-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- ron senchak on George Jerrom: Former GPMU National Officer
- Alan Royston on George Jerrom: Former GPMU National Officer
- Alan Royston on WAPPING – ‘THE WORKERS STORY’
- Prof Prem raj Pushpakaran on Blogs
- Martin Corrick on The Maverick Advisers Running Britain – Brilliant Article By Harry Lambert
Recently Updated Pages
- Recommended Websites on 2nd February, 2020
- Video & Audio on 2nd February, 2020
- Archive on 2nd February, 2020
Archives
Categories
Category Archives: Employment Rights
European Industrial Workers Federation on the horizon
The creation of Europe’s largest trade union federation for industrial and manufacturing workers was agreed this week. National trade union leaders of three European trade union federations: the European Metal Workers; the European Chemical, Energy and Mine Workers Federation and … Continue reading
Vale voted the world’s worst corporation
The vote for the worlds worst corporation is in and the results are no surprise to trade union members throughout the world and especially those in the USA and Canada. Brazilian mining giant Vale has been named the world’s worst … Continue reading
Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, Come on and join the Nasty Party!
The ultra right Trade Union Reform Campaign (TURC) is to re-launch itself today at the House of Commons. TURC’s aim is to attack trade union rights and undermine workers‘ access to justice in the workplace. The looney’s behind the TURC include an … Continue reading
Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin No. 9
You can download the latest Unite manufacturing e-bulletin here. This edition includes articles on the state of UK manufacturing; comparison of German and UK manufacturing companies; Unilever Strikes; BMW; Polestar Colchester; the fight to save jobs at BAe Systems; EWC’s; … Continue reading
German lessons for the UK economy
The UK needs a new manufacturing eco-system, bringing together policies on skills, procurement, growing small firms and identifying strategic sectors, if we are to rebalance the economy and compete in the global age – so says a new report by … Continue reading
Attack on union facilities time routed – Now with Video!!
A Parliamentary ‘ten minute rule bill’ calling for the end to public funding support for union representatives in the public sector supported by the right wing Tax Payers Alliance was roundly defeated in the House on Commons on January 11th. … Continue reading
USA: Continuing Assault On Unions
The following article is an editorial from the New York Times of January 7th, 2012 and highlights the ongoing onslaught against unions in the USA. “Along with their shameful campaign to curb the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers … Continue reading
Collective Bargaining – The Key Purpose of Trade Unions?
In this repost from an article first posted on the Liaison Committee For The Defence Of Trade Unions website, Barry Camfield argues that a key purpose of trade unions, some might say the key purpose, lays in collective bargaining. Yet collective bargaining coverage of British … Continue reading
No Real Hope Of Recovery in 2012
Following a bleak 2011, the forthcoming year does not appear to provide any signs of an economic revival, says Roger Jeary retiring Director of Research at Unite. “As this is my last Christmas as an employee of Unite I thought … Continue reading
Manufacturers still fear a double-dip recession in 2012
Despite the tiny increase in growth in domestic production the UK economy – due to adjusted figures(pdf) from the Office for National Statistics (O.6 per cent, from 0.5 per cent) for the third quarter of 2011, manufacturers are still worried a double-dip recession … Continue reading