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Zimbabwe/UK TUC: Zimbabwe must released jailed union leaders [TUC] 14-May-2008
Iran/UK Brit TUC protests about repression of Iranian May Day protests [TUC] 13-May-2008
Korea/UK Brit TUC protests about arrest of South Korean Migrant Workers Union leaders [TUC] 13-May-2008
TUC publishes an 'equalities sat nav' for unions [TUC] 13-May-2008
Unite supports 'Show Racism the Red Card' awards ceremony [Unite the Union- TGWU section] 13-May-2008
Grangemouth shop stewards give exclusive interview to Union TV [Unite the Union- TGWU section] 13-May-2008
Tribunals fear over pay claim for Birmingham council workers [Birmingham Mail] 13-May-2008
Unite ballots Argos workers for industrial action [Amicus Unite] 13-May-2008
Unite fights to maintain wages across Scotland’s farming industry [Amicus Unite] 13-May-2008
1.2m women 'trapped in insecure work' [Women in Technology] 12-May-2008
RMT - 17,000 members at Network Rail are being balloted for industrial action [RMT] 12-May-2008
Unite Supports 'Show Racism the Red Card' Awards Ceremony [prnewswire] 12-May-2008
RMT - Rail workers to vote on pay strike [Guardian] 12-May-2008
Thomson Reuters staff fret over where and how the axe will fall [Media Guardian] 12-May-2008
Unite's Joint Executive agrees new rules for 'Unite the union' [Amicus Unite] For more info 12-May-2008
Grangemouth shop stewards give exclusive interview to Union TV [Amicus Unite] For more info 12-May-2008
Below are the details of the Justice for Cleaners actions that begin in London this week [Compass Youth] 12-May-2008
Ucatt - HSE's 'shocking' failure costs lives, says union [Observer] 11-May-2008
UK/Global Ucatt 'construction industry increasingly casualised. Flawed self-regulation allows construction bosses to play fast and loose with workers' lives [Observer] 11-May-2008
Global/UK Strike 2.0: the industrial disputes of the future are more likely to take place online than on a picket line [Guardian] 10-May-2008
GMB Calls For Investigation Into Fourth EDF Energy Workers Death In A Year [GMB] 10-May-2008
GMB Asks NHS Members To Reject 2008 Pay Offer [GMB] 10-May-2008
What do Tony Hayward, Jim Ratcliffe, Tony Woodley and investors in a FTSE 100 tracker fund have in common? [FT] 10-May-2008
Ireland/UK NI midwives shortage reaches crisis point [Belfast Telegraph] 10-May-2008
Unite Scotland condemns Freescale as sale puts 900 jobs at risk [Amicus Unite] 10-May-2008
INEOS statement - Unite news update [Amicus Unite] 10-May-2008
UK/Burma TUC Aid - Burma Cyclone Appeal [TUC] 09-May-2008
GMB - Law suit in Court of Appeal 'threatens future of Unions' [Northern Echo] 09-May-2008
Union recognition at Northcliffe's Kent newspapers [HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk] 09-May-2008
Unite and GMB Unions to demand Tax Rise for Rich [FT] 09-May-2008
Blacklist of Workers - Trade Unions and Civil Liberties groups condemned the move [PA] 09-May-2008
Bus workers wildcat in Liverpool [libcom.org] 09-May-2008
Food Standards Agency not to privatise meat inspection - UNISON says ‘victory for public health’ [Unison] 08-May-2008
UK/Poland Daffodil harvester stripped of gangmaster licence and accused of using forced labour [Guardian] 08-May-2008
GMB Study Points To House Price Drop Of At Least £26,769 To Return To Long Term Affordability Link With Average Earnings In Great Britain [GMB] 08-May-2008
Unite and GMB refusing to back forum on Agency Workers unless ministers give commitments [FT] 08-May-2008
Unite Moves To Wind Up Butler & Tanner [Earth Times] 08-May-2008
Unite the Union and Save Bridlington Hospital Campaign Action Group will be holding a Demonstration in the town [Amicus Unite] 08-May-2008
UK/Zimbabwe Unite and UNI - Protest to Standard Chartered Bank chairman over Zimbabwe sacking [Amicus Unite] 08-May-2008
Gangmaster has licence revoked [BBC] 08-May-2008
EDF employee dies in sub-station explosion [BBC] 08-May-2008
Business leaders and TUC call for new deal for UK's 1.2 million vulnerable female workers [TUC] 07-May-2008
Eliminating exploitation at work must be your great cause, Unite urges government [T&G Unite] 07-May-2008
Few agency workers would benefit from CBI’s ‘rights after one year’ proposal [PersonnelToday.com] 07-May-2008
Prison officers launch industrial action over pay [Society Guardian] 07-May-2008
Two million people 'trapped in low-paid, insecure jobs' [24dash.com] 07-May-2008
TUC says two million workers in Britain are at risk of exploitation because of vulnerable work status [BBC] 07-May-2008
Further education unions reject pay offer [libcom.org] 07-May-2008
TUC says 'Time to end the nation's 30-year wait for a new bank holiday' [TUC] 06-May-2008
Tube unions say no to a no-strike deal in London [Eve Standard] 06-May-2008
