Category Archives: Politics

Fast Food Workers In L.A. & N.Y.C Win Pay Deals

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Tony Burke

US Fast Food workers have won two important victories in their fight for better wages as both Los Angeles County and New York State voted to raise minimum wages says the Global union, the International Food Workers. On July 22nd … Continue reading →

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Speech At The CSEU On The Trade Union Bill

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Tony Burke

Union members from across shipbuilding and engineering today (July 15th) slammed the government’s Trade Union Bill, as unjust and in favour of employers. Moving an emergency motion, Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said, the Bill was a pernicious, all-out … Continue reading →

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Orgreave: Media Conference & OTJC Statement

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Tony Burke

Following today’s (12th June) announcement by the IPCC the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) and the national Union of Mineworkers will be hosting an open press conference at 12.00 noon in the NUM main hall at 2 Huddersfield Road, Barnsley S70 2LS. Press and public all … Continue reading →

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Global union network formed to fight back at Huhtamäki

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Tony Burke

Unions from paper products plants owned by the Finnish multi-national Huhtamäki met in Helsinki recently to establish a global trade union network. They also slammed the behaviour of the company Vice-President, Sami Pauni, who refused to answer questions from US workers and … Continue reading →

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Unions Furious As Obama Gets Approval For ‘Fast Track’

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Tony Burke

President Obama may have got his way on ‘fast track’, the legislation he needs to drive through approval of a new generation of free trade agreements but US unions have vowed to continue to fight on against the deals. ‘Fast … Continue reading →

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Morning Star Appoints Youngest Ever Editor

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tony Burke

Ben Chacko has been appointed the editor of the Morning Star making him the youngest editor of the co-operatively owned socialist daily newspaper since the legendary William Rust in 1930. Ben, who 31, has been active on the left since … Continue reading →

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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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Analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Tony Burke

Well worth reading. An interesting paper produced by David Bailey, Gill Bentley, Alex de Ruyter and Stephen Hall. Click here to download the pdf.

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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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