In the Rotunda where once Lincoln and Kennedy lay in state rioters carrying confederate flags spat in the eyes of democracy. He craved power. The flames of sedition lit by a crowd dangerously devoted…Read more…
Unite statement on Julian Assange
Unite welcomes the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) condemnation of the detention of Julian Assange pending his extradition proceedings. We applaud the NUJ’s campaign to draw to broad…Read more…
Trump is Going! Best Birthday Present Ever!
I would like to thank the people of America for giving me today the best birthday pressie ever!
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Johnson unlikely to ‘get it done’ by year’s end
Lighthizer said the timelines established in the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority law make it “nearly impossible” for Congress to consider a US-UK trade deal this year if the two sides manage to reach…Read more…
“Catastrophically damaging for manufacturing”
Donald Trump’s national security advisor has said the US supports a no deal Brexit after a meeting with Boris Johnson. John Bolton also said the UK will be “first in line” for a trade deal…Read more…
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. See what insurance based healthcare costs American workers per month
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. Don’t forget to use your vote this Thursday
Hat tip CNBC
…..Currently, Americans pay $3.4 trillion a year for medical care (and, unfortunately, don’t get impressive…Read more…
Crying girl on the border
The winners of the World Press Photo 2019 contest have been announced, selected from over 78,000 photos taken by 4,738 photographers.Warning: contains images that some may find distressing.The winning image is by John Moore showing Honduran toddler Yan…Read more…
Top US trade unionist responds to Trump election
Richard Trumka, President of the TUC’s equivalent in the USA, the AFLCIO, had this to say about the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election: Donald Trump has been elected president. America…Read more…
Michelle Obama speech
I am not the greatest fan of Hilary Clinton nor the USA Democratic Party but this speech yesterday by Michelle Obama to the Democratic National Convention is just incredible and well, well worth 15 minutes of your life to watch. Much to my s…Read more…
Report from Labor Notes conference and the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
At the start of April I was lucky enough to be part of a small delegation from the UK to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago, which brought together over 2000 activists for an inspiring, stimulating and useful set of plenaries and workshops. The trip…Read more…
Help Ian Allinson & Nilüfer Erdem go to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago
I’d very much like to go to the Labor Notes conference next year, but the cost would be prohibitive. Me and a young member from the Hotel Workers’ branch in London who also wants to go have set up an appeal to raise money to make it possible.
If you f…Read more…
US fast food workers get a legal boost
A ruling this week in the USA by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has given a boost to unions, and the ‘alt.unions’ who are trying to build union organisation in the US fast food…Read more…
Clinton campaign undermined on the streets of Tegucigalpa
HONDURANS denounce corruption.
WITH all eyes on Greece, and how far its people can defy the bankers, the IMF, the European Union’s commissioners, and those Germans who insensitively forget…Read more…
US Senate blow to Pacific trade deal means TTIP is in trouble
The US Senate decision last night to withhold fast-track ‘Trade Promotion Authority’ for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a blow also to the EU-US Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), and it demonstrates that opposition to TTIP is not a solely European…Read more…
Fast-food workers scent justice in fight with franchises
In a ruling that has given US unions a significant boost, the US National Labor Relations Board has ruled that McDonald’s (and other fast food outlets) are a “joint employer” of workers at its…Read more…
Organising strategy – mobilise or organise?
On 8th November I attended four fascinating meetings at the Historical Materialism conference with people from the USA and Canada discussing the plight of the labour movement and ideas for turning it round.
I found the debates really useful and there …Read more…