Fleshing out the policies
Throughout the coming weeks, we want to highlight in more detail the policies on which I'm campaigning. We'll be inviting guest writers and policy advisers who are experts in each policy field to explain the background to the particular issues that we're dealing with and to set out the policy proposals in more detail. We want to draw on the expertise of policy analysts and the organisations campaigning on each policy.
We start with what some see as a contentious issue, the Trade Union Freedom Bill, explaining what it will contain, why it's necessary, and what its purposes are. John Hendy, Chair of the Institute of Employment Rights has written an invaluable briefing on this proposed Bill which you can read here.
As we continue to publish these useful policy briefings, I'd welcome your thoughts on the issues that they raise.
We start with what some see as a contentious issue, the Trade Union Freedom Bill, explaining what it will contain, why it's necessary, and what its purposes are. John Hendy, Chair of the Institute of Employment Rights has written an invaluable briefing on this proposed Bill which you can read here.
As we continue to publish these useful policy briefings, I'd welcome your thoughts on the issues that they raise.
posted by John at 8:33 PM
6 Comments:
Something on the LGPS may well be good.
I won't pretend to fully understand the bill as much of it is written in union speak, although the signatories gathered so far are impressive. I would support it in principle but would refute some commentaries such as - it is impossible to track members names and locations.
Unions should modernise their data, they can afford to do so, and they should explain their issues to the general public in a better way than they do now. This may mean choosing leaders with better persuasion skills than those at present.
In return for the passing of this bill, they should be prepared to be more open on how union funds are utilised. For example it is difficult to find any report and accounts on a couple of major union's websites. By opening their doors this way, more support will be forthcoming from the general public.
on the Trade Union Freedom Bill we can point out that in this country we have all these consumer rights but basically no proper rights at work so we should get behins this Bill! Now that the ethical/green agenda is finally being taken seriously we should look around and apply ethics to the gap between rich and poor and the long hours culture, stop people signing the opt-out clause to the working time directive so they can do overtime and restore their trade union rights which will also help with the privatised contractors so many have to work for start messing around with their terms and conditions such as a friend of mine with a young baby who was an unqualified social worker who was suddenly made to start working nights which caused child care problems and she had no taken the job originally on those terms even before she had a baby. John Cole on The Westminster Hour tonight put in a good plea for trade unions and spoke out against the gap between rich and poor that Blair and Mandy endorsed , hope you all heard it it should still be on the web for awhile if you haven't. Last week I meant to email them to complain though as they did an article about political blogs and said they were all too mainstream; they should have done their research and found this one.
things are boding well for Dems in USA because of the anti-war vote I think, I keep seeing tv reports of Republican campaign receptions with only handfuls of people there
John's odds at Ladbrokes are 200-1!
Unions restrict economic growth and cause unmployment. Just look at France.
God bless Maggie.
Anonymous - your spelling of unemployment just shows what the Tories did to education.
. . . oh and didn't Maggie cause a bit of unemployment?
You are quite clearly very silly.
Many inner cities are only just recovering from vicious and vindictive way that Thatcher starved our poorest inner cities of funding.
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