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NLRB to Issue Complaint Alleging Four-Month ATI Lockout is Illegal
The United Steelworkers (USW) union was informed today by Region 6 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Pittsburgh that the regional director will issue a complaint in the four-month-long Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) lockout alleging, in the absence … Continue reading
British labor organizers hit picket lines with locked-out ATI workers
By Tom Yerace Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 12:31 a.m. Locked-out steelworkers at the Allegheny Technologies Inc. plant in Harrison learned first hand Tuesday about labor struggles in Great Britain. Members of United Steelworkers Local 1196 in Brackenridge, locked out of the … Continue reading
The UK Auto Industry and Europe
Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich production line Professor David Bailey reflects on the impact of EU membership on the UK’s auto industry. The UK government likes to boast that the UK’s auto industry is undergoing something of a revival, in … Continue reading
USW: New Edition Of Chemical Solutions
The United Steelworkers in the USA & Canada have issued the latest issue of their excellent newsletter for their members working in the Chemicals sector. Click on the link here to download Issue 3 Chemical Solutions
U.S.A. : No Guarantee Of Trade If UK Leaves EU
The United States trade negotiator Michael Froman, who is leading the talks for the USA on TTIP and lead the talks on TPP says the USA would not be positive towards negotiating a separate free trade deal with UK if … Continue reading
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World’s Biggest Union Elects New Leadership
The world’s biggest trade union, Germany’s IG Metall elected a new leadership at its Congress last week in Frankfurt. The 2.5 million member union has elected Joerg Hofmann, aged 59, dubbed ‘a tough wage negotiator and trained economist’ by the … Continue reading
Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald: My Plea To Save SSI Redcar
As As the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough with many, many thousands of constituents devastated by the SSI collapse, I plead with the Government to consider my analysis. Now that the liquidation order has been made, I am of the … Continue reading
Unite Cab Driver Mike Hedges on Uber “We want a level playing field”
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Workers Uniting statement on breakthrough in Colombian peace talks
Workers Uniting, the 2 million member global union formed by UNITE the union and the United Steelworkers (USW), congratulates all parties in the Colombia peace process for the efforts that led to the historic handshake between Colombia President Juan Manuel … Continue reading