Voice column: ‘I’d like to teach the world to sing’

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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“Music is better than words, because it is more precise,” someone once wrote.

Certainly, like a smile, its universal reach is powerful.

At CWU Annual Conference this year we used video and music to celebrate the union’s campaigns and many remarked how chuffed they felt to see our tireless work on behalf of our people represented in such a way.

How we represent members and how we can reach more people and make our union more diverse is a continuing focus for the CWU.

Our National Executive Council has been focusing on CWU membership density and diversity.

Both are interwoven and inseparable. The better the density the more CWU people we’ll have and the more power we can exercise. The more diverse we are, the better our decisions.

This is also true of wider society. According to figures obtained by CWU research, trade union membership density in Norway is at 54.7% – and Norway is the world’s richest country.

Of course the link isn’t automatic, but surely Norway’s creative use of its oil wealth owes something to the pervasiveness of the unions in that country.

Recently, the CWU circulated to CWU branches a report from Government on the position of unions within the UK. Trade union density in the UK stands at 25.6% and women are more likely to be trade union members than men.

The trade union wage premium is still 19.8% for the public sector and 7% for the private sector. That is, if you are in a union you are likely to be better paid.

Of course, similar is true for health and safety and equal pay in terms of protection.

The CWU continues to track our own density in the sectors where we are recognised.

Much good work has been done, but more is needed. In the not-too-distant future we should be at a point where every local rep is aware of the density and diversity of their workplace.

We want to represent everyone and speak for all.

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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
- Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist 1879 – 1955

The July/August 2014 edition of Voice will be out for home delivery to all members at the end of June.

[knackeredneedadayoff]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[dvbuk55]

I'm looking forward to the CWU TV of Billy and Dave doing a rendition of Flanagan and Allen's "Run Rabbit Run Rabbit Run Run Run" that should get the message across to old and new members alike.

[billysboots1]

http://www.cwu.org/billy-hayes/?p=1129

“Music is better than words, because it is more precise,” someone once wrote.

Certainly, like a smile, its universal reach is powerful.

At CWU Annual Conference this year we used video and music to celebrate the union’s campaigns and many remarked how chuffed they felt to see our tireless work on behalf of our people represented in such a way.

How we represent members and how we can reach more people and make our union more diverse is a continuing focus for the CWU.

Our National Executive Council has been focusing on CWU membership density and diversity.

Both are interwoven and inseparable. The better the density the more CWU people we’ll have and the more power we can exercise. The more diverse we are, the better our decisions.

This is also true of wider society. According to figures obtained by CWU research, trade union membership density in Norway is at 54.7% – and Norway is the world’s richest country.

Of course the link isn’t automatic, but surely Norway’s creative use of its oil wealth owes something to the pervasiveness of the unions in that country.

Recently, the CWU circulated to CWU branches a report from Government on the position of unions within the UK. Trade union density in the UK stands at 25.6% and women are more likely to be trade union members than men.

The trade union wage premium is still 19.8% for the public sector and 7% for the private sector. That is, if you are in a union you are likely to be better paid.

Of course, similar is true for health and safety and equal pay in terms of protection.

The CWU continues to track our own density in the sectors where we are recognised.

Much good work has been done, but more is needed. In the not-too-distant future we should be at a point where every local rep is aware of the density and diversity of their workplace.

We want to represent everyone and speak for all.

Quote

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
- Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist 1879 – 1955

The July/August 2014 edition of Voice will be out for home delivery to all members at the end of June.

what a load of guff

[newtimes]

I'm looking forward to the CWU TV of Billy and Dave doing a rendition of Flanagan and Allen's "Run Rabbit Run Rabbit Run Run Run" that should get the message across to old and new members alike.

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[Lounge Lizard]

Does "Trade union density in the UK stands at 25.6%" mean that 25.6%" of UK workers are trade union members ?
- and if so why can't they say so ?

[Sidley]

"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit'

Someone's been sitting too near the corporate speak users

[dvbuk55]

Does "Trade union density in the UK stands at 25.6%" mean that 25.6%" of UK workers are trade union members ?
- and if so why can't they say so ?

The reverse side of the coin is 74.4% aren't union dense presumably. That poses the questions WHY and is trade unionism a spent force? Are unions just another gravy train milking the members without any real power to oppose the management - well we in the CWU know the answer to that but how about other unions - are they still aggressively opposing management?

[clashcityrocker]

Are unions just another gravy train milking the members without any real power to oppose the management - well we in the CWU know the answer to that but how about other unions - are they still aggressively opposing management?

That assumes that "aggressively opposing management" is in the best long-term interests of the members.
The NUM? The print unions?

I don't think Dave Ward makes any secret of his desire to avoid a similar fate for the CWU.
I don't think his strategy makes him a quisling.
He might be proved wrong but I don't doubt his motives.

[dvbuk55]

Are unions just another gravy train milking the members without any real power to oppose the management - well we in the CWU know the answer to that but how about other unions - are they still aggressively opposing management?

That assumes that "aggressively opposing management" is in the best long-term interests of the members.
The NUM? The print unions?

I don't think Dave Ward makes any secret of his desire to avoid a similar fate for the CWU.
I don't think his strategy makes him a quisling.
He might be proved wrong but I don't doubt his motives.

Well his motives should be the improvement of the members who pay him, not a never ending programme of appeasement with RM. Nothing gets the attention like the big stick..............politicians chatter but it's the drones that produce the goods.