Category Archives: Workers Uniting

Steelworkers Leo Gerard On Supporting Obama’s Fiscal Campaign

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Tony Burke

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This week, President Obama plans to meet with union leaders, corporate executives and the GOP (Republican Party). United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard joins broadcaster Ed Schultz … Continue reading →

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Fighting Abolition Of The Agricultural Wages Board

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Tony Burke

On the day the ludicrously short and inadequate consultation on the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board ended, rural workers protested at Westminster. They were calling on the government to abandon plans which will plunge 154,000 rural workers in to … Continue reading →

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London launch of ‘Memoirs Of A Militant’

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Tony Burke
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Bloggers Of The World Unite: ‘Stop The Net Grab’

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Tony Burke

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is today (November 12th) launching a major new campaign to stop an attempt by the International Telecommunications Union (which is not a trade union but a UN body) to control the internet today. The proposals … Continue reading →

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Obama: Was It The Unions What Won It? – Updated.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Tony Burke

US unions are rightly claiming significant credit for the resounding election win by Barak Obama. The AFLCIO, in the form of its barnstorming president Rich Trumka, said that the swing states of Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada were won through “union … Continue reading →

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Beecroft by the backdoor

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Tony Burke

The government’s attempts to smuggle more of the discredited Beecroft report which proposed, among other things, to remove unfair dismissal rights to make it easier to sack workers, has been rumbled not only by unions but by one of the country’s top … Continue reading →

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Where costs are king scant concern is given to the impact on rural life

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Tony Burke

By Diana Holland, Unite Assistant General Secretary What is this government’s problem with the countryside?  It tried and failed to sell off the forests and kill off badgers. It’s thrashing around as historic ash trees die. They don’t like humans much … Continue reading →

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Sign the Cammell Laird e-petition

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Tony Burke

Former shipyard workers have stepped up their pressure on the Government for compensation over events which happened in 1984. Thirty-seven Birkenhead shipyard workers were jailed for occupying rigs at the Cammell Laird shipyard in an effort to stop compulsory redundancies … Continue reading →

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New Re-Elect Obama Video

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Tony Burke

Featuring Ne Yo, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Rzeznik, Delta Rae, Natasha Bedingfield the ‘Forward Song Project’ is a 100% grassroots effort and represents the best of what American democracy is all about: people voluntarily coming together and lending their time, talents, … Continue reading →

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USW’s Ben Davis On Attacks On Unions In Mexico

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Tony Burke

Power In A Union has long highlighted the attacks currently taking place on trade unions in Mexico. There is a concerted attempt to dismantle independent unions in Mexico lead by some European and US companies and replace them with ‘yellow” … Continue reading →

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