Category Archives: Unite The Union

Radio Labour interview on Workers Uniting

During the recent IndustriALL conference Tony Burke of Unite and Leo Gerard International President of the United Steelworkers spoke to Radio Labour about the formation of the global union Workers Uniting by the USW and Unite and why this initiative … Continue reading

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EU Summit – ETUC Statement & Article by Bernadette Segol and Ignacio Fernandez Toxo

Following the Summit on 28th -29th June, the European TUC says it looks positively on the fact that immediate steps will be taken to reduce the interest rates of those countries under pressure from the markets. However, the proposed measures … Continue reading

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Top UK signatories slam Paraguay “coup”

A group of writers, MPs, trade unionists and activists have published a letter slamming the “political coup” in Paraguay. The letter is published here, was published on the Liberal Conspiracy blog and has appeared in The Guardian (shorter version) We join … Continue reading

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Austerity Across Europe

In Europe there are a dwindling group of countries whose economies are still growing; Germany the ‘strongest’ has growth of just 0.5%. More countries are in recession – Britain, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The rest are stagnant. Across … Continue reading

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USW, Unite and Workers Uniting Help Form IndustriAll

Last week was a historic week for two reasons – the Steering Committee of Workers Uniting, the global union created by USW and Unite, met in Copenhagen in advance of  the founding congress of IndustriALL the new manufacturing global trade … Continue reading

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Stop Precarious Work – IndustriALL video

This video was shown at the IndustriAll Founding Congress on June 20th in conjunction with a resolution which commits IndustriALL the new manufacturing global union to campaigning and fighting precarious work such as agency, temporary, and short term contract workers. … Continue reading

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The Crisis and National Labour Law Reforms: A Mapping Exercise

This Working Paper by Isabelle Schömann (ETUI) and  Stefan Clauwaert (ETUI) is highly recommended as it maps the crisis and national labour law reforms in various European countries either triggered by the crisis or introduced using the crisis – falsely – … Continue reading

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Ross Pritchard Memorial Fund

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Jerry Deneau – US print trade unionist

Former GPMU General Secretary and Unite DGS, Tony Dubbins has notified me of the death of Jerry Deneau, a long standing friend and comrade of the Graphical, Paper and Media Union and Uni Graphical. Jerry was the former GCC/IBT (Graphic … Continue reading

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“We must all be up to this challenge together”: A new social compact for Europe

The European TUC has proposed a new ‘social compact for Europe’ (pdf), based on solidarity and cooperation, to counter today’s Europe of deregulation and unremitting austerity. ETUC says that tough political choices will have to be made to stop the downward spiral … Continue reading

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