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AFL-CIO and ETUC Support Fair Trade Practices
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
Speech at Labour Party State of the Economy Conference, May 19th
Tony Burke – ‘Brexit and the post Brexit economy and Labour’s Industrial Strategy’ Intro – Brexit Thank you for the invite to speak today. I would like to start by saying something very briefly about ‘Brexit’. The main objectives for … Continue reading
Speech at the launch of ‘A Trade Governance Model That Works For Everyone’ – London May 10th
Good evening and thanks for the inviation to speak this evening. Unite and the TUC has worked with all of the bodies who took part in the work of publishing the document A Trade Governance Model Thats Works For Everyone … Continue reading
Pay the Rate: how the EU is closing the loopholes used to exploit migrant workers – but is it too late for us?
By Jude Kirton-Darling Labour MEP – North East England Concerns about free movement and EU migration were amongst the top reasons why many voted to leave in June 2016. Periodically, a dispute has erupted whether wildcat strikes at the Lindsey … Continue reading
Tech companies should stop pretending AI won’t destroy jobs
The following blog is from MIT Technology Review and puts an alternative view on the current trend by some politicians and techies who argue that automation will create more and new jobs. Of course there will be ‘new’ jobs – … Continue reading
Unite Launches Groundbreaking ‘Pay Claim Generator’ To Boost Collective Bargaining
Unite, launched a new groundbreakin digital tool to help members to secure better pay deals and help with Collective Bargaining. Unite has dveloped a ‘Pay Claim Generator’ which will help in the fight for increased pay and a fair share … Continue reading
Fantasy Trade Deals: Welcome To Cloud Cuckoo Land
Last weeks latest ‘flight of fancy’ by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and his Brexit team (cheered on by the pro-Brexit media) that the UK has held informal talks on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, if the UK leaves … Continue reading
A Union Voice From Europe
By Martin Mayer, UK TUC delegate to EU Economic and Social Committee December 2017 “BREXIT means BREXIT?” Reality check on current status of the BREXIT negotiations On Friday 8th December, Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker finally signed the piece of … Continue reading
Oppose Tory Plans To Scrap Your Woking Time Rights
Well, it finally happened. After promising to protect workers rights, the Prime Minister is now under pressure to begin disamantling basic workers rights once we leave the EU with Boris Johnson and Micheal Gove cheered on by the right wing … Continue reading
Brexit secretary tells Parliament & public that industry impact studies do not exist
Unite has said David Davis has “deceived Parliament and the public”, after the Brexit secretary admitted the government has not carried out assessments of the impact of leaving the EU for different sectors of the economy. Davis, who previously said … Continue reading