Bobbies in the Cemetery

One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up

In this Extraordinary General Episode, "The Committee" suffers it's first resignation, the panel becomes an orifice of government, we organise the cabinet in to height order and present a special report from Union-Con. Further Reading: * One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64003342-one-boy-two-bills-and-a-fry-up] Popbitch Newsletter [https://popbitch.com/] * Play Guess The Party [https://guesstheparty.co.uk/] * Futurism: Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful Eye [https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-photorealistic-ai-clone-mark-zuckerberg] * Reuters: Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices [https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/meta-us-employees-organize-protest-against-mouse-tracking-tech-2026-05-12/] * CWU Conference 9-hour stream, day 1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-E8wp2i4s&list=PL6Di0_GyYV5hjB2OyLJmhmA2RI9Le9pWw&index=3&pp=iAQB0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv], day 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov2BoinkGho&list=PL6Di0_GyYV5hjB2OyLJmhmA2RI9Le9pWw&index=1&pp=iAQB]. The Motion: No motion this week :( Join our union UTAW.tech [https://UTAW.tech/]. Buy our merch UTAW.shop [https://UTAW.shop/].

A Very Stinky Slip and Slide

This week everyone's got somewhere else to be, but before they all rush off, there's a housing special spectacular to record, where the committee put aside the usual trade union affairs to talk about the Renters Rights Act, with very special guest Dan G who's doing bits with the London Renters Union. Further Reading: * Dubai: Playground of the Rich (I'm not linking it here but it's all on Dailymotion, I'm sure you'll find it) * The Renters Rights Act: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/renters_rights_act_changes_for_private_renters [https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/renters_rights_act_changes_for_private_renters] * Blackpool — Acorn Members in Revoe: https://acornuk.good.do/saverevoerefurbnotrebuild/refurbnotrebuild/ [https://acornuk.good.do/saverevoerefurbnotrebuild/refurbnotrebuild/] * National Housing Demo: www.nationalhousingdemo.org [http://www.nationalhousingdemo.org/] The Motion: "This podcast believe that homeowners should be banned from holding trade union officer positions." Join our union UTAW.tech [https://UTAW.tech/]. Buy our merch UTAW.shop [https://UTAW.shop/].

Bobbies in the Cemetery

Buckle up for a marathon episode during which the committee covers Lord Mayors, the Together Alliance, Lammy, Robbie, Aunty, Galloway, and are joined by special guest Abby to talk dumping Labour. Further Reading: * BBC Archive:  * Last Days on Grand Parade: youtube.com/watch?v=zgpK5YxqmDo [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgpK5YxqmDo&pp=0gcJCdkKAYcqIYzv] * Blessed are the Tea Ladies: youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg08w8jyZU [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg08w8jyZU] * The Office Christmas Party: youtube.com/watch?v=OxAzCyCY7Ms [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OxAzCyCY7Ms&pp=0gcJCdkKAYcqIYzv] * CWU Letter to Branches: Special Report — Labour Party Relationship: https://www.cwu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/26LTB60.pdf [https://www.cwu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/26LTB60.pdf] * Manchester South RMT Merch: https://manchester-south-rmt.teemill.com/ [https://manchester-south-rmt.teemill.com/] The Motion: "Solidarity strikes should be legalised across companies in the same venture capital portfolio." Submit your motions to the committee to wwww@utaw.tech [wwww@utaw.tech], or on Instagram @utaw_uk [https://www.instagram.com/utaw_uk]. Version History: * 6.0.1 - 2026-04-04 - opsec audio fix. * 6.0.0 - 2026-04-03 - initial release.  Join our union UTAW.tech [https://UTAW.tech/]. Buy our merch UTAW.shop [https://UTAW.shop/].

