Jaz BP

Today the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) voted overwhelmingly to back BDS, and encourage other academic & cultural organisations to do the same. Enormously proud of the colleagues and members who made this possible and voted with such clarity on the motion.

09.05.2025 17:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

. @uniteucu.bsky.social's dispute needs to be resolved.

It needs to be resolved bc Congress voted for @ucu.org.uk leadership to do so.

It needs to be resolved bc it's the right thing to do.

It needs to be revolved bc not resolving it makes things harder for branches in dispute.

Solidarity!

24.04.2025 11:08 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00298f6

My essay for Radio 3 aired last night - you can listen back here. I talk about why performance is becoming more and more a part of modern jobs, the origins of 'emotional labour', and disputes around self-presentation in the workplace.

t.co/yPflfaD4Xy

04.04.2025 10:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Text of multiple choice q In general, how satisfied are you with how your branch operates? • Very satisfied • Somewhat satisfied • No opinion either way • Not very satisfied • Not satisfied at all

In midst of heavy redundancies, with branch reps working into night & weekends, it’s v difficult to see how this q doesn’t:

- position union members as passive consumers right when we need action
- treat unpaid work of volunteers as something to be performance managed

Is this trade unionism?

11.02.2025 10:19 — 👍 32    🔁 14    💬 4    📌 3

Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing' A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to

Amazon has denied a leave of absence to an Alabama woman who was struck by the New Orleans attacker’s truck and shot in the foot during the attack. She worried she won’t have a job to return to when she recovers. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...

03.01.2025 14:58 — 👍 7663    🔁 3431    💬 558    📌 542

Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line

03.12.2024 15:23 — 👍 2563    🔁 1742    💬 45    📌 106

A year ago over 800 staff and students @qmul.ac.uk wrote to the principal Colin Bailey, demanding that the university cuts its ties to the Israeli war machine. 1 year, at least 40000 deaths, 1 encampment, 2 additional partnerships with Israeli universities, and we have still not received a response.

26.11.2024 17:45 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Hello BlueSky….

22.11.2024 10:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0