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The DGB’s Four Point Plan For Europe
The German equivalent of the British TUC, the DGB has recently published a four point plan for a change of course in Europe as an alternative to the Eurozone crisis. It is certainly worth reading. Download a copy here.
Fight for workers’ rights tops agenda – LCDTU meeting Monday, April 16th
The Liaison Committee For The Defence of Trade Unions is holding a public meeting tonight, Monday, April 16th. Speakers will be focusing on employment rights in Britain as well as in Europe and internationally, and how we fight back against … Continue reading
Companies using loopholes to avoid equal pay for agency workers
Employers are increasingly exploiting loopholes in the the new agency workers regulations, to dodge paying agency and temporary workers equal pay with permanent employees a new report suggests. Two thirds of employers are exploiting loopholes according to employment lawyers Eversheds. The Agency … Continue reading
Locked out and sacked MMP workers demonstrate outside Austrian Embassy
Locked out and sacked UK workers from Austrian multi-national packaging firm MMP (Mayr-Melnhof Packaging) in Liverpool, along with breakfast cereal character effigies – Tony the Tiger, Coco Monkey and Cornelius Rooster – bring their fight to the Austrian Embassy in … Continue reading
MMP faces legal action by Unite
Cereal workers being starved of legal entitlements Unite is to take legal action against Austrian owned Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) over the unlawful dismissal of its workforce and closure of the site in Bootle, Liverpool. The workers make packaging for some … Continue reading
EU Employment Rights: Professor Keith Ewing on “Monti 11”
Keith Ewing says there “is nothing of merit” in the Monti 11 Regulation In this latest Briefing from IER, Keith Ewing argues that the first Draft Monti 11 Regulation “reflects a failure to understand the serious implications of the Viking and Laval … Continue reading
Robin Hood Tax – URGENT: Send message to EU Finance Ministers!
This just in from Owen Tudor at the TUC: EU finance ministers meet on Tuesday and the Danish Presidency has agreed to put the EU proposal for a Financial Transactions Tax on the agenda. We need people to email finance … Continue reading
More Union Busting In Mexico by PKC
By Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers. In the early 1990s, the multi national metals company Alcoa began sourcing from Arneses y Accesorios de Mexico, S.A. de C.V, a maquiladora producing wire harnesses for the North American auto industry in … Continue reading
Honda union official arrested for distributing leaflets outside of auto plant
This article was sent to Power In A Union by Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers. This is a small example of what is happening in Mexico where union busting is now rampant. The Mexican government and employers stand accused … Continue reading