Category Archives: Workers Uniting

Support Birmingham Bin Men This Sunday

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Tony Burke
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Mr. Fox Goes To Washington – Why?

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Tony Burke

UK trade secretary Liam Fox MP is visted Washington, D.C. on Monday, 24th July for talks with the US administration on a future UK-US trade deal. As representatives of working people on both sides of the Atlantic, we want to … Continue reading →

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Brexit Chickens Coming Home To Roost

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Tony Burke

“The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost”  a prominant person in the automotive industry told me during a discussion about the announcement by Michel Barnier that the UK would not benefit one jot from being outside of the single … Continue reading →

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Unite warns voters ‘Tories are no friends of the North’

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Tony Burke

The Conservative Party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite the country’s largest union is warning. Billboards carrying that message will appear across the North of England today … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Workers Charter

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Tony Burke

At last a radical employment rights programme set out by the Labour Party – can anyone disagree with these proposals? LABOUR’S WORKERS CHARTER Give all workers equal rights from day one, whether part-time or full-time, temporary or permanent – so … Continue reading →

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Brexit, UK Automotive and Implications For Industrial Policy

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Tony Burke
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United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Len McCluskey

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Tony Burke
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United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Tony Burke

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Tony Burke
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United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Power Of Unity

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Tony Burke
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The Battle Of Grangemouth by Mark Lyon

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Tony Burke

‘The Battle Of Grangemouth – A Workers Story’ by Mark Lyon This book tells the story of the industrial dispute at Grangemouth in 2013, when the owner threatened to close a large part of the complex unless the workforce accepted … Continue reading →

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