Category Archives: Workers Uniting

A date for your diary…..April 16th – fighting back against the ConDem’s attack on workers rights!

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Tony Burke
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Rio Tinto Lock Out – Alma, Canada

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Tony Burke

Thousands of workers marched through the streets of Alma in Lac Saint-Jean, Canada to demand an end to a lock out by Rio Tinto and to fight for the preservation of jobs at the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) smelter. Three months … Continue reading →

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The Koch Brothers – How and why they are they are bankrolling the US Right

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tony Burke

How and why America’s billionaire Koch Brothers are spending a fortune in support of a conservative political agenda.

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Cash for policies anyone? Beecroft, Wonga, millionaire Tory donors and slasher Osborne

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Tony Burke

The “cash for lunches” scandal has shone further light on a government report which proposed that employers be allowed to sack workers at will – if the employer thought they were unproductive or “coasting”. Adrian Beecroft produced his report last … Continue reading →

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International Metalworkers tell Apple ‘ give workers a voice’

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Tony Burke

The International Metalworkers Federation, has, with other trade union, labour and consumer groups called on computer giant Apple to give workers a voice in their future and demanded  more information about the factories where its components are made. Unions and … Continue reading →

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The true story of why oil tanker drivers have voted for industrial action.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Tony Burke

While the media went to town on petrol shortages, the use of the armed forces to drive tankers, distortion of the facts of the case, the real reasons why Unite members voted to take industrial action got scant coverage. Contarary … Continue reading →

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MMP – Greeeeat success at Liverpool event!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Tony Burke

Locked out workers at MMP in Bootle were out in Liverpool City Centre today (Saturday) gathering growing support from ordinary people and families in their campaign to get the Austrian multi national packaging company to end the lock out of … Continue reading →

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Call for Action: Cammell Laird occupation 1984

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Tony Burke

In May 1984 it was proposed to make half the workforce redundant at Cammel Laird’s shipyard on Merseyside, calling into question the future viability of the yard.  In response to compulsory redundancies the workers occupied the yard with 70 still … Continue reading →

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EU Employment Rights: Professor Keith Ewing on “Monti 11”

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Tony Burke

Keith Ewing says there “is nothing of merit” in the Monti 11 Regulation In this latest Briefing from IER, Keith Ewing argues that the first Draft Monti 11 Regulation “reflects a failure to understand the serious implications of the Viking and Laval … Continue reading →

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MMP workers in Liverpool, Saturday. Meet them and protest at the on-going lock out.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Tony Burke

When: Saturday, 23rd March, 2012 at 11.00 am Where: Church Street (opposite Primark), Liverpool City Centre L1 

 Tony the Tiger joins locked out MMP workers call for roar of support from Liverpool shoppers 

 MMP workers, who make packaging that holds some of the … Continue reading →

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