Category Archives: Trade Unions

Support Unite Engineers At Finnish Company Kone – On Strike Next Week

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tony Burke

300 Unite engineering staff employed by the Finnish company Kone across the UK will be taking strike action over the next two week. Unite engineers at Kone service lifts, doors and escalators across the UK, including at Gatwick and Heathrow … Continue reading →

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Turkish Car Industry Hit By Stoppages

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Tony Burke

A wave of stoppages across the Turkish car industry is taking place as workers demand better pay and conditions – as well as demanding to join a union of their choice and elect their own union reps. Over 7,000 workers … Continue reading →

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June 4th : Rally For Venezuela

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Tony Burke
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Analysis of the impact of and policy response to MG Rover in Birmingham

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Tony Burke

Well worth reading. An interesting paper produced by David Bailey, Gill Bentley, Alex de Ruyter and Stephen Hall. Click here to download the pdf.

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Manufacturing in the balance?

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Tony Burke

By Philip Pearson of the TUC At the very time when manufacturing should be expanding its share of UK GDP, its contribution is now lower than in 2010. Evidence suggests that our ‘foundation industries’, the industrial heartland of UK manufacturing, … Continue reading →

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USW Chemical Solutions Number 2

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Tony Burke

Download at the link below the excellent United Steelworkers Newsletter for Chemical Workers : Chemical Solutions Issue 2 with articles on Health & Safety, Dow, BSAF etc

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Union organising In Kenya: Support ITF Campaign

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Tony Burke

The International Transport Federation are requesting support in a serious disputeconcerning their affiliate the Kenya Long Distance Truck Drivers and Allied Workers’ Union and Agility Logistics. The company says it will recognise the union in Kenya if it gains 50%+1 of the workforce. … Continue reading →

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50 Leading UK Trade Unionists Show Solidarity With Venezuela

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Tony Burke

On March 9th US President Obama signed an executive order declaring  “a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela” and imposed a … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Manifesto For Britain’s Workplaces

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Tony Burke

Here is an edited version of Labour’s ‘A Better Plan For Britain’s Workplaces’, produced by Unite. The central task for the next Labour government is to build an economy that creates better and more secure jobs and stop the Tory race to … Continue reading →

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Latest on US Oil Strikes: Five Plants Still On Strike.

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Tony Burke

Just got this from the USW: From Dave Martin of USW Local 8-719 at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky: “Contract passed. We will start the process of returning to work Monday and take the operations over on Saturday, 4/11/15.” … Continue reading →

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