Nice quote from a comment peice by journo Paul Routledge in his column in the Mirror last week. Here is the bit that caught my eye. "There are still six million trade unionists in the UK, the largest body of voluntary collective opinion in the nation...

This week in Las Vegas was an historic one for the trade union and labour movement. Not just for Unite and USW members but for unions and working people across the globe. A merger document creating the first global union - Workers Uniting The Global Union...

Something struck me the other day about how digital and inkjet are a major disruption to industrial production. Most of us are familiar with how Henry Ford revolutionised car production - the famous "any colour as long as it's black" mantra...

I must admit that the news last Friday that Kevin Sarney’s bid for the Butler and Tanner had been accepted (and as of 5.30pm last night, signed and sealed), was, well a surprise to say the least. The B&T saga has been nothing short of a roller coaster...

Wading through the printweek.com forums this morning got me to thinking. They say “You learn something new every day”, or so the cliché goes. But after more than 1,000 days since first crossing the foyer in PrintWeek Towers, I’d offer my own personal...

This week saw the conclusion of negotations with the employers who are part of the Art Studios and Directories Agreement, namley Yell and Pindarset Studios, producing adverts for Yellow Pages directories. Details of the agreement are being sent to members...

This is a press notice issued via The Earth Times which gives details of the USW Convention next week and the signing of the historic agreement to create a merger between Unite in the UK and Ireland and the USW in the USA and Canada. The signing will...

I was pleased with other Unite collegaues be able to join in a peaceful lunchtime demo outside of the Zimbabwean Embassy in support of Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, Zimbabwean trade unionists currently facing trial in Muagbe's hell hole...

The announcement by Skills Minister David Lammy that under new proposals outlined last week, from 2010, employees will be entitled to request time off work for training after six months in a job was too be welcomed. However........David Lammy has gone...

Every Monday morning, I leave my weekly stockpile of used jars or empty bottles in the council-supplied green plastic tub outside for collection. And every Monday evening, I come home to find it half full of those same jars and bottles. So every Tuesday...

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With energy prices predicted to soar mercilessly over the next year or so, a world first printing technology in the form of solar panels is welcome news. Fujifilm Dimatix already hinted at the possibility of using its SAMBA print bar for material deposition...

Finnish paper strike averted at last minute A strike that would have hit 1,000 staff at Finnish paper manufacturer Stora Enso has been averted just minutes before it was scheduled to start. Toimihenkilöunioni (TU), the Finnish union of white-collar staff...

Toimihenkilöunioni TU, the Union of Salaried Employees of Finland, issued a 14-day strike notice against companies aligned with the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. The union’s Paper Industry Bargaining Council, and then the International Chemical...

Returned from the 2008 congress of the European Mining, Chemicals, Energy Federation in Prague. This is a European body which represents trade unions across Europe in oil, petrochemicals, chemicals, phramaceuticals, energy, glass and papermaking. Unite...