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1. Union-busting at the drop of a hat Author : Steve Davies
Barack Obama is the first ever credible black contender for presidential nomination. However the scale of the challenge he faces can be seen from a bitter labour dispute taking place in ‘the heart of Dixie’. Despite fifty years of civil r...
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

2. Union renewal: the example of the FAT Author : richard leitch
This piece is an introduction to the practice of Mexico's Authentic Labour Front(FAT) and its development of an internationalist social movement unionism over the last two decades. Could we learn any lessons from the struggle to achieve independe...
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

3. UK Trade Unions, Lifelong Learning and the UK Skills 'Crisis': Part 4 Author : tom farnhill
Unions and Learning Part Four: Conclusions It appears unfair to argue that unions ONLY developed an interest in learning AFTER learning that everybody else had lost interest in unions. But the specificity of union activity in the learning and s...
Sunday, 16 December 2007 | Read more...

4. UK Trade Unions, Lifelong Learning and the UK Skills 'Crisis': Part 3 Author : tom farnhill
Unions and Learning Part Three: the Rise and Rise of Union Learning Reps
Sunday, 16 December 2007 | Read more...

5. UK Trade Unions, Lifelong Learning and the UK Skills 'Crisis': Part 2 Author : tom farnhill
Unions and Learning Part Two: Unions, Learning and New Labour After 1997, union learning policy intersected with New Labour's obsession on improving the nations stock of skills. Unions were offered 'fairness not favours', but the...
Sunday, 16 December 2007 | Read more...

6. UK Trade Unions, Lifelong Learning and the UK Skills 'Crisis': Part One Author : tom farnhill
Part One: Unions and Skills, 1800 - 1997 - Union participation in learning and skills is historically specific, conditioned by changes in the UK political economy, unions relations with industry and government, and practical considerations including ...
Sunday, 16 December 2007 | Read more...

7. Union Leader Tells ILO to Grow Teeth or Give Up Author : Neil Kearney, International Textile Workers
Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the International Textile Workers ,here makes an angrier criticism of the International Labour Organisation than I recall having ever previously read. Many leftists have previously dismissed the ILO for its toothles...
Saturday, 11 August 2007 | Read more...

8. Union learning, union recruitment and organising Author : Hannah Wood and Sian Moore
This research paper presents the findings of a national union survey conducted by the Working Lives Research Institute on the dynamic between union learning and recruitment and organising. There is endorsement from learning officers of the r...
Friday, 27 July 2007 | Read more...

9. Union values survey Author : Peter HJ
Pretty much everybody knows what unions are opposed to, but what are we in favour of? Or are we just reacting to an agenda set by others? The New Unionism network is running a survey on union values. We would really appreciate if if you could take a ...
Thursday, 19 July 2007 | Read more...

10. Unions’ Role in Protecting the Contract Labour : The Case of India Author : Pravin SINHA
The Contract workers, which constitute a large section of workforce, remain more or less ignored by the trade unions. The paper, while examining the case of contract workers in India, looks at the possibilities to bring them under its umbrella.
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | Read more...

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