Category Archives: New Generation Of Trade Agreements

UAW Demand Fair Union Vote in GM Mexico Plant

The United Auto Workers (UAW) in the USA union have pressed General Motors and Mexican officials to step up efforts to ensure auto workers at a pick-up truck plant in central Mexico can vote freely next month to choose a … Continue reading

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UK – Australia Trade Deal: ACTU – TUC Statement

The UK and Australian Government are set to announce an in-principle agreement at the G7 summit this weekend on the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement that has been negotiated in secret for almost a year. Workers have been kept in the … Continue reading

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Resist, Repeal, Replace – CTUF – IER May Day Rally

CTUF and the IER are arranging for a May Day Zoom event starting at 11.30 am and ending at 1.00 pm on Saturday, May 1st. Please put this in your diary and RT and use on social media  Speakers at … Continue reading

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How Collective Bargaining Can Tackle The Race To The Bottom

By John Earls, Ben Norman, Andrew Waterman Neoliberal globalisation has led to a ‘race to the bottom’ as free trade policies force workers and whole industries to compete across borders – but there is a solution: trade union representation. In … Continue reading

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