-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Tony Burke on Four week strike to hit sales of Barbour jackets, warns Unite
- mark potter on Four week strike to hit sales of Barbour jackets, warns Unite
- Roshni on Strikes At Trelleborg Industrial AVS : “Workers Feel Betrayed”
- Tony Burke on New Aussie Employment Laws – Fight Back!
- paul carlton on New Aussie Employment Laws – Fight Back!
Recently Updated Pages
- Video & Audio on 25th May, 2014
- The Printed Word on 22nd March, 2014
- Blogs on 21st March, 2014
Archives
Categories
Category Archives: Politics
Why I’m Boycotting Beer In Cans
By Marty Warren is United Steelworkers Director for Ontario and Atlantic Canada, representing 74,000 working people. With all the publicity focused on the Beer Store in recent weeks, there is another beer story with profound implications that has received little media … Continue reading
Striking Barbour workers accept significantly improved offer
Unite members who have been on strike at the famous jacket and clothing manufacturer J. Barbour & Sons in Gateshead will be returning to work after accepting a significantly improved offer following talks at Acas. The dispute attracted media attention after … Continue reading
Help the people of Gaza: TUC Aid Appeal Gaza Plant Nursery
TUC Aid is appealing for donations to rebuild the Beit Lahia Plant Nursery in Gaza, which was badly damaged during the 2014 Israeli offensive. The majority of Gaza’s 1.6 million people are children and refugees living under siege. Access to fuel, … Continue reading
Four week strike to hit sales of Barbour jackets, warns Unite
Barbour jackets at renowned retailers such as Harrods, Harvey Nichols and John Lewis could be in short supply over the coming weeks because of a four week strike warned Unite. The warning came as the union announced that workers at … Continue reading
No More Pinochets In Latin America – No To Coup Plotters in Venezuela! A VSC Emergency Appeal
The recent decisions of the U.S Senate, Congress and elements of the Obama Administration to indicate support for fresh sanctions against Venezuela, have shown why the VSC urgently need your support to step up campaigning. Earlier this year your support in an emergency financial appeal raised over … Continue reading
TUC and DGB: Workplace democracy is essential to decent work – the 13th British-German Trade Union Forum
A meeting of British – German Trade Union Forum took place in London on the 8th and 9th of December. It was the 13th time that this forum, jointly organised by the TUC and the DGB as well as the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and the … Continue reading
Jaguar Land Rover Pay Deal: Labour Peer’s Comments – “Bizarre”
By Professor David Bailey It’s hugely welcome news that Jaguar Land Rover management and unions this week reached a new two-year pay deal, as I fully expected them to do. JLR revised its offer, with a pay rise of 4.5 … Continue reading
Fighting The New Generation Of Trade Deals
Published in December issue of Labour Briefing Unions in the UK and the EU have been campaigning against TTIP, the free trade deal between the EU and the USA (and the deal with Canada known as CETA) since significant details … Continue reading
McDonald’s Korean union member sacked for fast food activism
Gahyun Lee was dismissed from her job at a McDonald’s outlet in Yeokgok, Gyeonggi Province on September 15th following her visit to Los Angeles earlier that month to support the national action by US fast food workers. Management had previously … Continue reading