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Union matters Articles

The Dhaka disaster and Workers’ Memorial Day

‘Immediately we fell several storeys. I closed my eyes as the entire place was engulfed with dust. A stitching machine fell on my leg. All I could see were dead bodies all around me.’ Those are the words of Shariful, a worker who was pulled from the rubble of a...
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Extending collective bargaining

This Sunday sees the start of TUC Congress 2012 where we all head to Brighton for four days of days of sore heads, chips on the pier and this great movement of ours. This year, for the first time since 1942, the TUC’s affiliated membership fell just under six million....
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Collateral damage

Figures released by the TUC this week highlight the shocking extent of long-term youth unemployment. In the last year alone, the amount of young people unemployed for a period of 12 months or more has gone up by 264 per cent and although youth unemployment rose...
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Unions and the new economy

‘There will come a time when the Treasury understands economics but it hasn’t happened yet’ and with that remark it was Martin Wolf of the Financial Times who became the darling of the Unions21 annual conference. Our conference theme of Unions and the New Economy...
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