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Print workers fight back – court throws out injunction bid
Unite members at United Closures & Plastics (UCP) held a 24-hour strike this week over changes to their pay and working hours. 150 members at the Stirling based packaging site staff went on strike after no agreement was reached during … Continue reading
BA Cabin Crew vote for settlement of dispute
The long-running dispute between around 10,000 British Airways cabin crew and their employer is now over, Unite has announced. Cabin Crew voted in a postal ballot by 6,509 (92%) to 579 (8%) to accept an agreement between the union and … Continue reading
Change The World – A History of Amicus
Here is John Haylett’s review of ‘Change The World’ the history of the trade union Amicus (now part of Unite – formed via mergers between the AEEU, MSF, GPMU and Unifi) written by John Callow (Lawrence & Wishart, £16.99), published … Continue reading
Paul Mason : The European dream is in danger – prepare for another rude awakening
With the single currency being tested to breaking point, the EU’s implicit social solidarity is in chronically short supply. An excellent, thought provoking article by Paul Mason. First published in the The Guardian, 24th May In the summer of 1914 the Austrian … Continue reading
John Monks looks back at eight years at the ETUC
Taken from the TUC’s Touchstone blog. “My eight year stint as General Secretary of the ETUC ends shortly and I will return to the UK to try to make sense out of a new role in the House of Lords. … Continue reading
New global union deal agreed
The joint IMF-ICEM-ITGLWF task force has agreed on a proposal for the financial base of a new global union federation for the world’s industrial workers. Officials representing the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF), the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and … Continue reading
Unite to escalate action at Thanet Earth
Unite has warned the Kent based agricultural producer Thanet Earth and its supermarket buyers – Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Asda – that it will escalate its campaign to end the alleged exploitation of workers unless the producer engages with the … Continue reading
Finnish paper workers strike – mediation fails so strikes continue
Ammattiliitto Pro the white collar union in Finland, says it is seeking global unity as it begins its third wave of strikes next week, and continues strikes against the intransigent employers of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF). The request … Continue reading
Prospects for a deal on Working Time Directive “look gloomy”
Trade unions and employers bodies in the EU are due to start social dialogue talks on the EU’s Working Time Directive before the autumn this year. Many MEPs remain pessimistic about the chances that the two sides will strike an … Continue reading