Dave Semple @ Liberal Conspiracy: On the surface, the Telegraph reports of £18 million in state funds going to Unite, and its predecessors Amicus and TGWU, from the Labour government seem pretty damning.

HarpyMarx: I was at the Justice for Jane rally organised by the PCS union in Weymouth. To get a good understanding what this case is about please read the Dorset Echo’s article as it encapsulates the gross injustice she has experienced.

The TIGMOO combined web feed is now also publishing to Twitter (as @tigmoo_uk), as another way to receive the latest headlines from blogs in the network. If you want to add it to the sources you follow, you can find it at www.twitter.com/tigmoo_uk

Matthew Wood @ The Third Estate: The Communication Workers Union is currently balloting its postal members for national strike action.

Just noticed on a Google alert that Tigmoo.co.uk gets a very nice review in Politics.co.uk. I definitely won't quibble with a 7/10 score:

Eric Lee @ CommentIsFree: Iranian workers would give anything for Israel's freedoms – the TUC's campaign against Israeli unions helps no one

If you've not yet downloaded our guide to trade union blogging for 2009, here's the core of the document, our list of 25 top blogs from the TIGMOO network for 2009.

Left Foot Forward: The Times report today that, "Labour is funding trade union activity inside Whitehall with millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money."

Another year, another Guide to Union Blogging. The network has grown so much in 2009 that I thought I'd repeat the exercise and rate the blogs aggregated here to see what's happening and what's popular.

Kate Belgrave @ Liberal Conspiracy: Lousy news from the trade union front, people: The New Labour-loving horrors who run the public sector union Unison have stepped up their campaign to purge their Labour affiliated union of all grassroots socialists and leftwing activists.