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Top UK signatories slam Paraguay “coup”
A group of writers, MPs, trade unionists and activists have published a letter slamming the “political coup” in Paraguay. The letter is published here, was published on the Liberal Conspiracy blog and has appeared in The Guardian (shorter version) We join … Continue reading
Coup in Paraguay ousts left wing leader
Latin American countries have expressed concern at the coup against Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo, with Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, Ecuador President Rafael Correa and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saying they would not recognise the government of newly-installed leader Frederico Franco, who … Continue reading
USW, Unite and Workers Uniting Help Form IndustriAll
Last week was a historic week for two reasons – the Steering Committee of Workers Uniting, the global union created by USW and Unite, met in Copenhagen in advance of the founding congress of IndustriALL the new manufacturing global trade … Continue reading
Stop Precarious Work – IndustriALL video
This video was shown at the IndustriAll Founding Congress on June 20th in conjunction with a resolution which commits IndustriALL the new manufacturing global union to campaigning and fighting precarious work such as agency, temporary, and short term contract workers. … Continue reading
The Crisis and National Labour Law Reforms: A Mapping Exercise
This Working Paper by Isabelle Schömann (ETUI) and Stefan Clauwaert (ETUI) is highly recommended as it maps the crisis and national labour law reforms in various European countries either triggered by the crisis or introduced using the crisis – falsely – … Continue reading
Jerry Deneau – US print trade unionist
Former GPMU General Secretary and Unite DGS, Tony Dubbins has notified me of the death of Jerry Deneau, a long standing friend and comrade of the Graphical, Paper and Media Union and Uni Graphical. Jerry was the former GCC/IBT (Graphic … Continue reading
Employers attack workers’ rights at ILO
Trade unions expressed outrage at the actions of the employers’ group at the International Labour Organisation Conference for blocking any debate and discussion on some of the worst cases of worker rights violations at the meeting in Geneva on 4th … Continue reading
Teamsters Settle Sotheby’s NYC Lock Out
News comes through that the long running dispute between the Teamsters union in the USA and the auction house Sotheby’s in New York has been settled. The campaign run by the Teamsters, was supported by Unite and the TUC. Teamsters officials … Continue reading
USW 70th Anniversary Rally in Cleveland
The United Steelworkers Union was founded 70 years ago in the Music Hall of the Cleveland Auditorium, Ohio. Formed by the Steelworkers Organising Committee who set out to unionise thousands of exploited steel and metal workers across the USA and … Continue reading
Venezuela gets new Labour Law in act of ‘Social Justice For Workers’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed into law the country’s new employment legislation following a consultation process with the Venezuelan people which lasted almost five months. The country’s new labour laws will see the working week reduced to 40 hours … Continue reading