Making up for Lost Time
A new report looks at recent campaigns where workers and their unions have won shorter working hours – and asks whether they can offer a progressive solution to impending economic crises.
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Tony Burke
Tony Burke is president of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU) and assistant general secretary of Unite the union.
Winning the Argument on Bargaining
A new Europe-wide campaign by IndustriALL aims to persuade workers and society at large of the benefits of being covered by a collective agreement.
Free Lula
Revelations in the last week confirm that former Brazilian President Lula was persecuted to keep him out of the country’s recent election. It’s time for the international community to demand his release.
The Tories’ Industrial Failure
Ideological opposition to state aid has seen big promises on industrial policy dissipate into more job losses and deindustrialisation.