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Rethinking liberalisation – to counter corporate takeover
27 April 2016
By Linda Kaucher, StopTTIP UK
Liberalisation means opening investment opportunities to foreign and transnational investors. While the word is tossed around by journalists and…Read more…
TTIP talks face growing difficulties
The thirteenth round of negotiations of the free trade deal between the EU and the USA known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) starts in New York on 25 April 2016 amid…Read more…
Global networks confronting global challenges
Paper workers are beginning to build a global resistance to global challenges…Read more…
390,000 women a year are discriminated against in pregnancy yet only 1% take tribunal claim
13 April 2016
By Scarlet Harris, Women’s Equality Officer, TUC Equality and Employment Rights Department.
Last month the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published its report…Read more…
Inform your workforce, get sued. Reporting back in European Works Councils.
11 April 2016
By Stan De Spiegelaere & Romuald Jagodzinski, Researchers at the European Trade Union Institute
On 26 June 2013, the members of the Amcor European Works Council (EWC) received…Read more…
UK steel industry under threat as Tata seeks to sell-up
The unity of voices to say that temporary nationalization is the way forward must not be ignored…Read more…
A victory for public sector unions on the road to the White House
Many in the US labour movement see the Friedrichs case as a direct attack on workers’ fundamental rights…Read more…
The EU is exporting UK neoliberalism to the rest of Europe
29 March 2016
By Aristea Koukiadaki, Isabel Távora and Miguel Martínez Lucio
In the first of a series of articles highlighting the impact of EU austerity measures on levels of collective…Read more…
TTIP negotiations ‘On the wrong course’, say EU and US union leaders
The agreement must not include a private justice system for foreign investors…Read more…
New round of sackings as IBM slashes global workforce
The implication is that Big Blue is reducing its wage bill, not adjusting its business modelRead more…
Colombian coal miners celebrate victory at Cerrejón
After 62 days of difficult negotiations, the Colombian coal workers’ union Sintracarbón has reached an agreement at Cerrejón that recognizes the contribution made day in and day out by the 13,000…Read more…
Amazon turkers appeal to union help at UNI Europa 16
“Amazon turkers need unions; your passion, experience and knowledge.”Read more…
Scotland: Free Film Screening of This Changes Everything on 8th April
UNISON Scotland’s International Committee and Green Network, together with Global Justice Now, invite you to a free community screening of the inspirational film This Changes Everything, on Friday 8…Read more…
West Bank teachers strike enters fourth week
After three weeks, Palestinian teachers say “Dignity for teachers” and “We continue”…Read more…
Claudia Julieta Duque – An international woman
The trial now underway in Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, has rightly been described as “a landmark case” and one that serves as a great opportunity to celebrate International…Read more…
Renault in Turkey launches attack against its own workers
Violence against workers can never be accepted and must stop immediately…Read more…
Select Committee’s recommendations on Trade Union Bill don’t go far enough
04 March 2016
By Keith Ewing, President of the IER
Clause 10 of the Trade Union Bill contains a pernicious and vindictive attack on trade union political freedom.
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The threat to our democracy you didn’t see coming
04 March 2016
By Stephen Devlin, the New Economics Foundation
Yesterday, the government announced it intends to cut so-called ‘red tape’ for businesses by a further £10 billion.
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The Deane Review of Self-employment
03 March 2016
By Professor Mark Freedland
In May 2015, the researchers of the House of Commons Library identified the United Kingdom’s ‘self-employment boom’ as one of the key issues for the 2015…Read more…