Category Archives: Trade Unionism

LEAKED DOCUMENT: city council leadership – we’ve done over the vulnerable, now for the wage slaves

Posted on December 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

You have to laugh … Or you’d probably cry. The city council’s ridiculous “strategic leadership team“, having spent the last 18 months feather-bedding themselves with pay rises of 20% plus; spending £120k on their own offices and “break-out spaces” and … Continue reading →

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Dinosaur watch

Posted on November 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

That wacky bunch of no-hoper Stalinists, conspiracy nuts and embittered ex-Northcliffe hacks who make up the membership of the local branch of the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) have come up with a recruitment plan. “BRISTOL NUJ can be at … Continue reading →

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Wobblies news

Posted on November 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some heavyweight anti-authoritarian politics comes to Bristol and the south west as a trade union dedicated to the overthrow and destruction of the boss class opens up shop. The Bristol and South west branch of the Wobblies – or the … Continue reading →

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Senior officer moment

Posted on October 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

UNISON have been asking some useful questions about senior officers’ fat cat six-figure salaries down at the Counts Louse. Possibly overlooked in the frenzy over Tesco at Ashton Gate and Steve Lansdown’s admission that his £60m stadium, as predicted, is … Continue reading →

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Phew!

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

What a relief for us all. Isn’t it lucky that Bristol City Council employed a new Chief Executive and gave them an inflation busting 30% pay rise just last year? It’s even luckier that this Chief Exec then spent the … Continue reading →

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Bin men speak!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

See also: Striking binmen take protest to council

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain (reprise)

Posted on May 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

40% – pay rise awarded to Bristol City Council’s new Chief Exec, Jan Ormondroyd, for the year 2008-09 – before she had even done any work for Bristol. Ormondroyd’s pay packet is in the region of £180k a year or … Continue reading →

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City Council budget balls: go figure

Posted on January 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The ruling Labour group has unveiled what it calls a prudent budget for hard times … but Council leader Helen Holland says there will be no cuts in frontline services Bristol Evening Post, 9 December 2009 That makes things pretty … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference

Posted on July 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I see Bristol City Council’s middle management union, UNISON is on strike for the next two days. If anyone notices any change whatsoever because this little lot aren’t at work do let me know …

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Global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi

Posted on March 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Today is a global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, two Iranian trade unionists being held in prison by the Iranian theocracy on charges of “endangering national security”. This pair are unlikely to get the publicity afforded … Continue reading →

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