Ralph Darlington

Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; currently writing a new political biography of Tom Mann

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My book is finally out!! Published today and available to buy/order from @PlutoPress @Bookmarks_books and any other good bookshop - see list ⬇️

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Deadline for submission of abstracts now extended to Sunday 15 November

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Strikes & Social Conflicts - Call for Papers 8th Conference IASSC/Commodity Frontiers Initiative, Ghent, June 2027 https://t.co/GxmNzo7PNs

[WeCanWorkItOut @historyofwork]

LIBRARIES GAVE US POWER: TRADE UNIONS & EDUCATION

Latest WCWIO podcast available:

Substack- https://t.co/EaAF0Fyyp7
Spotify- https://t.co/Lqbf2GgDFh
Apple Podcasts- https://t.co/GdCTzlHoDk
YouTube- https://t.co/mJ5VPGtWUa

@irrelations @BUIRAonline @ManchesterIRS @The_TUC

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Pleased to see my article on ‘The Communist Party and the Trade Union Bureaucracy 1920-26’ published in the current issue of International Socialism - in this centenary year of the 1926 General Strike. Check it out here:
https://t.co/DuollXsBnX

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Looking forward to speaking on my book ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ at UCLAN in Preston tonight Wednesday 5.45-7.30pm organised by the Lancashire Unite Community branch. So far 93 people have registered but feel free to just come along to the Foster Building, PR1 2HE

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Just a couple of weeks left to see this brilliant exhibition - really well worth visiting
https://t.co/w412HepLdb

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Over 300,000 public sector workers in Ireland struck on Wednesday over pay.
The strike, called by the ICTU union federation, involves the whole public sector, including teachers, nurses, doctors, other health workers and civil servants
https://t.co/7yVFyNrzoe

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Apache North Sea oil workers have “emphatically” backed strike action after being given what it said was an unacceptable pay offer that amounted to a real-terms pay cut for many employees, at a time when the company was “raking in eye-watering profits”.
https://t.co/1yqgIBm6jo

[MIRS @ManchesterIRS]

Please note this meeting date has now been postponed for a couple of weeks to Thursday 22 Oct 6.00-7.30pm

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Really significant research results to be presented at this. Note: the event is open to all - either in person or via zoom (see link to register)

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Annual MIRS Shirley Lerner Memorial Lecture: Prof Jo McBride (University of Durham) ‘In-Work Poverty: An Exploration of Causes, Consequences and Impacts in the North East of England.’
Thurs 8 Oct, 6-7.30pm, Man Met Uni Business School and via Zoom: https://t.co/HPrwt0Gf8x

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Victory! Institute of Cancer Research strikers win pay rises of up to 52 percent
https://t.co/SQTbPB49lu

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Trade unions are hugely important for building resistance to oppression, climate change and inequality.
But the British labour movement sometimes seems to spend more time commemorating the glorious defeats of the past than supporting the struggles of today https://t.co/e8fUTsdtgF

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What do you do when you’re in London and visit Primrose Hill? Visit the house that Engels lived in obviously!!

[WeCanWorkItOut @historyofwork]

New Podcast Episode: Employment Tribunals in Crisis – The Blind Spot in the New Deal for Working People with Andrei Savitski from the Work Rights Centre. Listen via:
Spotify - https://t.co/ajt96sWB6m
Apple Podcasts - https://t.co/CMAlwYJxcL
YouTube - https://t.co/bASAT3nsH6

[Intl. Association of Strikes & Social Conflicts @iassconline]

ANNOUNCEMENT| We'll be hosting our 8th conference 11-12 June 2027, in Ghent Belgium.

The theme this year is: Contested Countrysides: Conflicts, Claims and the Making of the Modern World.

Full info: https://t.co/v5p69vWGNF

#IASSC #IASSC8 #Ghent #Belgium

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@jennyaharper1 That’s the one

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What I love about Bristol…!!

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Strikes & Social Conflicts - Call for Papers 8th Conference IASSC/Commodity Frontiers Initiative, Ghent, June 2027 https://t.co/GxmNzo7PNs

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Wonderful initiative!! https://t.co/V1VffRQQOU

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People History Museum to display an "exceptionally rare" jug commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819 when soldiers attacked a peaceful protest calling for political reform and more voting rights https://t.co/hRuNMU1FkW

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Prof.Richard Whittle believes AI is a cost-cutting tool in modern organisations. Listen to the podcast on:
Spotify - https://t.co/70iQ6WSDDR
Apple Podcasts - https://t.co/AORHmTPtXl
YouTube - https://t.co/I6Ewq5qJvL
#ai @ILRReview @BUIRAonline @irrelations @ManchesterIRS