Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

Twitter account to aggregate, disseminate and build support for base union and rank and file struggles across the UK and further afield. London, England Joined May 2018

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ACORN the union @ACORNunion

6 years ago

📢 Has COVID-19 affected your housing situation? 🏡As part of the #HousingIsHealth campaign we're collecting anonymous evidence about how Coronavirus has affected housing needs in the UK 👉Fill out the survey here - acorntheunion.typeform.com/to/rh8Vp3

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IWGB @IWGBunion

6 years ago

Mask drop off 🚨🔥 Thank you so much to the HK mask circuit for donating 1,000 masks to @IWGBunion members! These masks are on their way to workers on the frontline of the crisis who have been denied PPE. If you can, please support them here: paypal.me/ukhkmaskcircuit @hyjpang

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IWGB Game Workers @IWGB_GW

6 years ago

Not long left to apply for our Branch Coordinator role! We’re excited to be hiring someone to help us get stuff done and achieve our goal of making the games industry a better place for everyone! Apply now; iwgb.org.uk/en/post/game-w… #gamesjobs

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IWGB Couriers @IWGB_CLB

6 years ago

Calling TDL’s bluff 24/7. #defendTDL10 & #binByrne🗑 instead!

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IWGB Couriers @IWGB_CLB

6 years ago

🚀THREAD: NEW RECRUITMENT FLYERS!!🚀 It's never been more important for precarious workers to unionise. Please help us spread the word. Translated versions in Portuguese, Romanian, Greek & Arabic in thread. DM us for printable PDFs & tell us if other languages would be useful!

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IWGB @IWGBunion

6 years ago

🚨BREAKING🚨 Almost 50 cross-party MPs are sending a letter to @Deliveroo CEO Will Shu saying the company's actions are putting the public at risk. The MPs are making six demands to protect courier pay and safety during the Covid-19 pandemic. iwgb.org.uk/en/post/around…

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@CallumCant1 @Archimbaldo Perhaps not the ideal term given differences between UK and Italian use. UK base unions have also tended to rely a lot more on paid staff

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@Archimbaldo @CallumCant1 Some history in the UK such as the Ford strikes in late 70s but not taken up in any big way

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@Archimbaldo The term ‘independent union’ is also used quite a lot in the UK context

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@CallumCant1 @Archimbaldo Yes - base committees and unions emerged in Italy largely from the traditions of the Italian operaist/factoryist left eg forming of organisations and collectives in opposition to CGIL etc

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@Archimbaldo There’s also been a strong element of social movement unionism, partly due to memberships based largely in urban migrant communities

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@Archimbaldo Base unions are led by their members (hence ‘base’) and emerged in the UK pretty much in the last 10 years - IWW have a similar but older and different history. They were largely founded by trade unionists who had previously worked in big unions such as Unite and Unison.

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Base Union Coordination @BaseUnion

6 years ago

@Archimbaldo No, they are unions in their own right. You could refer to them as ‘rank-and-file led unions’ but the term base union tends to also connote other things eg opposition to the TUC. Base unions emerged in Italy out of the committees which were sort of rank-and-file networks

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IWGB Couriers @IWGB_CLB

6 years ago

🧟🧟🧟 Phase 2 coming up...

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IWGB Couriers @IWGB_CLB

6 years ago

⚡️Notice of strike ballot at TDL is served!!!⚡️ IWGB Gen Sec Jason Moyer Lee informs CEO David Byrne: "Our proposal of reducing your salary & reallocating the considerable funds to keeping these frontline workers employed seemed to receive a warm reception from your managers." 🔥

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Jason Moyer-Lee @MoyerLee

6 years ago

In less than 24 hours, over 160 emails have been sent to TDL CEO David Byrne (and some of TDL's clients) to #DefendTDL10 and #BinByrne. Help us send a powerful message that sacking trade union activists is not on! actionnetwork.org/letters/defend…

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ACORN Sheffield @acorn_sheffield

6 years ago

We've written an open letter to Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Housing Select Committee. We're calling on him to push the govt to: ✅Waive rents ✅#EndSection21 ✅Where evictions have been paused, make landlords start eviction proceedings again when the ban ends ✅Protect lodgers

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BOYCOTT SENATE HOUSE @boycottUoL

6 years ago

@londonu @iwgbuol Furthermore, maintenance and catering workers remain outsourced and @londonu has no plan to ever bring them back in-house. During the current crisis dozens of @londonu catering workers were unlawfully laid off and only reinstated after intervention of @iwgbuol

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BOYCOTT SENATE HOUSE @boycottUoL

6 years ago

@londonu @IWGBUoL However, the job is not done! Cleaners at @londonu are waiting to go In-House in November, no date given yet. In the meantime, they remain employed by ruthless subcontractors who during the current crisis are withholding wages from dozens of them. This reminds us why we fight!