corporations and governments and banding together to stop it.'
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RT @MarkPerryman: Labour machine aka Morgan McSweeney lauded for hyper-effiiciency which translates as barring @lloyd_rm excluding from se…
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@BUIRAonline Scot Gov declared in 2016 Scotland would be ‘fair work’ nation by 2025. This event considers what has & hasn’t been achieved & why, does Employment Rights Bill change situation & do we still need devolved employment law?
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Assessing ‘Fair Work' Scotland’: Scot Gov declared in 2016 Scotland would be ‘fair work’ nation by 2025. This event considers what has & hasn’t been achieved & why, does Employment Rights Bill change situation & do we still need devolved employment law?
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My piece in The National today called 'Can capitalism ever be democratic? Scotland must consider this question' looks beyond what's happened this year to consider the underlying nature of the system we live under
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Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support: Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
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RT @ScotsPostPunk: When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun... htt…
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Thousands of Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee drivers to log off on Valentine’s Day
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RT @ScotsPostPunk: HISTORY DOESN’T REPEAT ITSELF, BUT IT OFTEN RHYMES Definitely catching this when I’m in London Town next month… ⁦@GCPu
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Thousands of Asda workers win latest stage in decade-long equal pay case: GMB union says the mostly female shop staff are on ‘cusp of justice’ with claim that could cost supermarket £1.2bn
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@buira 1 May 2025 event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - see range of speakers and other details
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@BUIRAonline 1 May 2025 event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - see range of speakers and other details
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1 May 2025 event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - see range of speakers and other details
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1 May 2025 event: Assessing Scotland as a ‘Fair Work Nation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - see range of speakers and other details
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Next time you're at a music festival, remember 'Staff working in ‘brutal’ conditions at some of UK’s biggest festivals, union says: Some staff work 18-hour days, some sleep on floor and some have no access to drinking water, finds research'
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Quoted in despatches here on difficulty for stopping the cuts: 'Slow cuts or risk lasting harm, staff warn stricken universities - Institutions ‘caught between rock and hard place’ attempting wholesale transformations of their operations
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The drivers’ union taking on Uber and the apps
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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week - More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay
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Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally: Companies supplying ‘freelance’ workers contacted by minister over practices that could breach employment law
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#strikes #UnionStrong Further confirmation the strike wave has ended: Strike statistics for Nov 24 out today: 51,000 days not worked in 57 strikes by 7,000 workers. Over a year ago since significant number of days not worked and workers involved in strikes on a monthly basis.
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