Category Archives: Solidarity

European Industrial Workers Federation on the horizon

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Tony Burke

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 →

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US union membership grows slightly

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Tony Burke

At a time when the US economy growth figures this week showed a 2.8 percent increase, union membership in the USA also grew slightly last year, giving unions some hope that a period of decline, lead by job losses and an … Continue reading →

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Vale voted the world’s worst corporation

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Tony Burke

The vote for the worlds worst corporation is in and the results are no surprise to trade union members throughout the world and especially those in the USA and Canada. Brazilian mining giant Vale has been named the world’s worst … Continue reading →

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Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin No. 9

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Tony Burke

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 →

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Tell Cooper Tire to End the Lockout

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Tony Burke

On November 28th, 2011, Cooper Tire & Rubber locked out 1,050 workers members of the United Steelworkers in Findlay, Ohio. When Cooper Tire was losing money in 2008, these employees gave up $31 million in concessions to help their employer … Continue reading →

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Unions and supporters gather 1million signatures to dump Gov.Walker

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Tony Burke

Unions and their supporters have gathered 1 million signatures supporting a recall election of right wing Republican Gov. Scott Walker exceeding the total number of signatures required by 460,000. Last year Walker, supported by the billionaires such as the Koch … Continue reading →

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Unilever – not as clean as it claims

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Tony Burke

On the eve of the second ever strike at Unilever’s UK operations, Unite has released a film today (see above) revealing the truth behind the “dirty” tactics being used to undermine the pensions of the workforce. “Unilever – not as … Continue reading →

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USA: Continuing Assault On Unions

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Tony Burke

The following article is an editorial from the New York Times of January 7th, 2012 and highlights the ongoing onslaught against unions in the USA. “Along with their shameful campaign to curb the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers … Continue reading →

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Urgent! Justice For Nikos!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Tony Burke

The Greek TUC, the GSEE, has asked unions (including the TUC in Britain)  to encourage protests about the prosecution of a group of Greek trade unionists including GENOP-DEH General Secretary Nikos Photopoulos who took direct action against a key and particularly noxious … Continue reading →

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Argos Agency Workers Protest Against Swedish Derogation

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Tony Burke

Agency workers at Argos in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire demonstrated on 22nd  December against ‘pay apartheid’ which sees their pay packets up to £120-a-week lighter than their full-time colleagues. Workers employed by Adecco, held whistle-blowing demonstration at the Argos site … Continue reading →

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