UK’s Largest Unions Threaten ‘Illegal’ Winter Strikes, Labour Refuses to Denounce
Three of the UK’s largest trades unions are threatening a winter of “illegal” strike action if the public sector pay cap is not lifted for the entire sector.
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Corbyn Admits Mass Migration Has Been Used to ‘Destroy’ Conditions for British Workers
Labour would leave the Single Market, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed, admitting that European Union (EU) freedom of movement rules have damaged workers’ conditions.
Pope Francis Denounces Corruption of Trade Unions in ‘Our Advanced Capitalist Society’
In modern society, trade unions risk losing their “prophetic character” and becoming just like the institutions they ought to be criticizing, Pope Francis told a group of union delegates Wednesday morning, adding that “corruption has entered the hearts of some trade unionists.”
Chavez Tactics: Labour Calls for Property Seizures, Government Overthrow After London Fire
Labour’s hard-left leadership is using the fallout of the Grenfell Tower disaster to agitated for private homes of the wealthy to be seized while calling for a populist uprising to bring down the government, in tactics reminiscent of the Venezuelan socialist revolutionary Hugo Chavez.
WATCH: Open Borders Activists Call For Britain To Let In All Calais Migrants
Members of Stand up to Racism and Trade Unionists for Calais gathered outside the French Embassy in London last night, to protest “in solidarity” with the migrants at Calais, following announcements that The Jungle migrant camp is to be dismantled.
In Pictures: Unions Boycott Burger Chain Over Arrests Of Illegal Workers
A union protest outside Byron Burgers in London described as a “huge demo” by organisers attracted fewer than one hundred protesters.
Young People Have Most to Lose from Remaining in EU, Trade Unionists Warn
Young people have the most to lose from staying in the European Union (EU) and must vote to leave to secure their future, trade unionists have warned. Pointing to the eye-watering levels of youth unemployment found within some member states
UK Trade Unions Reluctantly Nail Colours To EU Mast
(AFP) – Britain’s major trade unions have finally come out in support of the European Union, judging that fears of a post-Brexit economic fallout outweigh concerns about the bloc’s faults in promoting workers’ rights. Unions have kept a low profile
Union Leaders Call On 6 Million Members To Vote Remain
The leaders of Britain’s biggest unions have called upon their six million members to vote to remain within the European Union (EU), on the grounds that they don’t trust Britain’s current Conservative government. Ten trade union figures, including the leaders
5,000 Israeli Teenagers March To Mark International Workers’ Day
Ynetnews reports: Over 5,000 teenagers, members of the youth groups HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (The General Federation of Students and Young Workers in Israel) and Dror-Israel (educational movement), marched in Tel Aviv on Sunday afternoon to mark May 1, the International Workers’ Day.
‘Leave The EU!’ Says Major Trade Union
One of the most militantly left-wing trade unions has told members the European Parliament’s decision to back opening rail routes across the European Union (EU) to more competition for private operators is another reason to vote leave in the referendum. As long-term
‘Myth That EU Is FOR The Workers’: Trade Union Urges Members To Back Brexit
One of the most militantly left-wing trade unions has urged its members to vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) in June’s referendum, contradicting the advice of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) leadership. The National Union of Rail,
Trade Union Bill Has Echoes Of General Franco’s Fascist Dictatorship, Warns David Davis MP
David Davis, the senior backbench Tory, has signaled a potential rebellion by likening David Cameron’s trade union reforms to living under Spain’s fascist dictator, General Franco. “There are bits of it which look OTT, like requiring pickets to give their names
