General secretary writes to Turkish ambassador over murder of trade union leader
The article UNISON demands justice for Abdullah Karacan first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Brazilian Presidential Election: Unions Say The The Fight Goes On!
Official note from the Unified Workers’ Central [CUT] note on the outcome of the 2018 elections in Brazil Posted: October 29, 2018 – 11h33 | Last modified: October 29, 2018 – 11:58…Read more…
Save Jobs At Cammell Lairds
Sign the petition to help save jobs in shipbuilding in the UK. Cammell Lairds has just won £619million’s worth of contracts to build the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Ships, but in stead of…Read more…
Frances O’Grady’s Speech At The Jimmy Reid Foundation Memorial Lecture, 27th September 2018
Frances O’Grady was introduced by Lynn Henderson, the vice-chair of the project board of the Foundation. Lynn is also this year’s STUC President and a longstanding national officer of the PCS union….Read more…
‘An injury to one is an injury to all’
Following its support of a TUC Congress motion against the authoritarian tactics of the Turkish government, Unite has spoken in support of a young Kurdish journalist who is exiled in London after her…Read more…
At Last! Mexican Union Leader Napoleon Gomez Is Heading Home
VSC Statement On Venezuela’s Presidential Elections
Venezuela’s Presidential elections on Sunday May 20th saw Nicolas Maduro re-elected. With 92.6 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had 5.8 million votes (nearly 68%), with his closest rival, former…Read more…
Guide To Venezuelan Elections This Weekend
With much of the printed media in the UK and USA already describing the Venezuelan elections being held this weekend as being ‘flawed’, or worse, and stating that even if elected by…Read more…
Ivan Beavis – A Legend & A Hero
Yesterday I was privilaged to attend the funeral of a friend and comrade, the legendary Ivan Beavis, former circulation manager at the Morning Star, trade unionist, music collector, Man United fan,…Read more…
Factory Gate Meetings At Bombardier Belfast – Thursday January 18th
Workers to gather for union meetings between noon and 1.00pm on Thursday [January 18th] at gates of all five Bombardier sites Decision by US International Trade Commission on proposed 292% C Series…Read more…
‘Free protesters and trade unionists,’ UNISON urges Iran
General secretary Dave Prentis writes to President Hassan Rouhani in wake of arrests following recent protests
The article ‘Free protesters and trade unionists,’ UNISON urges Iran first appeared on…Read more…
Oppose Tory Plans To Scrap Your Woking Time Rights
Well, it finally happened. After promising to protect workers rights, the Prime Minister is now under pressure to begin disamantling basic workers rights once we leave the EU with Boris Johnson and…Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 93: Tech workers can organize…?
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section 1:00 Catch up 2:45 The final countdown 3:15 Help support the show https://www.patreon.com/cyberunions 4:00 How to organize … a lot of work, practice, and patience 5:00 Tech organizing ideas from Solidarity solidarity-us.org and DSA dsausa.org 5:45 The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow 6:55 Always opportunities […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 93: Tech workers can organize…?
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section 1:00 Catch up 2:45 The final countdown 3:15 Help support the show https://www.patreon.com/cyberunions 4:00 How to organize … a lot of work, practice, and patience 5:00 Tech organizing ideas from Solidarity solidarity-us.org and DSA dsausa.org 5:45 The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow 6:55 Always opportunities […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 93: Tech workers can organize…?
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section 1:00 Catch up 2:45 The final countdown 3:15 Help support the show https://www.patreon.com/cyberunions 4:00 How to organize … a lot of work, practice, and patience 5:00 Tech organizing ideas from Solidarity solidarity-us.org and DSA dsausa.org 5:45 The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow 6:55 Always opportunities […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 93: Tech workers can organize…?
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section 1:00 Catch up 2:45 The final countdown 3:15 Help support the show https://www.patreon.com/cyberunions 4:00 How to organize … a lot of work, practice, and patience 5:00 Tech organizing ideas from Solidarity solidarity-us.org and DSA dsausa.org 5:45 The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow 6:55 Always opportunities […]Read more…
Menshevik Georgia: Online debate with Workers Liberty
Last week, the British left newspaper Solidarity published this review of my book. Today, they published my rebuttal: Paul Vernadsky in his review of my book, The Experiment: Georgia’s…Read more…
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Brexit: The EU Thinks We Have A “Cunning Plan”
Reports from the EU say some of the EU 27 think that the UK has hatched a cunning plan behind the shambles currently afflicting the Government and our UK negotiating team! This helpful little guide…Read more…
Marking 50 years of a dangerous occupation
UNISON/PSC exhibition and book offers union branches a resource for this year’s 50th anniversary of the Palestinian occupation
The article Marking 50 years of a dangerous occupation first appeared…Read more…