Category Archives: Unite The Union

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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We’re Not Loving It – Protest At McDonalds, London

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Tony Burke

Unite London hotel and hospitality workers are protesting against Fast Food giant McDonalds on the morning of April 15th – the international day of action in solidarity with fast food workers in the USA and all over the world.  Where … Continue reading →

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What Is Productivity?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Tony Burke

CLASS Briefing: Productivity There has been increasing media coverage about the UK’s growing ‘productivity gap’ in the last few weeks, but why is it important? The shaky and unsustainable return to growth experienced over the last year has not produced … Continue reading →

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History & Policy Group – Whatever Happened To Collective Bargaining?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Tony Burke
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Unite Analysis Of Osborne’s Last Budget

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Tony Burke

By the Unite Political Department To call George Osborne’s performance, hopefully for the last time, at the Commons’ despatch box a budget for the nation is stretching credulity to its limits. With 50 days to go before the most important … Continue reading →

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Luca Visentini To Be New European TUC Head

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Tony Burke

Italian trade unionist Luca Visentini is the proposed successor to Bernadette Ségol as General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation. This week a meeting of the ETUC’s Executive Committee voted the 46 year old current Confederal Secretary of the ETUC … Continue reading →

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LATEST: Crown Dispute: Ontario Appoints Expert To Investigate Strike

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Tony Burke

Ontario, Canada: Ontario Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn is appointing Morton Mitchnick to conduct an Industrial Inquiry Commission to facilitate a resolution in the dispute involving the United Steelworkers and Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP. On rare occasions the Minister … Continue reading →

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USW Reaches Tentative Agreement To Settle Oil Industry Strikes

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Tony Burke

The United Steelworkers (USW) has announced that it has reached a ‘tentative agreement’ on a new four-year contract with Shell Oil as a pattern agreement for the rest of the industry. 7000 oil workers have been on strike across the … Continue reading →

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