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Blogs by Jamie Jenkins

Hi, I'm Jamie Jenkins. I've worked for BT for 8 years now, where I started off as a Manpower employee, before being taken on permanently in 2005. I've been a member of the CWU since 2005, and a member of the YAC since 2006. I'm currently the Vice Chair of the YAC in what will be my final year as a member of the YAC. I've spent the last 3 years as a full time Branch Officer, and have dealt with various issues from industrial relations to justice for agency workers and tackling homophobia. I'm always welcome to new ideas and feedback from our young members, so feel free to get in touch.

Last weekend (12th Feb), I attended my last youth conference as a member of the YAC - no I'm not too old yet, just intent to spend my last "youth"...

Sometimes as a union, we fall into a trap of differentiating issues as solely being "postie" or "telecoms", and only involving ourselves in the issues that are relevant to the...

No doubt you'll have seen the media mauling of students who took to the street yesterday to demo against government plans to increase tuition fees. What started off as a good...

So, youth conference demanded it, and the education event delivered on it...a workshop session discussing the current policy within the UK towards drugs. Led by the Students for a Sensible Drugs...

In the UK, the lesbian and gay community have been able to enter into civil partnerships since 2005. Whilst there is still a massive debate taking place over the merits...