Category Archives: Labour Party

Keith Ewing: Where Do We Go Now?

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tony Burke

Trade unions face a crisis like no other as 5 years of Tory rule beckon. We need a new vision — and we need it now, by Keith Ewing.  Shortly after the general election in 2010, I wrote in these … Continue reading →

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June 4th : Rally For Venezuela

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Tony Burke
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50 Leading UK Trade Unionists Show Solidarity With Venezuela

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Tony Burke

On March 9th US President Obama signed an executive order declaring  “a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela” and imposed a … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Manifesto For Britain’s Workplaces

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Tony Burke

Here is an edited version of Labour’s ‘A Better Plan For Britain’s Workplaces’, produced by Unite. The central task for the next Labour government is to build an economy that creates better and more secure jobs and stop the Tory race to … Continue reading →

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We’re Not Loving It – Protest At McDonalds, London

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Tony Burke

Unite London hotel and hospitality workers are protesting against Fast Food giant McDonalds on the morning of April 15th – the international day of action in solidarity with fast food workers in the USA and all over the world.  Where … Continue reading →

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What Is Productivity?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Tony Burke

CLASS Briefing: Productivity There has been increasing media coverage about the UK’s growing ‘productivity gap’ in the last few weeks, but why is it important? The shaky and unsustainable return to growth experienced over the last year has not produced … Continue reading →

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History & Policy Group – Whatever Happened To Collective Bargaining?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Tony Burke
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UK Must Become Modern Manufacturing Economy Says TUC

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Tony Burke

The employers body Confederation of British Industry has set out its proposals for the first hundred days of the new Government – and it doesn’t make comfortable reading for the Tories. The CBI’s ‘Best Foot Forward’ report states that the next … Continue reading →

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Unite Analysis Of Osborne’s Last Budget

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Tony Burke

By the Unite Political Department To call George Osborne’s performance, hopefully for the last time, at the Commons’ despatch box a budget for the nation is stretching credulity to its limits. With 50 days to go before the most important … Continue reading →

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Luca Visentini To Be New European TUC Head

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Tony Burke

Italian trade unionist Luca Visentini is the proposed successor to Bernadette Ségol as General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation. This week a meeting of the ETUC’s Executive Committee voted the 46 year old current Confederal Secretary of the ETUC … Continue reading →

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