Category Archives: Trades Union Congress

This Is What Democracy Looks Like Event

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Tony Burke

The Electoral Reform Society and Politics for the Many are launching a major conference on the 31st August in Manchester to inspire the next generation of trade union campaigners for a fuller democracy in the UK, 200 years on from the Peterloo … Continue reading →

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Brexit: The WTO option would devastate jobs and tear up our rights

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Tony Burke

By Rosa Crawford First published by the TUC, May 16th Trading with the EU only on the WTO’s terms would have serious repercussions for the economy, public services and the Good Friday Agreement. Brexiteers like to promote the idea that the … Continue reading →

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Politcal prisoner Adullah Ocalan meets his lawyers

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Tony Burke

The Turkish-imprisoned political prisoner and founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, received a visit by his lawyers on May 2nd, for the first time since 2011, a law bureau representing him said in a statement … Continue reading →

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Keep Trump’s Hands Off Latin America

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Tony Burke

VSC E-UPDATE, MARCH 2019. ► Standing up to Trump and May’s interventions in – and hypocrisy on – Latin America ► 1. Help us get to 4,000 signatories our petition against Trump’s ‘regime change’ agenda. We are within touching distance … Continue reading →

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Honda: Stay In The UK #SaveHondaSwindon

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Tony Burke

To: Honda president and CEO Takahiro Hachigo Please see this important message and petition from Honda workers in Swindon, whose jobs are at risk. They need your support. Sign the petition here We are the workers from Honda Swindon. We … Continue reading →

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Len McCluskey On Channel 4 News

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Tony Burke
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Christmas Strike Announced At Cumbrian Newspapers

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Tony Burke

Journalists working for Newsquest-owned titles in Carlisle, Whitehaven and Workington have agreed to take strike action on Thursday 20 December over poor pay. Newsquest has made more than a 100 people redundant since it took over the CN Group in … Continue reading →

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Trade Unions Are Winning Victories In Mexico

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Tony Burke

In a sign that things are changing for trade unions in Mexico following the election of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) the independent Mexican mining and metalworkers’ union Los Mineros has won an important union victory at the El … Continue reading →

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Labour Must Hold Their Nerve And Vote Down May’s Bad Brexit Deal

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Tony Burke

“We can’t be bounced into a bad Brexit – the idea that the only choice is between this deal or no deal is preposterous and an insult to the country” says Unite’s Len McCluskey “Last week, the Brexit drama became … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Unite Reps Briefing: Opposing Blindfold Brexit

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Tony Burke

Issued to Unite the Union workplace reps November 16th Unite Reps Briefing: Opposing Blindfold Brexit Unite the Union is calling on MPs to reject the Government’s Withdrawal Deal if it is put before Parliament. “Be in no doubt, limited in … Continue reading →

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