Category Archives: Solidarity

Volkswagen Union Reps Back UAW In Tennessee

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Tony Burke

Volkswagen global works council is backing renewed efforts by the United Auto Workers in the United States to secure union recognition for US workers at the German car makers Chatanooga, Tennessee plant. In a statement this week Germany’s giant IG Metall union, … Continue reading →

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Mexican Appeals Court Cancels Charges Against Napoleón Gómez; Union Lauds Definitive Decision Absolving Union

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Tony Burke

The United Steelworkers (USW) in the USA and Canada has praised a Mexican appeals court decision that definitively quashes criminal charges against Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, President and General Secretary of the National Mine and Metal Workers Union, aka Los Mineros. … Continue reading →

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VSC Solidarity Reception & Fringe At TUC Congress 2014

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Tony Burke
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ETUC Warns EU Risks Losing Support Of Europeans

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Tony Burke

The European TUC has warned EU leaders that the EU needs to tackle unemployment or risk losing the support of the European people. Speaking at the ‘Conférence des Ambassadeurs’ in Paris with Laurent Fabius the French Foreign Minister and Walter … Continue reading →

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Honeywell Workers Locked Out (Again) In Metropolis

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Tony Burke

The giant US multi-national company Honeywell has once again locked out its workforce,members of the United Steelworkers at it plant in Metropolis, USA. USW local 7-669 has 150 members at the plant, which processes uranium and they work around many … Continue reading →

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National Demonstration For Gaza

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Tony Burke

Where: Outside BBC HQ, Portland Place, London marching to Hyde Park via US Embassy When: Assemble at 12 noon, August 9th The latest figures from UN OCHA are sickening – at least 1,849 Palestinians killed, with more still be recovered … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions!

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Tony Burke
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UAW Sets Up Local At Volkswagen, Chatanooga

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Tony Burke

The United Auto Workers union say they have reached  a “consensus” with Volkswagen and expect the German automaker to recognise the union if they sign up enough workers at a new local for the company’s assembly plant in Chatanooga, Tennessee. The … Continue reading →

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Pensioners arrested in campaign to defend free rail travel

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Tony Burke

Please watch the above video to two retired Unite Community members being violently arrested for participating in a peaceful action as part of a campaign to stop cuts to free rail travel for disabled people and pensioners. Two other pensioners were … Continue reading →

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Gateshead Glass Workers On Strike All Week

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Tony Burke

Unite members at two sites of Tyneside Safety Glass in Gateshead which makes laminated glass, are on strike this week over ‘a paltry and insulting’ pay offer. About 112 workers have been on strike since Monday, June 16th at the Kingsway and 7th … Continue reading →

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