The heart of any trade union is its reps and activists organising in the workplace. After years of membership decline across sectors, a renewed recognition of this essential fact is behind the ‘turn to organising’ in the union movement today.

This turn to collective organising builds strength at a local as well as a national level, and also aids in mobilising around a wider range of political issues from campaigning against austerity to taking action for the environment. In recent years, this fusion of workplace organising and national campaigning has been exemplified by Europe’s largest education trade union, the National Education Union (NEU).

Howard Stevenson, active locally in the Universities and College Union (UCU) at the University of Nottingham, will be joined by a panel drawn from the UCU and the NEU to discuss the possibilities and limitations in this transformative union activity.

Panelists include:

Though primarily the focus of this meeting is on education unions, other trade unionists are welcome.

Howard Stevenson is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Nottingham

Free event, sponsored by University of Nottingham UCU Refreshments provided

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