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Union
reps provide excellent value for money
Union reps could be saving employers as much as £701m a year or
£2m a day, according to a report published last week by the TUC
3rd February 2012
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Cheers for Len McCluskey
There is an alternative
economic strategy!
20th January 2012
The
Red Tape Campaign
The Red Tape Campaign looks
like a smoke screen for a Government anti-union agenda, which also threatens
further restrictions on balloting for industrial actioin and on union
facility time.
9th December 2011
18th
October 2011 marked the 50th Anniversary of the European Social Charter
1961
On the 18th October it has
been 50 years since the European Social Charter was adopted.
21st October 2011
Toughening
up UK strike laws?
Autumn is set to see more
mass national strike action in the public sector.
7th October 2011
On
the side of the angels..
The United Campaign and
IER Fringe at TUC was well attended and the line up of speakers was very
impressive indeed.
23 September 2011
School
for Strikers
The local media dubbed the event a "School for Strikers", which
wasn't a problem for those organising and attending the North East Shop
Stewards Network
19 September 2011
The
biggest ballot since the general election - called by unions
Wednesday, 30th November 2011 - Day of Action. There's
to be a day of action after up to 2,000,000 working people
in Britain have been balloted for action over the attack on public sector
pension
19 September 2011
Details
of United Campaign public meeting at TUC Congress fringe announced
22 August 2011
Summer
2011 Newsletter now available to download and read online
13 July 2011
Why
we should all be concerned about ConDem cuts to the International Labour
Organisation
In March the Tory-led Government announced
plans to cut DfID funding to the International Labour Organisation (ILO),
the UN body that sets international standards in labour law...
13 July 2011
Wage
inequality grows as union rights are restricted
It
may come as no surprise to those within the trade union movement that
since trade union rights have been progressively restricted, inequality
has risen significantly...
13 July 2011
CABLE:
We won't restrict your right to strike...unless you try to use it
Reactionary calls for tightening of
strike laws have grown as workers begin fightback against the cuts...
13 July 2011
Celebrating
50 years of the European Social Charter
Fifty years since its adoption in 1961,
the European Social Charter remains one of the most important documents
on human rights and freedoms...
13 July 2011
John
Hendy QC's Address to GMB Congress 6 June 2011
I want to speak to you about the right to strike. But first, having heard
Mr Cable this morning I would like to say something about his government's
proposals to reduce workers' rights...
29 June 2011
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reasons to join the progressive resistance
With attacks on employment rights, access to justice and the right to
strike, there has never been a better time to join the progressive resistance!
9 June 2011
The
crackdown on UK strike rights: a letter to Cable
Prof Keith Ewing writes an open letter to Vince Cable following his threat
to unions at the GMB Congress on Monday.
9 June 2011
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