Tag Archives: Trade Unions

Blacklisted workers deserve a larger audience than is currently being granted

By John Millington | Published: May 21, 2013

The image of union activist George Tapp lying on a Manchester road with two broken legs and blood pouring from his head following a vicious hit and run during an anti-blacklist demonstration last week has shocked many.

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Bangladesh: Union organisation is key to preventing future tragedies

By Tony Burke | Published: May 14, 2013

Western brands must contribute to freedom of association in the garment industry and stop government and employer resistance to union organisation.

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Brand image won’t prevent labour abuses, but human rights will

By Guest | Published: April 29, 2013

Fundamental labour rights and protections should not be optional, applicable only to the rich but must be a central part of our labour markets, for compromises create cracks and cracks lead to catastrophe.

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Bangladesh garment worker tragedy is ‘mass industrial slaughter’

By Tony Burke | Published: April 28, 2013

Since 2005, more than 1,000 textile workers in Bangladesh have died in fires and building collapses. Thousands of people, many of them young women work in appalling and unsafe conditions in factories which supply western countries and High Street stores with cheap clothing.

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Launch rally for Campaign for Trade Union Freedom

By Tony Burke | Published: March 18, 2013

This weekend sees the launch rally of the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom on March 23rd. Formed in December 2012 by a merger between Liasion Commmittee for the Defence Of Trade Union and the Campaign for the Repeal of the Anti Trade Union Laws, the rally takes place at Friends House, London at 1:30 pm.

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Unions seek stronger labour laws in US-EU free trade talks

By Tony Burke | Published: February 25, 2013

Just days after it was announced that the USA and the European Union were to open discussions on a free trade agreement worth trillions of dollars, trade unions on both sides of the Atlantic said that employment rights had to be a key issue on the agenda.

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Meetings this week in support of Mexican trade unionists

By Tony Burke | Published: February 17, 2013

A public meeting has been called in London this week to support of Mexican trade unionists, whose activities are being threatened by restrictive new laws.

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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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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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Time for our leaders to face up to the facts: Austerity is killing jobs and the recovery

By Tony Burke | Published: September 7, 2012

It’s time our leaders faced up to the facts: austerity is killing jobs and no amount of discussion on reforming employment policy will disguise that basic fact.

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