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Union boss clashes with Mandelson
Falkirk :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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Unite leader Len McCluskey hits back over Mandelson Labour candidate claims Unite general secretary Len McCluskey is in a war of words with Labour's Blairites Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite trade union, has hit back at Lord Mandelson for accusing
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Brian Gallagher
Dublin :: Ireland | 12 days ago
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Prior to joining Ampersand, Brian spent more than 20 years as a full-time official for the Unite trade union and its predecessors MSF and Amicus. His background is in insurance, finance and trade unions, and as a regional officer at Unite from 1992-
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Len McCluskey and "the Blairites": setting the record straight
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
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The Unite general secretary is on the warpath over the piece I wrote following my recent interview with him for the New Statesman , describing it as "a distortion" in a letter to NS editor Jason Cowley. The NS offered to publish the response after
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National Express Group's US ‘Human Rights' Record Under Fire
Durham :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
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Unite Press Release Embargoed until 00.01 Monday 6 May 2013 National Express Group's US Human Rights' Record Under Renewed Fire At AGM Further evidence has emerged that National Express Group is pushing human rights in its North American operations
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Unite set to grow in strength as it begins merger talks with TSSA
London :: United Kingdom | 23 days ago
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Len McCluskey's union enters negotiations on a formal merger with the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and more could follow. Labour Day brings notable news from the trade union movement...Unite's 1.5 million, could become a new section of
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Former Waterford Crystal workers win landmark ECJ battle over pension losses
Waterford :: MI :: USA | 29 days ago
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The case was taken by 10 named members of the Unite trade union on behalf of all former employees of the company which went into receivership in January of 2009, leaving the pension funds insolvent. This morning's decision by the ECJ could cost the
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McCluskey re-elected as Unite leader
Bristol :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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The general secretary of the UK's biggest trade union has been re-elected for another five-year term of office. Len McCluskey received 144,570 votes compared with almost 80,000 for the other candidate, Jerry Hicks. Mr McCluskey, who has been Unite's
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Unions ask 3million workers to walk out in protest at austerity measures in first general strike since 1926
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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4 April 2013 Britain could face the first general strike in 87 years after the country's two biggest unions backed plans for a co-ordinated mass walkout. The measure would see public and private-sector workers stay away from work for 24 hours in
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Why Ndigbo may not take over the presidency from Jonathan-Dr Patrick Keku
Dr Patrick Keku is a security expert. He is the CEO of Pahek Security Services Limited. One of the 250 credible, registered private security companies operating in Nigeria. An indigene of Bayelsa state and chairman, Lagos state
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Unions need more power: What the head of Labour's biggest paymaster 'Red Len' McCluskey told Ed Miliband
Eastbourne :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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When Ed Miliband asked the leading union baron what three wishes he could grant if Labour wins power, the answer was straightforward. Trade union freedoms, trade union freedoms, trade union freedoms' came the immediate response from Len McCluskey,
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