Category Archives: Politics

London launch of ‘Memoirs Of A Militant’

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Bloggers Of The World Unite: ‘Stop The Net Grab’

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is today (November 12th) launching a major new campaign to stop an attempt by the International Telecommunications Union (which is not a trade union but a UN body) to control the internet today. The proposals … Continue reading

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Obama: Was It The Unions What Won It? – Updated.

US unions are rightly claiming significant credit for the resounding election win by Barak Obama. The AFLCIO, in the form of its barnstorming president Rich Trumka, said that the swing states of Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada were won through “union … Continue reading

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Beecroft by the backdoor

The government’s attempts to smuggle more of the discredited Beecroft report which proposed, among other things, to remove unfair dismissal rights to make it easier to sack workers, has been rumbled not only by unions but by one of the country’s top … Continue reading

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Where costs are king scant concern is given to the impact on rural life

By Diana Holland, Unite Assistant General Secretary What is this government’s problem with the countryside?  It tried and failed to sell off the forests and kill off badgers. It’s thrashing around as historic ash trees die. They don’t like humans much … Continue reading

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The importance of the debate on the IMF’s ‘multipliers’

By Michael Burke It is unusual for ‘academic’ research published by the IMF to find its way into popular media. But this has happened to the latest World Economic Outlook where the IMF deals briefly with the issue of ‘multipliers’ that is, … Continue reading

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Trading Away Peace: How Europe Sustains Israel’s Illegal Settlements

A large coalition of European NGOs and faith groups are today releasing  a report called ‘Trading Away Peace – How Europe Sustains Israel’s Illegal Settlements’. Click here to download a copy. The report is a comprehensive overview of the EU … Continue reading

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New Re-Elect Obama Video

Featuring Ne Yo, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Rzeznik, Delta Rae, Natasha Bedingfield the ‘Forward Song Project’ is a 100% grassroots effort and represents the best of what American democracy is all about: people voluntarily coming together and lending their time, talents, … Continue reading

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USW’s Ben Davis On Attacks On Unions In Mexico

Power In A Union has long highlighted the attacks currently taking place on trade unions in Mexico. There is a concerted attempt to dismantle independent unions in Mexico lead by some European and US companies and replace them with ‘yellow” … Continue reading

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Ford must be a wake-up call for government

By Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union First published in The Guardian October 26th. The true picture of what is happening in the economy lies not in this week’s growth figures, but in the faces of the workers in … Continue reading

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