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Mick Whelan

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Cross Question with Iain Dale

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Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to patreon.com/MediaStormPodcastWhat words come to mind when you hear the word 'strikes'? Delays, cancellations, chaos? With 'misery for ordinary people!' brandished across our headlines, it’s easy to see strikes as a general nuisance. But this week's episode of Media Storm looks beyond the everyday grumblings of train delays and travel chaos, to ask the question “what have trade unions ever done for me?”Spoiler alert - quite a lot it seems.Focussing on three key areas of union achievements - health &amp; safety rights, wage increases, and equal pay - we speak to strikers standing on the shoulders of the first trade unionists. Hear from a Bristol midwife struggling with poor conditions who felt balloting for industrial action was the only answer, the then 23-year-old leader if the 2017 McStrike (who got the date tattooed on her arm!), and one of the warriors that won Glasgow women back almost three quarters of a billion pounds of stolen wages.In the studio, we have General-Secretary of the ASLEF union Mick Whelan - who is no stranger to tough media rounds, to dissect the myths and latest headlines about strikes, unions, and workers - and tell us whether he really did schedule a rail strike over Eurovision...Speakers:Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbsSophie Inman @midwives_rcm @MidwivesRCMRhea Wolfson @rheawolfsonShen Batmaz Mick Whelan @ASLEFunionSources:Scottish coal mining death rates eprints.gla.ac.uk/210374/7/210374.pdf Working class journalists pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/journalists-class-backgrounds/ Royal College of Midwives rcm.org.uk Glasgow council equal pay dispute gmbscotland.org.uk/assets/media/documents/unionline/ULS-News-October-2018.pdf The McStrike waronwant.org/our-work/mcstrikeGet in touch:Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/mediastormpodor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpodor Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpodlike us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPodsend us an email mediastormpodcast@gmail.comcheck out our website https://mediastormpodcast.comYour hosts are @helenawadia and @mathildamall. Music by Samfire @soundofsamfire. Media Storm was launched by the house of The Guilty Feminist and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey listeners! We've launched a Patreon. If you want to support us for a small monthly fee, head to <a href="http://patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast</a>What words come to mind when you hear the word 'strikes'? Delays, cancellations, chaos? With 'misery for ordinary people!' brandished across our headlines, it’s easy to see strikes as a general nuisance. But this week's episode of Media Storm looks beyond the everyday grumblings of train delays and travel chaos, to ask the question “what have trade unions ever done for me?”Spoiler alert - quite a lot it seems.Focussing on three key areas of union achievements - health &amp; safety rights, wage increases, and equal pay - we speak to strikers standing on the shoulders of the first trade unionists. Hear from a Bristol midwife struggling with poor conditions who felt balloting for industrial action was the only answer, the then 23-year-old leader if the 2017 McStrike (who got the date tattooed on her arm!), and one of the warriors that won Glasgow women back almost three quarters of a billion pounds of stolen wages.In the studio, we have General-Secretary of the ASLEF union Mick Whelan - who is no stranger to tough media rounds, to dissect the myths and latest headlines about strikes, unions, and workers - and tell us whether he really did schedule a rail strike over Eurovision...Speakers:<ul><li>Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs</li><li>Sophie Inman @midwives_rcm @MidwivesRCM</li><li>Rhea Wolfson @rheawolfson</li><li>Shen Batmaz </li><li>Mick Whelan @ASLEFunion</li></ul> Sources:<ul><li>Scottish coal mining death rates <a href="eprints.gla.ac.uk/210374/7/210374.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">eprints.gla.ac.uk/210374/7/210374.pdf</a> </li><li>Working class journalists <a href="pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/journalists-class-backgrounds/ " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/journalists-class-backgrounds/ </a></li><li>Royal College of Midwives <a href="rcm.org.uk " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">rcm.org.uk </a></li><li>Glasgow council equal pay dispute <a href="gmbscotland.org.uk/assets/media/documents/unionline/ULS-News-October-2018.pdf " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">gmbscotland.org.uk/assets/media/documents/unionline/ULS-News-October-2018.pdf </a></li><li>The McStrike <a href="waronwant.org/our-work/mcstrike" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">waronwant.org/our-work/mcstrike</a></li></ul> Get in touch:<ul><li>Follow us on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/mediastormpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mediastormpod</a></li><li>or Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpod</a></li><li>or Tiktok <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpod</a></li><li>like us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPod" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPod</a></li><li>send us an email <a href="mailto:mediastormpodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">mediastormpodcast@gmail.com</a></li><li>check out our website <a href="https://mediastormpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://mediastormpodcast.com</a></li></ul> Your hosts are @helenawadia and @mathildamall. Music by Samfire @soundofsamfire. Media Storm was launched by the house of The Guilty Feminist and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Become a member at <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Strikes! What have trade unions ever done for me? - with Mick Whelan

Andrew Griffith

Liz Saville-Roberts

Camilla Turner

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are General Secretary of the ASLEF union Mick Whelan, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Conservative MP Andrew Griffith, Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville-Roberts and Camilla Turner from the Daily Telegraph.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are General Secretary of the ASLEF union Mick Whelan, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Conservative MP Andrew Griffith, Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville-Roberts and Camilla Turner from the Daily Telegraph.