Salinated Dick Wind

The committee is back, after an unfortunate hiatus resulting from an attempted (FAILED) insurrection. Find out where we’ve been, why we’ve been there, why we’re sorry about it and how we’re going to make amends.  This episode: Affairs of the Olympiad, New comrades in Ireland, Protests at Google, a union ballot at Apple, Shireen goes Green, Wes’ Revenge, The Mandelson Files and a very happy birthday to Andrew. Further reading: * Fast ice skating where they go round: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPxjCHs/ [https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRPxjCHs/] * Vice: Everything We Know About the Olympic Curling Cheating Scandal: https://www.vice.com/en/article/even-curling-isnt-immune-to-olympic-cheating-scandals/ [https://www.vice.com/en/article/even-curling-isnt-immune-to-olympic-cheating-scandals/] * DATA-CWU - the union for tech workers in Ireland: https://www.datacwu.ie [https://www.datacwu.ie/] * Including guidance on children who are questioning their gender in 'Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE)’: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-kcsie/including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-keeping-children-safe-in-education-kcsie [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-kcsie/including-guidance-on-children-who-are-questioning-their-gender-in-keeping-children-safe-in-education-kcsie] * Times New Resistance: https://www.abbyhaddican.com/times-new-resistance [https://www.abbyhaddican.com/times-new-resistance] * Green Shireen: https://www.instagram.com/shireen_asaw [https://www.instagram.com/shireen_asaw] The Motion: “WWWW believes that unions should engage in political struggle.”  Submit your motions to the committee to wwww@utaw.tech [wwww@utaw.tech], or on Instagram @utaw_uk [https://www.instagram.com/utaw_uk]. Join our union UTAW.tech [https://UTAW.tech/]. Buy our merch UTAW.shop [https://UTAW.shop/].

ADHD Is My Media Training

London Met Research Assistant Alison MacKinnon joins the committee to talk about layoffs at the university. Grok gets cancelled, UTAW wins big, and we decide whether speaking Bri'ish is a protected characteristic. * Times Higher Education - “Union brands London Met cuts an ‘act of institutional vandalism’”: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-brands-london-met-cuts-act-institutional-vandalism [https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-brands-london-met-cuts-act-institutional-vandalism] or "archived" link: https://archive.is/hikiu [https://archive.is/hikiu] * People Make Games - "Rockstar vs. Union: We Went to Court and Saw the Evidence": https://youtu.be/dnuipPQDd_w?si=BqdEG2JF3SFMAjTq [https://youtu.be/dnuipPQDd_w?si=BqdEG2JF3SFMAjTq] * CWU.ie - Covalen: https://www.cwu.ie/2026/01/14/cwu-press-release-covalen/ [https://www.cwu.ie/2026/01/14/cwu-press-release-covalen/]  * My Co-Worker Pretended to be British for 3 Years: https://www.reddit.com/r/coworkerstories/comments/1l3idhy/my_coworker_pretended_to_be_british_for_3_years/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/coworkerstories/comments/1l3idhy/my_coworker_pretended_to_be_british_for_3_years/] * What you need to know about lying on your CV: https://bsquarelaw.co.uk/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-complexities-of-lying-on-your-cv/ [https://bsquarelaw.co.uk/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-complexities-of-lying-on-your-cv/] * Geordie stroke victim now 'speaks like Jamaican': https://youtu.be/JF56cDpB0r0?si=L7w-agNGRJqIxS5E [https://youtu.be/JF56cDpB0r0?si=L7w-agNGRJqIxS5E], https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/04/health.healthandwellbeing [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/04/health.healthandwellbeing] * Follow UCU London Met and UCU London: https://x.com/ucu_londonmet [https://x.com/ucu_londonmet?s=21], https://x.com/uculondon [https://x.com/uculondon], https://uculondonregion.wordpress.com/ [https://uculondonregion.wordpress.com/], https://www.facebook.com/share/195yYeYbqb/?mibextid=wwXIfr [https://www.facebook.com/share/195yYeYbqb/?mibextid=wwXIfr], * Follow Alison MacKinnon https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-mackinnon-317a63236?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-mackinnon-317a63236?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app] Submit your motions to the committee to wwww@utaw.tech [wwww@utaw.tech], or on Instagram @utaw_uk [https://www.instagram.com/utaw_uk]. Join our union UTAW.tech [https://UTAW.tech/]. Buy our merch UTAW.shop [https://UTAW.shop/].