A LITTLE while ago, a supporter contacted us with a possible story about Barclaycard
offshoring thousands of jobs.  Our supporter had a Christian name starting with an ‘N’. 

Could this whistleblower get back in touch with us again?  We’d like to do an in-depth
article on this and would like the ‘inside’ information that we believe you possess.

As is the case with all whistleblowers who contact us, your identity will remain a secret.  

On this theme, Solidarity would like to carry more workplace articles.  Therefore, we’d
like to build an infrastructure of members or supporters who can supply us with accurate
and detailed workplace information.  We’re keen to report on all sections of British
industry.  Real workplace issues may seem trivial to some, but they are not so funny
for those directly affected.

In the first instance, our Barclaycard contact ‘N’ (and others interested in this sort of
work) should contact 
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Comments

NOPOLITICALLEVY

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This is a good idea to appeal to whistleblowers.With the imminent 600,000 job cuts in the public sector there's going to be a whole group of people with workplace grievances who now with nothing to fear or lose can now tell their stories of unison/unite etc union corruption and council malpractices. Especially interesting would be exposes of labour controlled council's housing and housing benefits departments.I only hope they can make copies of any incriminating evidence before they are made redundant.If this applies to you please consider this seriously.

Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11:23

Shoreditch

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As well as No Political Levy's idea (above) I’d also be interested if whistleblowers could reveal which companies are ripping the public off.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not opposed to the concept of profit. Nor am I opposed to private enterprise. In fact, I would advocate a broad alliance of trade unionists, the self-employed and responsible small businesses to fight the Con-Dem cuts.

However, there’s some companies that are making excessive profits by oppressing workers, using child labour or just through sheer greed.

A whistleblower could come forward and prove how a company rips people off - maybe through hidden charges or something like that. Workers can then vote with their feet and shop elsewhere. (Wouldn’t it also be a nice touch if a part of any saving they made, by shopping elsewhere, is donated to this union?)

I think that this idea has the potential to become part of Solidarity’s policy of workers building their own “political and economic counter-power."

Wednesday 21 July 2010, 22:11

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