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ETUC Action Day – February 29th
On the eve of the European Summit of 1st and 2nd March, dominated by the themes of austerity and budgetary discipline, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) will send a clear message to the EU leaders: this imposed austerity is going to … Continue reading
Locked-out Rio Tinto Alcan Workers Take Dispute to Canadian Business Doorstep
Locked-out members of Syndicat des Métallos d’Alma Local 9490, the United Steelworkers (USW), took their fight against Rio Tinto Alcan to Québec’s largest city, last Friday, 17th February, where Alcan CEO Jacynth Côté was part of a spurious forum on … Continue reading
MM Packaging, Bootle – strike and picket this weekend.
Unite printers working at Austrian owned Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle will continue strike action today over the redundancy terms on offer to staff facing jobs losses. Workers at the Bootle site, which produces packaging for the food industry, are … Continue reading
LATEST: Balfour Beatty withdraws BESNA contracts
Unite has welcomed the withdrawal of contracts by Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES), which would have resulted in the termination of long-held agreements and the de-skilling of construction workers. The imposition of the new contracts by BBES were at the … Continue reading
Act Now for Trade Union Rights In Mexico : 2012 Campaign
Last year more than 50,000 union members, students and human rights activists from some 40 countries participated in the Global Days of Action, launched on February 14th in Mexico and Australia simultaneously. For six days union members came together in … Continue reading
TUC warns EU – don’t undermine our employment rights
The TUC has warned the EU commissioner for employment and social affairs, Laszlo Andor, not to undermine the employment rights of workers in the face of austerity programmes being driven through the EU. Trade unions are becoming increasingly concerned that, … Continue reading
Saltley Gate 40th Anniversary Rally
Birmingham Trades Union Council are holding a Saltley Gate 40th Anniversary Rally at 11am Friday 10th February at the site Near Saltley Gate Roundabout. Speakers from the Strike and Current Struggles including Arthur Scargill and Tony Burke, Unite AGS – plus a performance by the … Continue reading
Unilever take pension fight to Davos
Trade union members employed at Unilever took their campaign to save their pensions, which are being grabbed by Unilever, to the World Economic Forum in Davos recently. The Forum was co-chaired by Unilever CEO Paul Polman. The message was simply … Continue reading
Overwhelming vote to strike at Balfour Beatty
Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) have voted overwhelmingly for a second time to strike over the termination of long-held agreements and the de-skilling of construction workers. Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers voted by two to … Continue reading
Support the Social Chapter – send Cameron a message
This week in Parliament, Prime Minister David Cameron made clear the contempt he has for rights at work. Cameron stood up in the House of Commons, and asked his MPs what we got in return for Britain signing up to the … Continue reading