The View From Middleton Farmhouse

Welcome to The View From Middleton Farmhouse - the NGSU Blog. Here General Secretary Tim Poil; NGSU President Bill Blumsom and Assistant General Secretaries Marian Dean and Tim Rose discuss union activity and issues impacting on members both at work and the world at large. Members are encouraged to debate these and other issues in the NGSU Forum - click here to register.

Post: Never too old to...keep working

Published 30th July 2010 at 13:42:0

I was pleased to see the plans announced by the government this week to scrap the default retirement age of 65 from 1 October 2011. Under curren...

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Post: Like it or Lump it

Published 17th June 2010 at 12:14:48

I rang my mum last Sunday and was surprised by how keen she was to talk about a Radio 4 interview she’d heard. This involved a Nationwide spokes...

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Post: The View From the Farmhouse

Published 16th June 2010 at 16:59:19

The Union moved to the ‘Farmhouse’ in the village of Middleton Cheney (5 minutes from the M40 junction at Banbury) back in the early 1990’s. Our...

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Post: Welcome

Published 16th June 2010 at 14:33:12

Many NGSU members have told us that they want to hear more from the Union about what we do and our views on issues that affect them. So with tha...

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