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The Nissan Honda Merger: Could It Be Revved Up Again?

Feb 20, 2025By Power In A Union

By Professor David Bailey The proposed merger between Honda and Nissan which hit the dust last week would have created the world’s fourth-biggest automaker. The shotgun marriage was set in motion after a struggling Nissan was spooked by reports of … Continue reading →Read more…

Feb 20, 2025Power In A Union

Shifting Gear? The EU’s Tariffs On Chinese Battery Electric Vehicles

Oct 11, 2024By Power In A Union

By Professor David Bailey David Bailey unpacks why the EU have imposed significant tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and explores whether they will have the desired effect. The European Union (EU) recently took a bold step by imposing tariffs of … Continue reading →Read more…

Oct 11, 2024Power In A Union

TUC: Scunthorpe Steelworks – Time To Act To Future-Proof Jobs

Aug 20, 2024By Power In A Union

By Ali Poncia, TUC Policy Officer Decarbonising Industry A major threat to the UK’s steel industry is brewing at Scunthorpe’s steelworks. We must act now to prevent thousands more job losses in steel and future-proof our vital manufacturing industry. The … Continue reading →Read more…

Aug 20, 2024Power In A Union

How Labour Can Govern For Working People

Jul 6, 2024By Power In A Union

By Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary The trade union movement will work with Keir Starmer to deliver change. What an extraordinary moment in British politics. Labour back in power with a near-record majority. The Conservatives brutally ejected from office. A … Continue reading →Read more…

Jul 6, 2024Power In A Union

US Ban On TikTok: Could The UK Be Dragged Into A Trade War?

Apr 25, 2024By Power In A Union

Buried deep in the US Senate’s foreign aid support package for Ukraine is a fast track provision to ban the Chinese social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by its Chinese owners ByteDance to a US-approved buyer, something ByteDance … Continue reading →Read more…

Apr 25, 2024Power In A Union

Sarah Woolley: “Trade Union Movement Should Back Organise Now”

Sep 23, 2023By Power In A Union

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…

Sep 23, 2023Power In A Union

Support Adrian Weir For Labour NPF In London

May 18, 2022By Power In A Union
May 18, 2022Power In A Union

International unionism in a globalized economy
 by Ken Neumann

Apr 23, 2022By Power In A Union

SEFTON WILLIAMS LECTURE Given by Ken Neumann, former Canadian National Director of the United Steelworkers (USW) It is truly an honour to be here, receiving the Sefton Williams award and presenting…Read more…

Apr 23, 2022Power In A Union

Interview: TUC’s Frances O’Grady On Omicron, Furlough, Wages, Pay & Internationalism

Dec 16, 2021By Power In A Union

This is a long read – but we are am sure that for many readers the issues under discussion are of sufficient interest to warrant the length. When I spoke this week to Frances O’Grady, the leader of…Read more…

Dec 16, 2021Power In A Union

Interview: TUC’s Frances O’Grady On Omicron, Furlough, Wages, Pay & Internationalism

Dec 16, 2021By Power In A Union

This is a long read – but we are am sure that for many readers the issues under discussion are of sufficient interest to warrant the length. When I spoke this week to Frances O’Grady, the leader of…Read more…

Dec 16, 2021Power In A Union

Hands Off Cuba – Stop The Blockade

Jul 25, 2021By Power In A Union

THURSDAY 29TH JULY – 7:00PM : ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING The right wing media, including the Guardian and BBC, are stepping up the onslaught on Cuba and hiding any mention of the 60 year US blockade…Read more…

Jul 25, 2021Power In A Union

AFL-CIO: Workers Five Priorities For 2021

Jan 20, 2021By Power In A Union
Jan 20, 2021Power In A Union

Workers Can’t Wait – Without Support, Millions Face Poverty

Jan 6, 2021By Power In A Union

By Len McCluskey With poverty and unemployment skyrocketing before lockdown, the government must act urgently to avoid a disaster – and support millions of workers who are already on the breadline….Read more…

Jan 6, 2021Power In A Union

ETUC On EU-UK Brexit Agreement

Dec 28, 2020By Power In A Union

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) believes there is no Brexit that will benefit working people. In the circumstances, we welcome the European Union’s efforts to stop no-deal, guarantee…Read more…

Dec 28, 2020Power In A Union

UK-EU Brexit Agreement: “A Thin Deal” Says David Bailey

Dec 28, 2020By Power In A Union

Blog by Professor David Bailey Birmingham Business School  That a trade deal has been at been agreed at the last minute between the UK and EU comes as a huge relief for manufacturing sectors like…Read more…

Dec 28, 2020Power In A Union

Help Us Stop Holiday Hunger

Oct 24, 2020By Power In A Union

By Julian Vaughan, Chair North East Bedfordshire Labour Party Like many of you, I was dismayed at the government’s decision not to back Labour’s proposal to extend the provision of free…Read more…

Oct 24, 2020Power In A Union

Len McCluskey tells Johnson “Stop playing politics with jobs and lives”

Oct 16, 2020By Power In A Union

Responding to the prime minister’s statement today (Friday 16th October) that the country should ‘get ready’ for the prospect of no trade deal with the EU, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite,…Read more…

Oct 16, 2020Power In A Union

Unite video demolishes BA’s ‘fire & rehire’ claims

Jun 10, 2020By Power In A Union

A Unite video explaining BA’s finances ‘demolishes’ the airline’s claim that it must fire its workforce and rehire those that survive on inferior contracts.  The in-depth analysis of British…Read more…

Jun 10, 2020Power In A Union

Len McCluskey: “Decisions taken now will shape our country’s future – we need clarity to build public confidence” 

May 11, 2020By Power In A Union

Responding to the statement by the prime minister broadcast this evening (10thMay), the leader of the Unite union has called for `clarity and caution’as the country continues to combat the…Read more…

May 11, 2020Power In A Union

Survey: Britons are “hungry for change, hungry for a new deal now and post COVID-19 crisis”

May 7, 2020By Power In A Union

A new national poll on behalf of the Unite trade union today (Thursday 7th May) finds the country ‘hungry for major change’ to how our economy works and how key workers are rewarded. The…Read more…

May 7, 2020Power In A Union
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