Quick Introduction...

Ok, well, i've never blogged before, but, with everything thats going on at the moment,  i felt it the time to pick my writing hands off the dust covered shelf, and try and engage that gear that lives between the brain, and the typing fingers...

Why have i decided to blog?

right, i work for a UK Trade Union, who shall remain nameless for various reasons, but, hopefully it will be enough to say that they are one of the many involved in #n30.  I may work for this union, but as all of those who know me know,  this is not where my heart lies.  Before becoming a full time Organiser for the unnanmed TU, i was a very active member of the Trade Union who i still believe is the most active, and does the most for it's membership, as well as keeping the true values of trade unions to the forefront...I am talking of course about PCS.

Most people in the UK Trade Union movement are fully aware that once a PCS activist, always a (secret) PCS Activist, and i think that this is true in my case.  All of the people who i am happy to class as very good friends, and even Family Members (None Genetically, and None Legally) are all involved in PCS still
at varying levels of involvement.


Once i gained my current job (at some point in the last 10 years), via the wonder of the TUC Organising Academy, i received the shock of my life...Not all Trade Unions have the same view of organising, and how it works, as PCS, and also didn't have the same actively involved members at every level within the organisation.  This has been something i have tried to work on over the years, but it always seemed like one step forward, two steps backwards,  until the last six months...

I am now proud of my employers, and their membership, and i will back them to the hilt with other trade unions members all across the country.

Why has this happened?  Well, the government seems to have finally awoken a sleeping monster,  my members, who on the whole were happy to just bumble onwards without a thought about what was going on politically, have finally decided that they need to fight for their rights. They are getting involved in Trades Councils, Anti-Cuts groups, Town Committees, and are leading the way in some aspects.  DO NOT FUCK WITH PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS PENSIONS OR YOU WILL GET RIPPED TO SHREDS...

i will try to write more later, but my mind has gone as balnk as blank can be.

Ta ra for now