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Unite supports protest against proposed closure of Filton Airfield
Unite, will be supporting a protest on Saturday, 18th February over the proposed closure of the Filton Airfield in Bristol. Unite believes shutting down the airfield and building houses on it is short-sighted will jeopardise jobs, incomes and local prosperity … Continue reading
MM Packaging, Bootle – strike and picket this weekend.
Unite printers working at Austrian owned Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle will continue strike action today over the redundancy terms on offer to staff facing jobs losses. Workers at the Bootle site, which produces packaging for the food industry, are … Continue reading
LATEST: Balfour Beatty withdraws BESNA contracts
Unite has welcomed the withdrawal of contracts by Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES), which would have resulted in the termination of long-held agreements and the de-skilling of construction workers. The imposition of the new contracts by BBES were at the … Continue reading
Act Now for Trade Union Rights In Mexico : 2012 Campaign
Last year more than 50,000 union members, students and human rights activists from some 40 countries participated in the Global Days of Action, launched on February 14th in Mexico and Australia simultaneously. For six days union members came together in … Continue reading
1,000 Mile Journey For Justice – Fight The Lockouts!
The United Steelworkers and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) have announced a joint project, ‘From Fargo To Findlay: A Journey for Justice’ Locked out workers from American Crystal Sugar Company and Cooper Tire and … Continue reading
The future of the manufacturing industry
The following blog was posted on the World Economic Forum blog by Tiffany Misrahi. She is Research Analyst, Global Agenda Councils at the World Economic Forum. The manufacturing industry is not well understood. Yet, this industry is of strategic importance to the … Continue reading
Saltley Gate 40th Anniversary Rally
Birmingham Trades Union Council are holding a Saltley Gate 40th Anniversary Rally at 11am Friday 10th February at the site Near Saltley Gate Roundabout. Speakers from the Strike and Current Struggles including Arthur Scargill and Tony Burke, Unite AGS – plus a performance by the … Continue reading
The US has turned a corner in unemployment; can we follow them?
Figures posted in the USA last week show the US economy is moving forward, with a growth in private sector employment – up by 257,000 – and unemployment declining by 0.8 per cent since August last year – the lowest point since … Continue reading
Save our NHS – 7th March Lobby and Rally
Our NHS is a national treasure that we should all be proud of. It has cared for generations of working people. It places fairness at the heart of our society You need the NHS – now it needs you. The coalition’s Health … Continue reading
Unilever take pension fight to Davos
Trade union members employed at Unilever took their campaign to save their pensions, which are being grabbed by Unilever, to the World Economic Forum in Davos recently. The Forum was co-chaired by Unilever CEO Paul Polman. The message was simply … Continue reading