Category Archives: Workers Uniting

Taking On The Media Barons – March 17th at the TUC London

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Tony Burke
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Cameron still doesn’t get the need for an interventionist manufacturing strategy

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Tony Burke

Last week’s manufacturing survey conducted by the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) and business advisors BDO LLP provided a small chink of light in the gloomy tunnel that faces the UK in turning round the economy. The coalition’s oft stated ambition to rebalance the economy … Continue reading →

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The do-nothing government

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Tony Burke

With a government with little idea of how to steer UK  manufacturing, are we facing industry stagnation? By Amanda Campbell, Editor, Unite magazine uniteWORKS  It was a gloomy start to 2012 for the government – manufacturing figures for the last quarter … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood Tax – URGENT: Send message to EU Finance Ministers!

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Tony Burke

This just in from Owen Tudor at the TUC: EU finance ministers meet on Tuesday and the Danish Presidency has agreed to put the EU proposal for a Financial Transactions Tax on the agenda. We need people to email finance … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon! : IndustriALL – the new manufacturing and industrial global union

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Tony Burke

As manufacturing companies have restructured and extended their reach to every corner of the globe, trade unions have had to respond. Many unions in the UK affiliate to one or more of the Global Union Federations (known in the trade … Continue reading →

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Remploy closures are “a despicable act”

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Tony Burke

The decision yesterday to all but shut down Remploy as a state run company and an employer which provides employment for disabled people shows that the ConDem Government will stoop to any level no matter how low. As Len McCluskey … Continue reading →

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The truth about Len McCluskey and the Olympics

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Tony Burke
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The UK’s Industrial Policy – (or complete lack of one) to be discussed this week.

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Tony Burke

In recent weeks there has been a growing debate on the inherent lack of an industrial and manufacturing policy in the UK. On Tuesday the EEF (the main engineering  and manufacturing employers federation) will be holding a Manufacturing Conference in … Continue reading →

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More Union Busting In Mexico by PKC

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Tony Burke

By Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers. In the early 1990s, the multi national metals company Alcoa began sourcing from Arneses y Accesorios de Mexico, S.A. de C.V, a maquiladora producing wire harnesses for the North American auto industry in … Continue reading →

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Honda union official arrested for distributing leaflets outside of auto plant

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Tony Burke

This article was sent to Power In A Union by Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers. This is a small example of what is happening in Mexico where union busting is now rampant. The Mexican government and employers stand accused … Continue reading →

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