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Overwhelming vote to strike at Balfour Beatty
Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) have voted overwhelmingly for a second time to strike over the termination of long-held agreements and the de-skilling of construction workers. Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers voted by two to … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH: Unite pressure on lack of Government manufacturing strategy being felt by Downing Street.
The following text is an extract of the regular Downing Street lobby briefing. PM – Lobby briefing – 1 February 2012: On India’s decision to select a French fighter aircraft over the Eurofighter, the spokesman said, ” We are looking … Continue reading
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Support the Social Chapter – send Cameron a message
This week in Parliament, Prime Minister David Cameron made clear the contempt he has for rights at work. Cameron stood up in the House of Commons, and asked his MPs what we got in return for Britain signing up to the … Continue reading
European Industrial Workers Federation on the horizon
The creation of Europe’s largest trade union federation for industrial and manufacturing workers was agreed this week. National trade union leaders of three European trade union federations: the European Metal Workers; the European Chemical, Energy and Mine Workers Federation and … Continue reading
Obama puts manufacturing top of the agenda – time for Cameron to do the same.
Barack Obama put American manufacturing at the top of the agenda in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night this week – and slammed US companies who had outsourced jobs in a ‘’race to the bottom’ and the tax breaks … Continue reading
Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, Come on and join the Nasty Party!
The ultra right Trade Union Reform Campaign (TURC) is to re-launch itself today at the House of Commons. TURC’s aim is to attack trade union rights and undermine workers‘ access to justice in the workplace. The looney’s behind the TURC include an … Continue reading
Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin No. 9
You can download the latest Unite manufacturing e-bulletin here. This edition includes articles on the state of UK manufacturing; comparison of German and UK manufacturing companies; Unilever Strikes; BMW; Polestar Colchester; the fight to save jobs at BAe Systems; EWC’s; … Continue reading
Unemployment soars past 2.6 million; 10,000 manufacturing and construction firms go bust
Jobless total soars because of ‘dead end’ policies, says Unite Unemployment in the UK topped 2.6 million showing a continuing trend that is well on the way to 3 million by July says Richard Excell in a blog on Left … Continue reading
German lessons for the UK economy
The UK needs a new manufacturing eco-system, bringing together policies on skills, procurement, growing small firms and identifying strategic sectors, if we are to rebalance the economy and compete in the global age – so says a new report by … Continue reading
Ed Miliband leading Labour to destruction, says Len McCluskey
From the Guardian, January 16th by Patrick Wintour, political editor. Unite general secretary attacks Labour leader over endorsement of public sector pay freeze, saying it will prompt Blairite coup. The Labour party’s chief union backer has accused Ed Miliband of undermining his own leadership, disenfranchising … Continue reading