Tag: Ian Hodson

  • #WakeyFor10 – Wakefield demo April 14 #FastFoodGlobal

    #WakeyFor10 – Wakefield demo April 14 #FastFoodGlobal

    Joint Press statement by Wakeyfor10 and the Bakers Food and Allied workers union Britain’s food union, For over a 150 years The Bakers food and allied workers union has sought to improve the living conditions for workers, weather that be in work or in the community The BFAWU, stands by its members, In the 5th…

  • We won’t be fooled by Osborne’s gimmick wage! #FoolsGold protest April 1

    We won’t be fooled by Osborne’s gimmick wage! #FoolsGold protest April 1

    The Tories will be re-branding the minimum wage as National Living Wage this Friday April 1st. The 50p rise is nowhere near enough to take low-paid workers out of poverty pay and the under-25s are excluded! But we won’t be fooled by Osborne’s gimmick wage! To counter the Tory hypocrisy, a campaign is being launched…

  • Yorkshire NSSN: union reps & members share experiences

    Yorkshire NSSN: union reps & members share experiences

    The fourth annual conference of the Yorkshire Shop Stewards Network was held in Leeds on Saturday 5th March, attended by representatives from ten different trade unions from across the region. Opening the “Stop the Union Busters” morning session, Andy Budds (RMT transport union executive member) said it was no accident that it had been the…

  • A New Year’s message from BFAWU President Ian Hodson

    A New Year’s message from BFAWU President Ian Hodson

    As 2014 nears its end, we can take heart in the fact that God willing, we may only have to endure another five months or so of this nasty, vindictive and rotten government. During his time in office, the Prime Minister, David Cameron has dusted off all the old World War quotes and rolled out…