Category Archives: Trade Unions

Frances O’Grady’s Speech At The Jimmy Reid Foundation Memorial Lecture, 27th September 2018

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Tony Burke

Frances O’Grady was introduced by Lynn Henderson, the vice-chair of the project board of the Foundation. Lynn is also this year’s STUC President and a longstanding national officer of the PCS union. Lynn was preceded by a welcome from the … Continue reading →

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Tribune Is Back! Left Wing Newspaper now high quality bi-monthly magazine

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Tony Burke

By Adrian Weir After a seven month absence left wing magazine Tribune was relaunched in Liverpool this week at two packed meetings, at The World Transformed and at the Labour Party Conference. The panel at the Labour Party launch included … Continue reading →

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The Tories Industrial Strategy is in tatters – we need a Labour Government to rebuild UK manufacturing.

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Tony Burke

The UK stands at the crossroads. The country faces the prospect of crashing out of the European Union inflicting untold damage on our manufacturing industries if we are faced with no customs union or access to a single market. Along … Continue reading →

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CSEU Fleet Support Ships – Campaign Review

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Tony Burke

The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions are running an excellent campaign to ensure that the UKs Fleet Support Ships are built here in the UK, protecting good, skilled jobs in UK shipyards and in UK manufacturing. The CSEU have … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Tony Burke

No more secret agreements between union bosses and employers, future labour minister says By Juan Montes, The Wall Street Journal, September 11th Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing legislation to overhaul the country’s collective-bargaining system to improve wages … Continue reading →

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No Deal Brexit Papers Exercise In Pantomime and Menace

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Tony Burke

By Ben Norman, Research Officer at Unite the Union And so, perhaps inevitably, it’s come to this. After almost two years of Brexit talks between the EU and Britain’s best interlocutors (plus David Davis) last week we were presented with … Continue reading →

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At Last! Mexican Union Leader Napoleon Gomez Is Heading Home

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Tony Burke
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NZ Union Leader Tazered, Attacked & Detained In Israel

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Tony Burke

From the New Zealand Herald 30 July, 2018 A New Zealand union leader has been attacked and being unlawfully detained by the Israeli military, his union claims. The alleged incident took place on Monday morning, and Mike Treen National Director … Continue reading →

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Japanese & UK union leaders call for Brexit to deliver for workers in the UK and Japan

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Tony Burke

27 July 2018 The TUC and RENGO (the Japanese Trade Union Confederation) have issued a joint statement highlighting the threat that a bad Brexit deal poses to workers, trade and investment. In the shadow of the G7 Summit expressing concern … Continue reading →

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USA: Massive attack on trade union in Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31 decision

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Tony Burke

From Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO The Supreme Court heard a case on June 27th (Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31)  brought by the rich and powerful who are trying to take away your freedom to join in union. The American labor … Continue reading →

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