Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; currently writing a new political biography of Tom Mann

Manchester
Joined January 2011
My book is finally out!! Published today and available to buy/order from @PlutoPress @Bookmarks_books and any other good bookshop - see list ⬇️
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Just a couple of weeks left to see this brilliant exhibition - really well worth visiting phm.org.uk/exhibitions/on-th…
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Over 300,000 public sector workers in Ireland struck on Wednesday over pay. The strike, called by the ICTU union federation, involves the whole public sector, including teachers, nurses, doctors, other health workers and civil servants socialistworker.co.uk/intern…
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Apache North Sea oil workers have “emphatically” backed strike action after being given what it said was an unacceptable pay offer that amounted to a real-terms pay cut for many employees, at a time when the company was “raking in eye-watering profits”. theguardian.com/business/202…
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Ralph Darlington retweeted
Please note this meeting date has now been postponed for a couple of weeks to Thursday 22 Oct 6.00-7.30pm
Annual MIRS Shirley Lerner Memorial Lecture: Prof Jo McBride (University of Durham) ‘In-Work Poverty: An Exploration of Causes, Consequences and Impacts in the North East of England.’ Thurs 8 Oct, 6-7.30pm, Man Met Uni Business School and via Zoom: eventbrite.co.uk
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Really significant research results to be presented at this. Note: the event is open to all - either in person or via zoom (see link to register)
Annual MIRS Shirley Lerner Memorial Lecture: Prof Jo McBride (University of Durham) ‘In-Work Poverty: An Exploration of Causes, Consequences and Impacts in the North East of England.’ Thurs 8 Oct, 6-7.30pm, Man Met Uni Business School and via Zoom: eventbrite.co.uk
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Trade unions are hugely important for building resistance to oppression, climate change and inequality. But the British labour movement sometimes seems to spend more time commemorating the glorious defeats of the past than supporting the struggles of today socialistworker.co.uk/in-dep…
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What do you do when you’re in London and visit Primrose Hill? Visit the house that Engels lived in obviously!!
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Ralph Darlington retweeted
New Podcast Episode: Employment Tribunals in Crisis – The Blind Spot in the New Deal for Working People with Andrei Savitski from the Work Rights Centre. Listen via: Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/1Db… Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… YouTube - youtu.be/jnh0wdRBbO4
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ANNOUNCEMENT| We'll be hosting our 8th conference 11-12 June 2027, in Ghent Belgium. The theme this year is: Contested Countrysides: Conflicts, Claims and the Making of the Modern World. Full info: iassc-net.org/index.php/news… #IASSC #IASSC8 #Ghent #Belgium
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What I love about Bristol…!!
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Strikes & Social Conflicts - Call for Papers 8th Conference IASSC/Commodity Frontiers Initiative, Ghent, June 2027 iassc-net.org/index.php/news…
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People History Museum to display an "exceptionally rare" jug commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819 when soldiers attacked a peaceful protest calling for political reform and more voting rights bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglj…
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Ralph Darlington retweeted
Prof.Richard Whittle believes AI is a cost-cutting tool in modern organisations. Listen to the podcast on: Spotify - buff.ly/tFrhR1v Apple Podcasts - buff.ly/9uUaJsf YouTube - buff.ly/hrW15X5 #ai @ILRReview @BUIRAonline @irrelations @ManchesterIRS
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Ralph Darlington retweeted
My book, Lady Insurrectionists, is about the bolshy, bawdy and brilliant chartist women. It’s out in November but Waterstones are offering 25 percent off Sheila Rowbotham says the book “made me want to leap from my chair to hail them with admiration and delight” @VersoBooks
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Book launch of "To her The Trade Union Movement was her life" a biography of Manchester Irishwoman and trade unionist, Mary Quaile (1886 to 1958). Saturday, 8 August, 2pm, Friends Meeting House, Manchester. maryquaileclub.wordpress.com…
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While claims of alleged left-wing radicalism are being weaponised in the US to reshape educational curriculums, it is economic imperatives to slash back funding that is currently devastating UK higher education, with subject areas like history being cut eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisi…
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Ralph Darlington retweeted
NEW 🚨| 22 trade union leaders, representing more than 1.3 million workers, are calling on @RockstarGames to stop playing games with workers' rights and recognise the @IWGB_GW. Read, like and share the letter below 👇 #Solidarity #StrikeMap
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