Category Archives: Employment Rights

Lobbying scandal? Better bring up the stale old anti-union vomit

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Tony Burke

By Len McCluskey If Britain’s political elite is despised for one thing as much as its corruption, from MPs’ expenses to the revolving door with business to its once more-exposed flogging of parliamentary influence for cash, it is its cynicism. … Continue reading →

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Class In Liverpool & Leeds

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

With the Coalition Government and their programme of austerity and tax cuts for millionaires, it is time that someone ensured that the political agenda was on the side of working people and that policy development branched outside of the Westminster … Continue reading →

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UK Union Membership Grows

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Tony Burke

Trade Union membership rose by 59,000 to 6.5 million  last year according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report published this week. The increase is the first since 2003 and was driven by an increase in membership among workers … Continue reading →

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Update: Unite – Molson Coors Brewery Dispute

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Tony Burke

Unite members employed at Molson Coors Brewery in Burton On Trent – brewers of Carling lager – have been told they must take a £9,000 pay cut or face the sack – and now they need your support. Unite members … Continue reading →

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The Rise Of alt.labor in the USA

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Tony Burke

Last week at the Workers Uniting Conference in Toronto, I heard a new term. A speaker referred to strikes currently spreading across the USA in fast food outlets by non unionised workers as ‘alt.labor strikes’. She was referring to the … Continue reading →

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Support Unite’s Fight Against Molson Coors

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Tony Burke

Support Unite’s fight against Molson Coors’ destruction of jobs and hard won rights in UK!! ACT NOW! Click here to help Unite to achieve justice in this dispute! Send a message to CEO Peter Swinburn demanding an end to these … Continue reading →

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Union Is Born In Kimberley Clark Plant In Columbia

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

The global union federations, IndustriALL and UNI Global Union has contributed to the creation of a union in one of paper and packaging giant Kimberly Clark’s plants in Colombia. This union forms part of SINTRAPULCAR, affiliated to UNI. The union … Continue reading →

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Mexican Union Leader Vindicated In Court, Launches New Book

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Tony Burke

By Ben Davis, USW International Affairs Director Fresh from a series of resounding legal victories, Mexican mine workers leader Napoleón Gómez has written a book that exposes the Mexican government’s seven-year campaign to destroy democratic unions and drive down workers’ … Continue reading →

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Shares For Rights – Take Action Now!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Tony Burke

Do you remember the ‘shares for rights’ scheme? It’s George Osborne’s cunning plan to put our rights at work up for sale. In exchange for a few shares in the company, businesses will be allowed to force new employees to give … Continue reading →

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On Jack Jones’ Centenary

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Tony Burke

March 29th sees the centenary of Jack Jones, the greatest trade union leader of his generation. Born in Garston, Liverpool in 1913, Jones grew up in poverty. He obtained an engineering apprenticeship but lost his job following the Wall Street … Continue reading →

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