Category Archives: Economics

Extract from Len McCluskey’s Speech To Unite Officers and Organisers, Birmingham, February 2nd.

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Tony Burke
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Fighting The New Generation Of Trade Deals

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Tony Burke

Published in December issue of Labour Briefing Unions in the UK and the EU have been campaigning against TTIP, the free trade deal between the EU and the USA (and the deal with Canada known as CETA) since significant details … Continue reading →

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Why Poor Whites Vote Against Their Interests

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Tony Burke
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The MG Rover Phoenix Four must cough up

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Tony Burke

By Professor David Bailey It’s almost a decade Since MG Rover went bust, and it’s time for the ‘Phoenix Four’ (plus one) group of directors to finally cough up. The group has finally run out of excuses, and they are … Continue reading →

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Len Lays It On The Line To Labour

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Tony Burke

In a typically barnstorming speech to marchers and demonstrators who took part in ‘Britain Needs A Pay Rise’ march organised by the TUC, Unite’s Len McCluskey laid it on the line to Labour today. Following the Scottish Referendum, UKIP’s by-election … Continue reading →

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Britain Needs A Pay Rise Demonstration – October 18th

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Tony Burke

Details of transport including Coaches and Trains organised by Unite the Union can be found by clicking here. We have coaches and trains from all parts of England and Wales and the details of who to contact and departure times etc … Continue reading →

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Workers Uniting condemns EU-Canada trade agreement

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Tony Burke

Steelworkers, Unite join to reject anti-democratic, anti-worker proposals Workers Uniting, the global union of the United Steelworkers (USW) in North America and Unite the union in the UK and Ireland, condemns the Canada and European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and … Continue reading →

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ETUC Warns EU Risks Losing Support Of Europeans

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Tony Burke

The European TUC has warned EU leaders that the EU needs to tackle unemployment or risk losing the support of the European people. Speaking at the ‘Conférence des Ambassadeurs’ in Paris with Laurent Fabius the French Foreign Minister and Walter … Continue reading →

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Reality check on Osborne’s ‘recovery’

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Tony Burke

According to much of the media this week – the worst is over, the recession is yesterday’s mashed potatoes and according to Danny Alexander the economy is in the ‘fast lane’. The media swallowed the Tory-LibDem spin hook, line and … Continue reading →

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GDP Figures: Working Still People Paying The Price And £40 A Week Worse Off

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Tony Burke

The restoration of the economy to the position it was in 2008 is a sign of progress, but there remain serious causes for concern according to Unite. The latest GDP figures show that the economy has grown by 0.8% returning the … Continue reading →

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