Gregor Gall



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Full name: Gregor Gall

Area of interest: Industrial relations, trade unionism

Journals: Morning Star | The Guardian

Email: [mailto:g.gall@herts.ac.uk g.gall@herts.ac.uk]

Website: Univ. of Hertfordshire

Blog: Comment is free...

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Career: "The highlight of my career so far has been developing a reputation for my expertise and analysis amongst both academics and the trade union community, where this has taken the form of 'knowledge transfer' with the latter. In this I have worked with the Institute of Employment Rights, established a research service for trade unions, write regularly for the Morning Star and conducted research for unions like the FBU, PCS and RMT. I have also sought to engage with the wider union movement by identifying possible solutions to current challenges" - Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Hertfordshire: profile

see: Centre for Research in Employment Studies

Current position/role: Feature writer at the Morning Star; contributor to The Guardian Comment is free


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Books & Debate:
Meaning of Militancy?: Postal Workers and Industrial Relations, 2003 ISBN 0754619028; Union Organizing: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition, 2003 ISBN 041526782X; Political Economy Of Scotland: Red Scotland? Radical Scotland?, 2006 ISBN 0708319440; Union Recognition: Organising And Bargaining Outcomes, 2005 ISBN 0415343364; Sex Worker Union Organizing: An International Study, 2006 ISBN 1403949255; The Meaning of Work in the New Economy, 2007 ISBN 140393407X

Latest work: Labour unionism in the financial services sector: fighting for rights and representation OCLC 234257189, 2008

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Morning Star:
Column remit: Industrial relations, trade unionism

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Role: Commentator / feature writer

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Email: g.gall@herts.ac.uk

Website: Morning Star

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Day published: Friday

Regularity: Weekly

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Average length: 1,000 words



Articles: 2011




Articles: 2010




Articles: 2009

 * and control'' - A maximum wage is needed with workers at the centre of the decision-making process - 2nd April
 * charter for 10'' - Why a new people's programme offers something different from what's gone before - 19th March
 * debate on sex work'' - TUC Women's Conference 2009, Scarborough: Why prostitution is not a women's 'right' - 10th March
 * labour went 'new''' - A trip through Labour's betrayal of unions - 4th March
 * attack continued'' - what comes next following the Lindsey strikes? - 19th February
 * keen on Keynes'' - why those who have taken to Keynesianism may have fallen for a red herring - 5th February
 * time to trade up'' - We all do it. We all continue to call unions "trade unions" when most of them have long since ceased to be unions of individual trades - 22nd January
 * positive vision'' - what does the left means when it talks nationalisation - 8th January



Comment is free articles: 2011

 * the cuts protest, what next?'' - The huge turnout of protesters means the TUC is burdened with great expectations; now unions must push the cuts campaign on - 29th March
 * strike action: a tsunami of resistance'' - Today the TUC will decide on how to mobilise opposition to the cuts – but what exactly would co-ordinated strike action involve? - 29th January



Comment is free articles: 2010

 * real tragedy of Tommy Sheridan'' - By lying about his personal life, Sheridan let his energy be diverted from the socialist fight he once fought so admirably - 24th December
 * McCluskey's 'alliance of resistance' faces formidable challenges'' - Unite's leader is keen to build a social movement against coalition cuts. That's much easier said than done - 26th November
 * didn't just strike in Dagenham'' - Made in Dagenham has made the Ford machinists famous but there is a long history of women striking for equality at work - 4th October
 * Reid: a true radical giant'' - Jimmy Reid's charisma, political skill and imagination in forging alliances are desperately needed in the struggles we face today - 11th August
 * wages board will see farm workers suffer'' - Abolishing the Agricultural Wages Board unleashes market forces and will make the vulnerable even more so - 31st July
 * decision is political folly'' - The scrapping of an £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters is a short-sighted move by the coalition with far-reaching implications - 19th June
 * victory is an affront to justice'' - Unite has had to jump through so many hoops put in its way by lawmakers intent on restricting its democratic right to strike - 18th May
 * sacking is another British Airways own goal'' - Sacking the Unite Bassa branch secretary shows BA's interest is not in settling the dispute but breaking the union - 8th May
 * RMT strike solves nothing'' - Making trade unions jump through hoops with their balloting only leads to more bitter and drawn-out disputes - 4th April
 * cabin crew stand up to intimidatory tactics'' W- illie Walsh wants to create a demoralised, shrunken and low-cost workforce - 24th February



Comment is free articles: 2009

 * strike: on a wing and a prayer?'' - Unite's action is not stupid. Macho managers like Willie Walsh have backed down before - 15th December
 * postal strike's fiery war of words'' - Royal Mail paints the CWU as the villain to erode public support for its members – seemingly with the government's blessing - 30th October
 * postal peace without all-out strike'' - Only a vote to widen industrial action will put enough pressure on the government to force Royal Mail to negotiate - 11th September
 * mail'' - Gregor Gall: Managers of Britain's strike-prone postal service keep trying to solve their problems at the expense of workers' jobs - 7th August
 * Striking workers learn to think green - Staff at the Vestas wind turbine plant realise the environmental benefits of their job are just as important as employment figures - 22nd July
 * wrath of the public sector'' - If public sector workers decide they should not have to pay for a crisis they did not create, a flood of anger will swamp Labour - 7th July
 * beats occupation'' - French and British workers have adopted different tactics to resist the effects of the recession - 10th April
 * Unions must show their muscle'' - There is huge potential strength in a wide coalition against globalisation: just look at what the French unions have done - 2nd April
 * out and you could be blacklisted'' - It's time to impose a proper punitive system on employers who victimise workers for voicing concerns - 6th March
 * is the winter of our discontent'' - Gordon Brown's slogan 'British jobs for British workers' has come back to haunt him, as workers' protests gather momentum - 30th January
 * step up to the plate'' - In a time of massive redundancies, workers' representatives seem paralysed or lacklustre: it's time to demand more of them - 14th January
 * unpaid dues'' - The Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for US workers to form unions. Can Barack Obama get it passed? - 9th January

