Consent or Coercion – shape your fate in an age of change [REPORT]
Yesterday evening, members and friends of BookMachine and Unite gathered at St Bride Foundation for a panel discussion on the subject of change. There’s perhaps…
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How to shape your fate as the publishing industry changes
The publishing industry has faced many changes over the years, none bigger perhaps than the digital boom. We’ve seen numerous publishing departments restructured, as companies…
Dealing with change at work: Tony Burke interview
On 19th July, over 100 publishers will meet at St Bride Foundation off Fleet Street to discuss how to deal with change at work. One…
Dealing with change at work: John Pettigrew interview
On 19th July, over 100 publishers will meet at St Bride Foundation off Fleet Street to discuss how to deal with change at work. One…
Drum roll please … the keynote speaker is …
Richard Charkin is the keynote speaker at United, We Publish 3: Consent or coercion – shape your fate in an age of change on 19th July.
It pays to work in independent publishing
Ahead of BookMachine’s event on pay and working conditions in publishing, the Independent Publishers Guild’s chief executive Bridget Shine looks at working life in the…
Are yEUr rights protected? Workers’ rights and the EU
Following the EU referendum and ahead of our July event with Unite the Union, ‘United, We Publish: Your pay – your say?‘, Jasmin Kirkbride summarises current workers’ rights…
Your pay – your say: Gareth Lowe interview
Gareth Lowe is the Chair of Unite’s National Publishing and Media Branch and works as Publishing Programme Manager for DK, part of Penguin Random House. Gareth will…
Owen Jones to discuss publishing pay and conditions at next event
On 14th July BookMachine is back, this time in collaboration with Unite and with Guardian columnist and political activist Owen Jones as keynote speaker. (Owen…
Your pay – your say: Tania Hummel interview
Tania Hummel is an executive coach and board-level HR professional. She has worked in HR for almost 20 years and was most recently Global HR…
Publishing on the move: unions and the EU referendum
This is a guest post by Douglas Williamson on EU referendum, unions and publishing. Douglas is design manager at Macmillan ELT. He started his career at Butterworth…
United, We Publish: a round up of Tuesday’s Unite workshop
Karina Maduro is an aspiring publisher, currently studying MA Publishing at UCL. Here she gives us the low down on Tuesday’s Unite event, United, We Publish.
Working in publishing: Unite’s answers to their 15 FAQs
In the run up to, United, We Publish, BookMachine will be featuring a number of posts on employment-related topics such as training, pay, law and flexible working.…
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson to give talk at publishing event
Remember when we told you that the keynote speaker for United, We Publish was yet to be announced? Well today is the day. Tom Watson,…
United, We Publish: Sarah Cook interview
In the run up to October’s event, United, We Publish, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions on UNITE-focused topics such as training, pay, employment law and flexible working. Sarah…