Category Archives: International Trade Unions

Italy: ThyssenKrupp: Hands Off Terni Steel!

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Tony Burke

Unions in Italy have been taking strike action and holding protest demonstrations against 550 job losses and pay cuts of 10% at the at the Terni steel mill, in southern Umbria owned by the German multi-national metals and engineering company ThyssenKrupp. … Continue reading →

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Saturday : International Edition of the Morning Star

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Tony Burke

The Morning Star – Britain’s daily newspaper of the Left – is publishing an international pullout this weekend to mark the centenary of World War 1 with views and analysis which breaks with the establishment consensus and offers a socialist … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions!

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Tony Burke
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UAW Sets Up Local At Volkswagen, Chatanooga

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Tony Burke

The United Auto Workers union say they have reached  a “consensus” with Volkswagen and expect the German automaker to recognise the union if they sign up enough workers at a new local for the company’s assembly plant in Chatanooga, Tennessee. The … Continue reading →

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Huhtamaki : Creating Low Wage, Precarious Employment In USA

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Tony Burke

By Mike Hall That Starbucks cup that held your morning skim latte or the Chinet paper plates you’ve got packed up for a picnic this weekend were likely made by workers at one of Huhtamaki’s 21 plants in the United … Continue reading →

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US labour authorities seek bargaining order for Novelis with United Steelworkers

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Tony Burke

Update: Federal board seeks to force Novelis to bargain with Steelworkers union at Scriba plant – Click on link for update on this story. The General Counsel of the highest labour authority in the U.S.A., the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB), … Continue reading →

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Workers Uniting Statement On The Turkish Mining Disaster

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Tony Burke
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Greek Metal Workers Win Great Victory!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Tony Burke

The Greek Metal Workers’ union, POEM, is celebrating a great victory after a verdict was finally handed down in the Skaramanga Shipyard court case on 5th May. Eleven of the twelve trade unionists facing jail terms were set free immediately … Continue reading →

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US College Football Players Vote To Form Union

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Tony Burke

The world of sports in the USA has been rocked by a decision of Northwestern collage football players (US style football that it – not soccer!) to form a union and seek union recognition using the USA’s system for determining … Continue reading →

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Crown Holdings CEO Stuns Shareholders – Refuses Questions During Annual Meeting

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Tony Burke

Crown Holdings shareholders shook their heads in disbelief today when CEO John Conway barred them from speaking at Crown’s annual meeting.  Prevented from addressing the board of directors, shareholders were told to submit written questions, but most went unanswered during … Continue reading →

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