Author Archives: Tony Burke

Why Labour needs a manufacturing strategy

By Tony Burke | Published: February 6, 2013

Labour must have a manufacturing strategy, writes Tony Burke, assistant general secretary, Unite.

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Cameron’s Gathering EU Storm

By Tony Burke | Published: January 14, 2013

The forthcoming speech by David Cameron, set to define the Conservative’s long-term attitude to EU membership, is due soon. Egged on by an anti-EU right wing cabal of the 2010 intake of Eurosceptic MPs, others fearing for their seats because of the recent bounce by the head bangers in UKIP, plus the anti EU media, [...]

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Markit: Eurozone manufacturing “shows signs of moderating” (while the UK’s still in a slump)

By Tony Burke | Published: December 17, 2012

The eurozone shows slow signs of improvement as a downgrade looms for the UK’s credit rating – Tony Burke reports on the state of the global economy.

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Osborne’s latest manufacturing, workers’ rights and productivity fail

By Tony Burke | Published: December 10, 2012

The UK’s manufacturing sector took another big hit last week when official data showed manufacturing had performed much worse than predicted.

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The government’s manufacturing and industrial strategy leads us down the road to nowhere

By Tony Burke | Published: November 26, 2012

The lack of any coherent manufacturing and industrial strategy from the current government is proving to be a disaster for the UK economy, writes Tony Burke.

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The fight to keep the internet free starts here

By Tony Burke | Published: November 12, 2012

November 12th sees the beginning of a campaign by the ITUC to keep the internet free in the face of UN reforms.

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Beecroft by the backdoor

By Tony Burke | Published: November 5, 2012

Tony Burke looks at the flaws in the Beecroft report and how it is sneaking in damage to workers’ rights under the radar.

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GDP growth masks fall in wages and impact on union rights

By Tony Burke | Published: October 29, 2012

Tentative GDP figures draws our attention to the fall in wages and its impact upon union rights, writes Tony Burke.

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Unions tell IMF and World Bank to halt destructive austerity policies

By Tony Burke | Published: October 15, 2012

Last weeks IMF/World Bank meetings in Tokyo highlighted the fact the austerity measures being forced upon countries are not working, writes Tony Burke.

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Calderón’s parting shot at Mexico’s workers cements his regressive legacy

By Tony Burke | Published: September 26, 2012

Outgoing neoliberal President Felipe Calderón’s trade union reforms have severely damaged the rights of workers in Mexico.

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