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A Future That Works – A Future for Manufacturing
On 20th October 2012 – thousands of people will be marching for a future that works! Hundreds of thousands of people marched for the alternative on 26 March 2011. We are now back to march for a future that works – on … Continue reading
BBC Newsnight Slams Zero Hours Contracts
The BBCs flagship Newsnight programme last night (August 14th) exposed the use and abuse of Zero Hours Contracts in a hard hitting piece by Allegra Stratton. Companies are using zero hours contracts by not giving their employees guaranteed hours, but … Continue reading
125th Anniversary of the Match Girls Strike
In July 1888, several hundred women walked out of an East London match factory – and changed the world. The strike was a reaction to management bullying and terrible conditions, and it should have failed. Bryant & May were powerful … Continue reading
Workers Uniting Expresses Ongoing Concern For Colombian Trade Unionists
In a press release issued on August 9th the global union Workers Uniting has expressed its continuing concern for the grave situation confronting trade unionists in Colombia upon hearing of the pact recently signed by the government of Colombia, the U.S. Labour Department … Continue reading
Turkey: New law bans strikes in aviation
On 10th May, Metin Külünk, a deputy of the ruling political party, proposed an amendment to Article 29 of the existing Collective Labour Agreement, Strike and Lock-Out Law as follows: “It shall not be lawful to call a strike or … Continue reading
Updated: 0% growth forecast highlights need for stimulus to promote employment, growth and spending
The Bank of England’s latest warning that the economy has hit the buffers and will come grinding to a screeching halt later this year comes as no surprise. Unite have been warning there is an urgent need to dump the cycle of … Continue reading
Great War On Want Campaign On Adidas Poverty Pay
Thousands of people who were at the Olympics would have seen this, on Sunday 5th August, at the Olympic Park after the men’s 100m final, War On Want projected a giant video message in protest at the exploitation of Adidas … Continue reading
Pay equality and strong unions will put Britain back to work
In case anyone missed this excellent piece yesterday in The Observer here it is again…… The government’s economic strategy has failed: now we need wage-led growth and an industrial strategy that can create better jobs By Frances O’Grady Wages for those … Continue reading
Bye Bye Burley – Poll says he will be dumped at election
By Tim Lezard Trade union-hating MP Aidan Burley is facing a fight to save his seat after 94% of people responding to a local newspaper poll said they wouldn’t back him in the next election. Burley, who is well-known as the man … Continue reading
The new Employment Tribunal fees add up to inhumanity
By Martin Shipman The announcement by Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly that future applicants to Employment Tribunals must pay fees is a shocking example of the UK Government’s heartlessness – and an indication that it is prepared to roll back social advances that not even Margaret … Continue reading