Category Archives: Unite The Union

Miliband’s Alternative To “Osborne’s Punishing Experiement”

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Tony Burke

In the coverage of Ed Miliband’s speech at Newham Dockside yesterday, the sections of the speech on the world of work received only minimal media coverage. These included the abuses meted out to agency workers; topping up low paid workers … Continue reading →

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Lobbying scandal? Better bring up the stale old anti-union vomit

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Tony Burke

By Len McCluskey If Britain’s political elite is despised for one thing as much as its corruption, from MPs’ expenses to the revolving door with business to its once more-exposed flogging of parliamentary influence for cash, it is its cynicism. … Continue reading →

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Class In Liverpool & Leeds

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Tony Burke

With the Coalition Government and their programme of austerity and tax cuts for millionaires, it is time that someone ensured that the political agenda was on the side of working people and that policy development branched outside of the Westminster … Continue reading →

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UK Union Membership Grows

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Tony Burke

Trade Union membership rose by 59,000 to 6.5 million  last year according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report published this week. The increase is the first since 2003 and was driven by an increase in membership among workers … Continue reading →

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Update: Unite – Molson Coors Brewery Dispute

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Tony Burke

Unite members employed at Molson Coors Brewery in Burton On Trent – brewers of Carling lager – have been told they must take a £9,000 pay cut or face the sack – and now they need your support. Unite members … Continue reading →

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The Rise Of alt.labor – The Sequel

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Tony Burke

In a blog posted on this site yesterday I reported on the growth of strikes by non-uniosed workers in US fast food outlets. The strikes and “surprise” strikes are now spreading to other non unionised areas besides “fast food”. But … Continue reading →

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The Rise Of alt.labor in the USA

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Tony Burke

Last week at the Workers Uniting Conference in Toronto, I heard a new term. A speaker referred to strikes currently spreading across the USA in fast food outlets by non unionised workers as ‘alt.labor strikes’. She was referring to the … Continue reading →

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Support Unite’s Fight Against Molson Coors

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Tony Burke

Support Unite’s fight against Molson Coors’ destruction of jobs and hard won rights in UK!! ACT NOW! Click here to help Unite to achieve justice in this dispute! Send a message to CEO Peter Swinburn demanding an end to these … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh Garment Tragedy: Gap Hold Out On Union Safety Deal

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Tony Burke

Four hours to deadline and US retailer Gap Inc’s are still refusing to sign the agreement designed to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh’s garment factories. They are rightly being condemned by politicians, unions and charities. Those who have signed up … Continue reading →

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Up Close In Venezuela Presidential Race

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Tony Burke

By Adrian Weir – Assistant Chief of Staff, Unite the Union Although a reasonably frequent visitor to Cuba, this trip, as part of the Acompañamiento Internacional team of election monitors, was my first to the Latin American mainland. Driving into … Continue reading →

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