Category Archives: Solidarity

Southampton City Council Strike – Poll

The local paper in Southampton – The Daily Echo – is polling readers on support for the workers on strike against cuts in pay and changes to their working conditions or the Tory lead council. Please support Unite and Unison … Continue reading

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Unite Sainsbury’s demo

Sainsbury’s has been accused of double standards over its ‘Feed Your Family’ campaign in a row over workers’ rights. Over 100 DHL staff (Unite members) staged a protest outside Sainsbury’s London HQ today over changes to shift patterns and new … Continue reading

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Killings of Trade Union Activists Continue in Guatemala

Yet another trade union leader has been brutally murdered in Guatemala for exercising his union activities. The ITUC and its affiliated organisations in Guatemala, the CUSG, CGTG and UNSITRAGUA, have firmly condemned the assassination of Idar Joel Hernández Godoy, finance … Continue reading

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Defend the President of the Iraq Kirkuk Oil and Gas Workers Union, Jamal Abdul-Jabbar

The TUC is supporting a campaign to defend the President of the Kirkuk Oil and Gas Workers Union, Jamal Abdul-Jabbar who has been forcibly relocated by his employers. International union protests have prevented this sort of management harassment before. The Northern … Continue reading

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Southampton council workers strike latest

Civil enforcement officers (CEOs), car park maintenance engineers and bulk cash collectors will walk out from 00.01 hours tomorrow (May 31st) as strike action spreads at one of the south coast’s biggest councils. The CEOs – better known as traffic … Continue reading

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Demo @ Sainsbury’s HQ, Holborn

 

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Wyndham Impact print dispute – “enough is enough’

Unite members at magazine printers Wyndham Impact in Basingstoke printing firm continue to take strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions. In 2009 employees took a 13% pay cut on the understanding that  a review would be carried … Continue reading

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Going to the press : Wapping 1986

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Southampton city council workers : industrial action now on

Southampton City Council workers are now taking industrial action against their employer Southampton city council which is sacking thousands of workers and re-engaging them on substantially lower terms and conditions. Unite and Unison care workers, street cleaners, refuse collectors, social … Continue reading

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New global union deal agreed

The joint IMF-ICEM-ITGLWF task force has agreed on a proposal for the financial base of a new global union federation for the world’s industrial workers. Officials representing the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF), the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and … Continue reading

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