Ray Collins, T&G section of Unite may be appointed Gen Sec of Labour Party after winning support of Brown [Guardian] 06-May-2008
Fair wages are a fantasy in the brutal underside of Cowboy Boss Britain [Guardian] 06-May-2008
unions in talks to put forward Keith Sonnet, Dep Gen Sec Unison as Labour Party Gen Sec [FT] 05-May-2008
Illegal workers prosecutions rise [BBC] 05-May-2008
Demonstation by sacked printers [BBC] 05-May-2008
UK/USA American union-busters arrive in Britain [Sunday Times] 04-May-2008
Working lives 'intolerable' for millions in UK [The Observer] 04-May-2008
GMB and TUC - Death-in-service payouts at risk as firms cash in final salary schemes [Observer] 04-May-2008
GMB launch campaign against Co-op after company's funeral business de-recognised the union [GMB] 04-May-2008
First BNP councillor elected to Kirklees Council has lost seat to Unite union activist [Yorkshire Post] 03-May-2008
GMB Negotiators Reject 2.5% Pay Offer For Further Education Workers [GMB] 03-May-2008
ACAS issues revised 'code of practice on discipline and grievance' for public consultation [ACAS] 03-May-2008
Donkey 'dunce' causes row [PA] 03-May-2008
Roofing company owner charged with manslaughter - Sussex Police worked closely with HSE [Horsham Today] 02-May-2008
Hundreds of outraged Unite members to demonstrate as agency workers are brought in to cover sacked staff [T&G Unite] 02-May-2008
Skills crisis looms as flow of migrants from Eastern Europe dries up [PersonnelToday.com] 02-May-2008
Newsquest outsourcing to India could cost jobs across the UK [Holdthefrontpage.co.uk] 02-May-2008
Operations resume at Grangemouth [BBC] 02-May-2008
Roof firm owner on workplace manslaughter charge [BBC] 02-May-2008
Usdaw - Home Secretary meets North West victims of workplace abuse [Usdaw] 01-May-2008
Strike Shelter Manchester - Ken Loach joins Unite union picket [T&G Unite] 01-May-2008
Unite - Scottish local authority craft workers ballot for strike action [T&G Unite] 01-May-2008
UK/Germany Hydro Aluminium - GERMAN engineer died after falling into machinery at work in Gateshead [Journal - Newcastle] 01-May-2008
Unite demands Bank honours Workers terms and conditions of employment ahead of Northern Rock restructuring [Amicus Unite] 01-May-2008
Unite teams up with cable channel to launch Union TV [Amicus Unite] 01-May-2008
Ireland/UK NI civil servants 'paid too much' [BBC] 01-May-2008
Joint statement from Unite and Ineos on the Grangemouth pensions dispute [T&G Unite] 30-Apr-2008
UK/Global International Union Action Continues in Solidarity with UK Meat Workers [IUF] 30-Apr-2008
Weldex UK fined £10,500 Worker Blind in One Eye - HSE said 'need to properly maintain machinery and provide adequate training' [HSE] 30-Apr-2008
UK/USA Unite Union blasts chip industry's 'cancer risk denial' [Register] 29-Apr-2008
Unite Brief - The truth about the Ineos dispute [T&G Unite] 29-Apr-2008
Unite Reaction to Oil Profits - Shell and BP have posted a combined profit of $7.2 billion [prnewswire] 29-Apr-2008
Ireland/UK Union Members From British Telecom stage public protest at Company Head Office [CWU] ActNOW 29-Apr-2008
Ireland/UK 19 die in NI workplaces in year [BBC] 29-Apr-2008
Grangemouth - Unite's Tony Woodley was to meet Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe in London for ‘exploratory’ talks [AFP] 29-Apr-2008
Unite condemn actions of Butler and Tanner Printers Ltd [Unite] 28-Apr-2008
TUC - Unions step up campaign to keep people well at work [TUC] 28-Apr-2008
Unite - Grangemouth workers direct appeal to people of Scotland [T&G Unite] 28-Apr-2008
Refinery strike sparks UK petrol panic [RTÉ] 28-Apr-2008
IER Seminar- Information and consulation: Spreading the Word [IER] For more info 28-Apr-2008
Unite UNION planning fresh strike action at the Grangemouth refinery after negotiations stalled again [dailyrecord.co.uk] 28-Apr-2008
Unite accuses semiconductor companies of living in an Alice in Wonderland fantasy over workers’ safety [Amicus Unite] 28-Apr-2008
Ineos pension rip-off - Grangemouth refinery Strike [Amicus Unite] 28-Apr-2008
TUC - GMB - mark Workers Memorial Day - Workplace safety standards attacked [PA] 28-Apr-2008
Strike in Scotland closes major North Sea oil pipeline [AP] 27-Apr-2008
Unite refused to supply sufficient steam from Grangemouth refinery to maintain the operation of BP’s adjacent Kinneil plant [FT.com] 27-Apr-2008
Employer in receivership owing 287 workers thousands of pounds in unpaid wages - Unite 'demanding recompense in full’ [Amicus Unite] 27-Apr-2008
Two-day strike begins at Scotland's only oil refinery; union calls for company to negotiate [BBC] 27-Apr-2008
Two dead in falls from London building sites [Contract Journal] 26-Apr-2008
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