The UAW has reached a historic tentative agreement with General Motors that paves the way for a just transition and wins record economic gains for autoworkers. This follows agreements reached with Ford and Stellantis. The GM settlement along with … Continue reading Read more…
Updated: IF Metall members in Sweden strike at Tesla – unions line up in support
Over 120 Tesla mechanics in Sweden have commenced strike action after the company refused to agree to union recognition and collective bargaining. It is expected that sales staff who are members of the Unionen union will strike this coming week. … Continue reading Read more…
UAW Reach Tentative Deal With Ford’s In Big 3 Dispute
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union say they have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with Ford’s – the first of Detroit’s Big Three car manufacturers to negotiate a settlement to strikes joined by 45,000 workers since mid-September. … Continue reading Read more…
German Union IG Metall Elects First Ever Woman Union Head
A Profile Of Christiane Benner, President Of IG Metall Germany’s 2.2 million strong metals, engineering, electrical and textiles union has this week elected Christiane Benner to be the union’s president (the head of the union) at its Congress in Frankfurt. … Continue reading Read more…
Has the spark gone out of e-truck manufacturing?
Volta joins a growing list of electric vehicle manufacturers who have pulled the plug on their vans and trucks. Volta’s potential customers in its testing programme, included Marks & Spencer, DB Shenker and DSV with their engineering and development largely … Continue reading Read more…
UAW – Big 3 Strike – International Solidarity
The latest expansion of the Stand Up Strike was called at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant. It is among the most profitable plants, producing the Super Duty pickup and the Expedition. UAW gave short notice to Ford management about the … Continue reading Read more…
UAW Wins Just Transition at General Motors
UAW President Shawn Fain has announced that General Motors will include electric vehicle battery production work in the UAW’s national master agreement with the company. GM’s commitment is a historic step forward, guaranteeing that the transition to electric vehicles at … Continue reading Read more…
Jose Netto – A pioneer for workers’ rights and trade unionism in Gibraltar
Unite, the union for workers in Gibraltar, has reacted with sadness at news of Jose Netto’s passing on September 25th aged 92. Jose was a pioneer for workers’ rights and trade unionism in Gibraltar. He worked as an apprentice mechanical … Continue reading Read more…
UAW Dispute With US Automakers: Biden & Trump Try To Woo Union Members
Biden tells Auto strikers ‘Stick with it’, while Trump says the strikes are ‘ridiculous’ For the first time in modern history a sitting US president joined and spoke at at union picket line this week. Joe Biden was accompanied by … Continue reading Read more…
Tom Conway: International President of the United Steelworkers USA & Canada
The news of Tom Conway’s death came through on September 25th and was a great shock. Although Tom had been unwell for sometime, we had kept in touch. Tom was a senior official of the USW (International Vice President) leading … Continue reading Read more…
Speech To VSC AGM 2023
Tony Burke, Chair VSC, Opening Speech Venezuela Solidarity Campaign AGM 2023 Welcome all to this 2023 Annual General Meeting and its pleasure to be the opening speaker for the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign at this event today. We are holding this … Continue reading Read more…
Sarah Woolley: “Trade Union Movement Should Back Organise Now”
Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) is calling on the whole labour movement to back Organise Now, as it celebrates its first anniversary. As figures show that 200,000 workers (mainly women) left the trade … Continue reading Read more…
UAW Dispute With The Big 3 – Downtown Detroit Rally Sept. 15th
UAW President Shawn Fein speech, September 15th to UAW members in Downtown Detroit Rally Good afternoon UAW family – and hello again to the Big Three. It is my absolute honour to stand here today. Looking out on this sea … Continue reading Read more…
TUCG: What Would Workers Rights Look Like Under A Future Labour Government TUC Fringe Meeting
Updated: Where To Now For The BRICS Nations
Economist Jim O’Neill (now Lord O’Neill) originally coined the phrase ‘BRICs’ in a 2001 Goldman Sach’s economic paper with the title ‘The World Needs Better Economic BRICs’ – which discussed the prospects for four emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, … Continue reading Read more…
International Action Needed For Imprisoned Kurdish Leader Abdulla Ocalan
The UK based Trade Union Campaign for Abdullah Ocalan was joined by members of the Kurdish community and over 40 trade unions, local governments, NGOs and others for a press conference in front of the European Parliament demanding international action … Continue reading Read more…
Unions agree AUKUS job protection deal
Unions representing shipbuilding, aerospace and defence workers have agreed a job and union protection agreement which was launched at the recent conference of UK trade union federation the CSEU. The agreement was reached by the Australian Shipbuilding Federation of Unions, … Continue reading Read more…
What’s in a name change – X marks the spot
The change of Twitter’s bird logo – named Larry after the US basketball player Larry Bird might seem strange and the name change to simply X (owned by X Corp) a bit sinister. But it is not just a name … Continue reading Read more…
Unite delegates overwhelmingly reject disaffiliation from UK Labour Party
Brighton UK: Following a passionate and ‘well-tempered’ debate at Unite’s rules conference today (Monday 10th July) the union which is the Labour Party’s biggest affiliate has overwhelmingly rejected proposals that would have resulted in the union disaffiliating from Labour. An … Continue reading Read more…
Turkey Elections: HDP – Green Left Party: “We made an effort to open the door to democracy”
“We have witnessed an unfair election marked by violations of basic democratic rules, which took place under the repressive conditions of the one-man regime.” Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Mithat Sancar and Green Left Party co-spokespersons Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and … Continue reading Read more…