Category Archives: Unite The Union

October 20th – 2 Days To Go!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Tony Burke

Only two days to go to the big day. For more details of the route, timings and handy hints for new marchers click here to read Unite’s latest e-bulletin. Please feel free to foreward the e-bulletin onto your contacts.

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URGENT! Fight To Oppose The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Bill

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Tony Burke

Tomorrow the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats are launching their latest assault on employment rights. We need to defeat a bill that could adversely affect the lives of millions of people. Vince Cable and the Tory-led government will bring … Continue reading →

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Turning employees into ‘owners’? The falsest promise yet

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Tony Burke

By Nicola Countouris, Mark Freedland and Jeremias Prassl Three employment law experts look into the “deeply worrying” shares-for-rights trade off proposed by George Osborne at the recent Conservative Conference. At the Conservative Party Conference, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced … Continue reading →

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Labour Party Conference – One Nation Under A Groove

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Tony Burke

This weeks Labour Party Conference was of course dominated by Ed Miliband’s wonderfully executed speech on Tuesday – now dubbed by some Unite wags as ‘One Nation Under A Groove’ (See Funkadelic, 1978). Described by Len McCluskey as a tour-de-force, … Continue reading →

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Osborne’s borrowing target goes off beam

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Tony Burke

Public sector borrowing in the UK grew last month to the largest ever recorded – making it very unlikely the government will be able to meet its self imposed targets set for deficit reduction – and at a time when … Continue reading →

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USW video : How Obama saved the US auto industry

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Tony Burke

When President Obama took the bold step of saving the U.S. auto industry, he didn’t just save auto assembly jobs. He saved American manufacturing, including 350,000 USW jobs that are part of the auto supply chain. The auto rescue helped … Continue reading →

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John Hendy QC “General strike could be legal”

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Tony Burke

In this video from Union News John Hendy QC spells out how a general strike could be legal – should the TUC decide to go ahead with a day of action. John has co-authored the employment law book ‘Days Of … Continue reading →

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Massive attack on employment rights being planned in Mexico

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Tony Burke

IndustriALL Global Union and its affiliates in the Tri-National Solidarity Alliance (TNSA) are leading opposition to labour law reforms being fast-tracked through the Mexican parliament. The legislation would intensify the serious obstacles already facing workers and democratic and independent trade … Continue reading →

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Posting of Workers Directive: Commission’s text needs to be “substantially amended”

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Tony Burke

“A growing number of posted workers in the European Union are victims of social dumping. More than 15 years after the first Posting of Workers Directive and after numerous rulings by the Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the time has … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin Judge Kicks Out Walker’s Anti Union Laws

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Tony Burke

WXOW News 19 La Crosse, WI – News, Weather and Sports | A Wisconsin judge has struck a blow for organised labour in the USA when he struck down key sections of right wing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial anti … Continue reading →

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