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Collapse of Dignity by Napoleon Gomez
“Collapse of Dignity – A Story Of A Mining Tragedy And The Fight Against Greed And Corruption In Mexico” by exiled trade union leader Napoleon Gomez will be launched on April 15th. Napoleon is the leader of Mexico’s militant and … Continue reading
Help Unite’s Mike Hedges Raise Money For Charity In Cuba
Unite activist and London Cabbie Mike Hedges is cycling 310k over five days this April to raise money for the Music Fund For Cuba, as part of Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s Cuba Cycle Challenge. He is now well on the way … Continue reading
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Ecuador’s Lessons for Europe’s Corridors of Power
Government after government across Europe has been thrown out since the great recession began to drive back living standards. Whether on the centre-left, such as Gordon Brown and Zapatero, or on the right with Berlusconi and Sarkozy, political rejection has … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, International Trade Unions, Media, Politics, Solidarity, Trade Unions
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Unite initiative to boost Morning Star
A new initiative by Unite in conjunction with the Morning Star was launched recently – and it’s already beginning to bear fruit. In a campaign spearheaded by general secretary Len McCluskey, Unite has written to its branches across Britain explaining … Continue reading
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Thanks from Pindo Deli Paper Workers Union (SPKPD) Indonesia
Dear Brother Tony Burke On January 27th, 2013, there was an agreement between Pindo Deli Paper Workers Union (SPKPD) with the paper company Pindo Deli. What has been proposed is enforcement of union rights and fair wages and the employers are willing to carry out the wishes of SPKPD. (See back story here) Because there was an agreement and the victory was won by SPKPD, then SPKPD agreed not to strike them. Please … Continue reading
Len McCluskey: The Blairite zombies need to face up to New Labour’s failures
The stale prescriptions offered by the likes of Alan Johnson are the road to defeat and working class disappointment. Labour MP and former shadow chancellor Alan Johnson criticised Unite general secretary Len McCluskey in an interview with Progress magazine. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Employment Rights, Labour Party, Media, Politics, Trade Unions, Unite The Union, Workers Uniting
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Bribing the private sector to invest isn’t working
By Michael Burke The British government has suggested it can resolve the investment strike and restore growth by offering guarantees to the private sector to undertake infrastructure investment. But the policy has already been branded a failure by the CBI … Continue reading
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Coming To A Cinema Near You – ‘The Spirit Of ’45’
The ‘Spirit Of 45’ is Ken Loach’s documentary about how the spirit of unity buoyed the UK during the war years was carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society folowing the election of the 1945 Labour … Continue reading
Revitalising ‘Social Europe’ with Commissioner László Andor and Frances O’Grady, TUC
The starting gun has been fired and we now know that a future Conservative government will begin negotiations to ‘repatriate powers relating to social and employment laws’. Regardless of whether other EU member states will actually allow Britain to bring … Continue reading
US politics – Wither the Tea Party?
By Jim Hightower Author, Commentator, America’s Number One Populist The once haughty Tea Party has been whittled down to only a nub of its former self, with only 8% of Americans now identifying themselves with the faction. And no wonder … Continue reading
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