Category Archives: Employment Rights

USW’s Ben Davis On Attacks On Unions In Mexico

Power In A Union has long highlighted the attacks currently taking place on trade unions in Mexico. There is a concerted attempt to dismantle independent unions in Mexico lead by some European and US companies and replace them with ‘yellow” … Continue reading

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Ford must be a wake-up call for government

By Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union First published in The Guardian October 26th. The true picture of what is happening in the economy lies not in this week’s growth figures, but in the faces of the workers in … Continue reading

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October 20th – Great Day For The UK

The TUC and the UK’s trade unions can be rightly proud of yesterday’s marches and demonstrations in London, Glasgow and Belfast. 150,000 marchers in London is a concensus figure – much higher than some activists were predicting in the week … Continue reading

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Statement by Los Mineros on fraudulent ballot at PKC

The following statement was issued by the Mexican Mine and metalworkers union (Los Mineros) on October 19th. Employers in Mexico in league with the government are dismantling independent trade unions and imposing company run “yellow” unions on workers using illegal … Continue reading

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URGENT! Fight To Oppose The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Bill

Tomorrow the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats are launching their latest assault on employment rights. We need to defeat a bill that could adversely affect the lives of millions of people. Vince Cable and the Tory-led government will bring … Continue reading

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Turning employees into ‘owners’? The falsest promise yet

By Nicola Countouris, Mark Freedland and Jeremias Prassl Three employment law experts look into the “deeply worrying” shares-for-rights trade off proposed by George Osborne at the recent Conservative Conference. At the Conservative Party Conference, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced … Continue reading

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Labour Party Conference – One Nation Under A Groove

This weeks Labour Party Conference was of course dominated by Ed Miliband’s wonderfully executed speech on Tuesday – now dubbed by some Unite wags as ‘One Nation Under A Groove’ (See Funkadelic, 1978). Described by Len McCluskey as a tour-de-force, … Continue reading

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John Hendy QC “General strike could be legal”

In this video from Union News John Hendy QC spells out how a general strike could be legal – should the TUC decide to go ahead with a day of action. John has co-authored the employment law book ‘Days Of … Continue reading

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Massive attack on employment rights being planned in Mexico

IndustriALL Global Union and its affiliates in the Tri-National Solidarity Alliance (TNSA) are leading opposition to labour law reforms being fast-tracked through the Mexican parliament. The legislation would intensify the serious obstacles already facing workers and democratic and independent trade … Continue reading

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Posting of Workers Directive: Commission’s text needs to be “substantially amended”

“A growing number of posted workers in the European Union are victims of social dumping. More than 15 years after the first Posting of Workers Directive and after numerous rulings by the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the time has … Continue reading

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