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Employers attack workers’ rights at ILO
Trade unions expressed outrage at the actions of the employers’ group at the International Labour Organisation Conference for blocking any debate and discussion on some of the worst cases of worker rights violations at the meeting in Geneva on 4th … Continue reading
Teamsters Settle Sotheby’s NYC Lock Out
News comes through that the long running dispute between the Teamsters union in the USA and the auction house Sotheby’s in New York has been settled. The campaign run by the Teamsters, was supported by Unite and the TUC. Teamsters officials … Continue reading
And the Government wants to make easier for bosses to sack workers….
After publishing the Beecroft Report and arguing that employers need to be able to easily dismiss workers here is a salutory lesson on why workers need more, not less protection. Unite members were employed at a small specialist printers GC … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Employment Rights, Media, Politics, Trade Unions, Unite The Union, Workers Uniting
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Manufacturing figures damning indictment of government economic policy
Yesterday’s manufacturing figures from Markit/CIPS make shocking reading and are a damning indictment of the government’s economic policy and the total lack of any strategy to grow the economy and create jobs. The automotive sector being the only glimmer of … Continue reading
Updated: Unite wins recognition at GE in Scotland. Company concedes..
Unite members working at GE Caledonian Aviation have voted in favour of trade union recognition following a ballot conducted though the Government’s Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) procedures. Unite had offered to negotiate a voluntary agreement with GE, but GE, determined … Continue reading
UPDATED: Employee Rights Stop Employer Wrongs – New TUC Website
The Con-Dem government has made it easier for employers to sack staff, and harder for workers to take claims for bad treatment to an employment tribunal. Maternity rights are at risk and health and safety protection under fire. But this … Continue reading
USW 70th Anniversary Rally in Cleveland
The United Steelworkers Union was founded 70 years ago in the Music Hall of the Cleveland Auditorium, Ohio. Formed by the Steelworkers Organising Committee who set out to unionise thousands of exploited steel and metal workers across the USA and … Continue reading
New poll reveals the consensus behind austerity is shattering
The Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) is a new think tank established Unite the Union, GMB and the Institute of Employment Rights to act as a centre for left debate and discussion. Originating in the labour movement, Class is … Continue reading
Driving Growth: How the automotive industry can kickstart the economy
Unite is committed to campaigning for a viable and flourishing future for manufacturing in the UK. The manufacturing sector still suffers from a bad reputation, firstly because too many people assume there is little or no manufacturing left in the UK … Continue reading
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Desperate Cameron to revive Beecroft attack on employment rights?
According to today’s papers David Cameron has revived Adrian Beecroft’s report proposing major attacks on UK employment rights in a desperate bid to revive the economy. The Telegraph says that Cameron will throw his weight behind Beecroft’s report which calls for … Continue reading