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CTUF At Tolpuddle
The CTUF Fringe Meeting held at Tolpuddle attracted a full house with speakers reporting that festival goers spilled outside of the marquee for the duration of the fringe. Speakers this year included Professor Keith Ewing who is the President of … Continue reading
US Unions Face Further Power Shift To Right Under Trump
A fascinating article has appeared on The Hill website setting out Donald Trump’s latest attempt to shift the National Labour Relations Board further to the right. Although he portayed himself a friend of working people Trump, no matter how hobbled … Continue reading
CSEU Debates Trade & ISDS Courts
Adrian Weir spoke at the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions Conference in Southport this week on the key issue of Free Trade Agreements andInvestor State Dispute Settlement The election of President Trump has meant that TTIP has gone in … Continue reading
CTUF At Tolpuddle – This Weekend!
The CTUF/IER fringe will take place again this coming weekend on Friday evening at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival. Speakers awill include Prof Keith Ewing IER/CTUF; Christine Blower Workplace 2020; Jo Galazka Unite Regional Officer; and, Ben Chacko, Editor of the … Continue reading
French Unions Gear Up For Fight With Macron Over Labour Laws
By Tony Burke French unions lead by the CGT and the new government of Emmanuel Macron the new French President are to use the traditionally long summer holidays to set out the ground for a battle over French employment rights. … Continue reading
Greenpeace Leaks Secret EU – JEFTA Trade Deal Info
From Greenpeace media release. Thanks to Ben Davis at United Steelworkers. Greenpeace Netherlands has released 205 pages of previously undisclosed chapters from secret talks for an EU-Japan trade agreement (known as JEFTA). Greater public access to JEFTA negotiating documents is … Continue reading
Canadian unions celebrate repeal of anti-union legislation
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 Canada’s unions are celebrating the adoption of Bill C-4, legislation that repeals the former Conservative government’s controversial anti-union Bills C-377 and C-525. “Our affiliates and labour activists across the country have organized and campaigned against these … Continue reading
ILO Convention 98 ratified: Canadain unions urge government to promote collective bargaining rights at home and abroad
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 Canada’s unions are celebrating the ratification of the International Labour Organization’s Convention 98, ‘The Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949′. The Convention reinforces the right to collective bargaining and protects all workers from anti-union … Continue reading
China is repurposing TPP to build an even bigger and more secretive trade deal
By Tony Burke The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was dubbed ‘the biggest trade deal you have never heard of’ because it was being negotiated behind closed doors with little public information available. Covering twelve ‘Pacific Rim’ countries, trade unions in the … Continue reading
JEFTA – The Trade Deal You May Not Have Not Heard Of
By Tony Burke With Donald Trump sinking the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal (TPP) and with the EU – US Trade Deal (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) seemingly on ice – and the Brexit bound UK government talking trade … Continue reading
