Category Archives: European Trade Unions

Robin Hood Tax gains momentum – on the continent

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Tony Burke

The German trade union movement has demanded that Germany’s richest citizens help with the countries debt crisis and tax burden which is now falling on working people. At a recent joint press conference with chancellor Angela Merkel, Michael Sommer, the president … Continue reading →

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Employment: Slight pick up in Germany and France

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Tony Burke

Employment rose slightly in Germany and France, but fell across theEU as a whole says a new report.  The Markit eurozone manufacturing PMI was 46.9, up from November’s 28-month low of 46.4. Any score under 50 represents a contraction. Activity … Continue reading →

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IPPR warns of double dip recession and bleak 2012

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Tony Burke

The UK risks a bleak 2012 and falling back into recession as a result of the Coalition’s austerity measures and the crisis in the eurozone, the IPPR has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research which advises more than 30 … Continue reading →

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Argos Agency Workers Protest Against Swedish Derogation

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Tony Burke

Agency workers at Argos in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire demonstrated on 22nd  December against ‘pay apartheid’ which sees their pay packets up to £120-a-week lighter than their full-time colleagues. Workers employed by Adecco, held whistle-blowing demonstration at the Argos site … Continue reading →

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Extension on consultation gives further time for negotiations at BAe Systems

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Tony Burke

The extension of the 90 day consultation period over the threat to 2,300 BAE Systems jobs in Wharton, Salmsbury in Lancashire and Brough in Yorkshire has been welcomed by Unite. Unite’s national officer for Aerospace and Shipbuilding, Ian Waddell said: ‘This … Continue reading →

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LCDTU launches new website

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tony Burke

The Liaison Committee For The Defence Of Trade Unions has launched a re-vamped website and it can now be found by clicking here. The LCDTU blogspot will remain up until the end of January. LCDTU Secretary Barry Camfield has been … Continue reading →

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Last few days: Special reduced price for ‘Goodbye Barcelona’

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Tony Burke

 In 1936 a Fascism sweeps across Europe, one country reaches out in its hour of need and thousands of ordinary people make an extraordinary decision to help. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, they travel to Spain from all over the … Continue reading →

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Cameron sells out UK manufacturing for his loony backbenchers

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Tony Burke

When launching Unite’s manufacturing strategy, 2020 Vision, recently, I made the point that the coalition government has no long-term strategy on UK manufacturing and is doing more damage to UK manufacturing than any previous Conservative government. The decision by David Cameron … Continue reading →

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Possible imprisonment of Greek union officials

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Tony Burke

The following is a statement by the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples (ILC). Stop the prosecution of Nikos Photopoulos and his comrades from the GENOP-DEH union immediately. We have just been informed by representatives of the Greek public power … Continue reading →

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Unite’s strategy to save UK manufacturing

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Tony Burke

This week at Unite’s National Sector Conferences I launched a new strategy to help save UK manufacturing. Called ‘2020 Vision – Unite Strategy For Manufacturing’ the document sets out Unite’s policy to revive and rebuild the UK’s manufacturing sector over the … Continue reading →

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