Category Archives: Labour Party

UK-EU Brexit Deal – Manufacturing – “Government must not claim job done” says Unite

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Tony Burke

Commenting on the UK – EU trade deal Unite said the UKs manufacturing workers will be “relieved but the government must not claim job done.” Steve Turner, assistant general secretary for manufacturing said: “The overwhelming feeling for the country’s millions … Continue reading →

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KCK statement on the arrest of MP Leyla Güven

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Tony Burke

The arrest of Leyla Güvenexposes the reality of the Turkish State Tens of MPs and mayors, hundreds of leading HDP members and thousands of democratic politicians find themselves imprisoned in Turkey. The arrest of tens of thousands of politicians demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Urgent Appeal To Help War Graves Workers

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Tony Burke

Solidarity means helping each other out which is why your support for Unite members in industrial struggle is needed. Workers who maintain and care for our commonwealth war graves in France and Belgium are Unite members. They need your help. … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s National Assembly Elections – A Landslide For PSUV

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Tony Burke

Venezuela’s National Assembly elections: an important victory for Chavismo Francisco Dominguez assesses the results of the vote. Venezuela’s free and fair elections to the National Assembly, held on December 6 2020, produced a substantial political victory for Chavismo: out the … Continue reading →

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Help Us Stop Holiday Hunger

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Tony Burke

By Julian Vaughan, Chair North East Bedfordshire Labour Party Like many of you, I was dismayed at the government’s decision not to back Labour’s proposal to extend the provision of free school meals during school holidays until Easter 2021. There are … Continue reading →

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Len McCluskey tells Johnson “Stop playing politics with jobs and lives”

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Tony Burke

Responding to the prime minister’s statement today (Friday 16th October) that the country should ‘get ready’ for the prospect of no trade deal with the EU, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, the UK’s largest trade union in Britain and … Continue reading →

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Tony Abbott and the Aussie Car Industry

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Tony Burke

 Andrew Dettmar President of the AMWU in Australia sent me this about the UK’s new ‘joint president of the Board of Trade’ former Aussie PM Tony Abbott – supposed trade negotiator supreme – dumped by his own party and his … Continue reading →

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When Boris met Tony…

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Tony Burke

When one ‘desperate’ PM appoints a ‘gaffe-prone’ ‘misogynist’ ex-PM to preside over the ‘new’ Board of Trade, the weird and unusual just got weirder, First published on UniteLive, Friday, August 28th, 2020 In what smacks of another act of desperation … Continue reading →

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Abdullah Öcalan: My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Tony Burke

By Abdullah Öcalan  For over two decades, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held in the Turkish prison on İmralı Island. In this op-ed for Jacobin, he calls for a “democratic nation project” able to unite citizens of different ethnic backgrounds … Continue reading →

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It’s The Media Stupid…Book Review

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Tony Burke

By Peta Steel The Media, the 2019 Election and The Aftermath Edited by Granville Williams Published by Campaign For Press And Broadcasting Freedom (North) £9.99 ‘It’s the Media, Stupid’ – The Media, the 2019 Election and the Aftermath’ sounds like … Continue reading →

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