Category Archives: Workers Uniting

Canada Must Investigate Labour and Environmental Violations Committed by Candian Companies In Mexico

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Tony Burke
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Save Jobs At Cammell Lairds

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Tony Burke

Sign the petition to help save jobs in shipbuilding in the UK. Cammell Lairds has just won £619million’s worth of contracts to build the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Ships, but in stead of reassuring their workforce, they have decided to … Continue reading →

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The Tories Industrial Strategy is in tatters – we need a Labour Government to rebuild UK manufacturing.

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Tony Burke

The UK stands at the crossroads. The country faces the prospect of crashing out of the European Union inflicting untold damage on our manufacturing industries if we are faced with no customs union or access to a single market. Along … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Tony Burke

No more secret agreements between union bosses and employers, future labour minister says By Juan Montes, The Wall Street Journal, September 11th Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing legislation to overhaul the country’s collective-bargaining system to improve wages … Continue reading →

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No Deal Brexit Papers Exercise In Pantomime and Menace

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Tony Burke

By Ben Norman, Research Officer at Unite the Union And so, perhaps inevitably, it’s come to this. After almost two years of Brexit talks between the EU and Britain’s best interlocutors (plus David Davis) last week we were presented with … Continue reading →

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At Last! Mexican Union Leader Napoleon Gomez Is Heading Home

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Tony Burke
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Japanese & UK union leaders call for Brexit to deliver for workers in the UK and Japan

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Tony Burke

27 July 2018 The TUC and RENGO (the Japanese Trade Union Confederation) have issued a joint statement highlighting the threat that a bad Brexit deal poses to workers, trade and investment. In the shadow of the G7 Summit expressing concern … Continue reading →

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Marxists, evangelicals, business executives, working class activists — meet Mexico’s strange new ruling coalition

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Tony Burke

“A good overview by a reporter who knows Mexico’ – Ben Davis, United Steelworkers. By Dudley Althaus, Washington Post, July 6th In winning Mexico’s presidency by a landslide, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is carrying with him into office an untested … Continue reading →

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Unions Welcome Tata – Thyssenkrupp Agreement

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Tony Burke

The trade unions within Tata Steel UK (Unite, Community and GMB) have welcomed the announcement that Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp will form a joint venture. The three unions recognise the industrial logic of this partnership and consider it the best … Continue reading →

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AFL-CIO and ETUC Support Fair Trade Practices

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Tony Burke

AFL-CIO and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) issued a joint statement today on trade and multilateralism on June 15, 2018: The working people of the United States and Europe have been harmed by unfair trade practices, including China’s deliberate … Continue reading →

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