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Steelworkers and AFL-CIO rally support of pizza workers

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Tony Burke

The United Steelworkers (USW) in the USA and the AFL-CIO are supporting striking workers at Palermo’s Pizza in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The strike at the frozen pizza factory started in June this year when workers walked out seeking recognition for their … Continue reading →

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Why investment not cuts is key

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Tony Burke

Questions and answers: Why investment not cuts is key by Michael Burke The debate on the alternatives to the current failed economic policy of the government has intensified. The renewed downturn in Europe, a British government Budget whose cut in … Continue reading →

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Updated: IG Metall Say Stop Siemens union-busting in the USA; German Press Report Union busting

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Tony Burke

Siemens, the global engineering giant, likes to say it’s a socially responsible company. It even just signed an agreement with labour organisations committing it to respect workers’ rights around the globe. So what does Siemens do within days after signing this agreement? … Continue reading →

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Working Time Directive: Commission agrees more time for negotiations

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Tony Burke

The European Commission has agreed to a joint proposal from the European social partners to extend the negotiating period on reviewing the Working Time Directive to 31st December 2012. The Commission reports that  negotiations are ‘making progress’. László Andor, European … Continue reading →

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Countdown to the elections in Venezuela

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Tony Burke

On 7th October 2012 Venezuelans will be voting in their Presidential election. In recent years, Venezuela’s democracy has been deepened with the country having more elections than nearly anywhere else in the world, all certified free and fair by respected international … Continue reading →

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Aussie taskforce recommends strategic intervention to boost manufacturing

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Tony Burke

The manufacturing taskforce report commissioned in 2011 by Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, presented its findings last week. The Gillard government will respond to the report’s recommendations with an Industry and Innovation Statement later this year. The taskforce’s report has generated … Continue reading →

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Global union condemns killings at South African Lonmin mine

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Tony Burke

Global union IndustriALL says that ‘yellow unions’ and an attempt to undermine the South African National Union of Mineworkers lies behind the slaughter of 35 workers at the Lonmin mine. Conflict stemming from collusion between management and a ‘yellow union’, … Continue reading →

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Updated: UK economy still dependent on financial services

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Tony Burke

The government is failing to re-balance the economy and the UK is becoming even more dependent on financial services, says a new report on the economy from the TUC, which is published this week. The report says the economic crash was … Continue reading →

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Unions back thinktank to remind Labour of roots in working lives

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Tony Burke

Class, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, offers leftwing antidote to Blairite pressure group Progress. Class, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, was launched earlier this summer. It was conceived by the leader of Unite, Len McCluskey, and Paul Kenny, GMB general … Continue reading →

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Austerity is self-defeating – graph version

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Tony Burke

By Duncan Weldon The TUC, and many others, have long argued that austerity is self-defeating. Slashing government spending and putting up taxes against a backdrop of a weak economy will not only depress growth, it will fail on its own terms … Continue reading →

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