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ESSO/UGLy Dispute – Longford, Australia Reaches 700 Days
The dispute in Longford Australia at Esso/Ugly has reached a marathon 700 days on our picket line as we fight back against Exxon Mobil & UGL/CIMIC’s blatant attack on their workers & workers families. By use of a sham collective … Continue reading
Holiday Inn Group Reported To UN For Anti Union Behaviour
Holiday Inn owner, IHG reported to United Nations Global Compact for ‘unethical’ anti-trade union behaviour Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has lodged a formal complaint to the United Nations Global Compact today (Wednesday 1 May) over the ‘unethical’ … Continue reading
Mexico: Senate Passes New Labour Laws
Thanks to Ben Davis of the United Steelworkers Mexico’s Senate approved the first changes to the country’s labour laws, a move that U.S. Democrats made as a pre-condition for debating a successor to the NAFTA trade agreement. The Senate voted … Continue reading
Mexican Unions Form New Movement To Fight Yellow Unions
Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, President of Mexico’s biggest trade union Los Mineros (the mining, metals and manufacturing union) who is also a Senator in the new left lead Mexican Government has called on Mexico’s independent trade unions and labour organisations to join in … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders To Ban Anti-Union Laws
US senator Bernie Sanders, who says he intends to run the first ‘unionised presidential campaign in history’, has announced that if elected he will enact legislation to ban the USA’s right to work laws. “When billionaires like the Koch brothers … Continue reading
Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers
No more secret agreements between union bosses and employers, future labor minister says By Juan Montes, The Wall Street Journal, September 11th Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing legislation to overhaul the country’s collective-bargaining system to improve wages … Continue reading
Collective Agreements: Extending Labour Protection
This new volume published in July 2018 examines the extension of collective agreements and its use as a policy tool to expand the coverage of labour protection, and shore up collective bargaining. At a time when inequality is on the … Continue reading
