Veolia: End Low Pay in UK – End Business Operations in Russia GMB union has launched a campaign of strike action in Nottinghamshire over low pay in a dispute with Veolia, a transnational company that still operates in Russia. Veolia UK are making profits from recycling and waste services with public funded contracts in many … Continue reading SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS ON STRIKE AT VEOLIA
URGENT APPEAL FOR MEDICAL AID
The Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine The Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine is appealing to the trade union movement for urgent aid. Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine - VPMPU are appealing for aid for a hospital in a mining region of Western Ukraine which is facing … Continue reading URGENT APPEAL FOR MEDICAL AID
PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
By Stephen Velychenko Comments on Ilya Budraitskis: “Putinism as New Form of Fascism?” There can be no doubt that as of 2004 Putin, his secret police cronies and associated marginal ideologues like Dugin and Zhirinovsky, had created an authoritarian dictatorship in Russia. Some like Budraitskis characterize this regime as fascist. If this characterization was applicable before … Continue reading PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
THE FAREWELL OF GERMAN UNION LEFTISTS FROM INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Chris Zeller In England, Wales and Scotland, there is notable solidarity from the unions with the Ukrainian resistance against the Russian occupation troops. John McDonnell MP, former Treasury Chancellor leading the Labour Party at the time of Jeremy Corbyn, is an active spokesman for the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign [1]. In France, all relevant unions have … Continue reading THE FAREWELL OF GERMAN UNION LEFTISTS FROM INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband
By Andrew Fisher Stop the War has marginalised itself and alienated the vast majority of the Ukrainian population in the UK Ukrainians and supporters held a demo outside the Stop the War AGM. Those holding onto the Stop the War banner no longer speak for the many who flocked to it two decades ago (Photo … Continue reading Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband
TUC Congress: A Victory for Solidarity with Ukraine, a Victory for Truth.
At Ukraine Solidarity TUC fringe meeting: President of TUC Maria Exall, GMB President Barbara Plant and General Secretary Gary Smith, NUM Gen Sec Chris Kitchen, Simon Weller Asst Gen Sec ASLEF, John Moloney Ass Gen Sec PCS. On 12 September the Trade Union Congress which unites trade unions representing more than 5.5 million workers who … Continue reading TUC Congress: A Victory for Solidarity with Ukraine, a Victory for Truth.
Appeal to Ukrainians in the UK
By Christopher Ford Secretary of Ukraine Solidarity Campaign On a 10-13 September the Trade Union Congress (TUC) will take place in the city of Liverpool. Liverpool hosted Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine and also Kyiv Pride. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Liverpool is also crucial for Ukrainians. The TUC is an organisation which unites … Continue reading Appeal to Ukrainians in the UK
Звернення до українців у Великій Британії
Крістофер Форд, секретар Кампанії солідарності з Україною 10-13 вересня в місті Ліверпуль відбудеться профспілковий з’їзд Британського конгресу тред-юніонів (Trade Union Congress - TUC). Ліверпуль приймав Євробачення від України, а також КиївПрайд. Конгрес профспілок (TUC) у Ліверпулі також є важливим для українців. TUC – це організація, яка об’єднує профспілки, що представляють понад 5,5 мільйонів працівників і … Continue reading Звернення до українців у Великій Британії
PUTINISM A NEW FORM OF FASCISM?
By ILYA BUDRAITSKIS The invasion of Ukraine has provoked debate on the nature of contemporary Russian society. It has been argued that Russia's war on Ukraine is part of an attack on democracy taking place globally, that Putin’s Russia part of a growing authoritarianism. We publish here an important contribution to this debate by the … Continue reading PUTINISM A NEW FORM OF FASCISM?
‘No ifs, no buts – why trade unionists must stand with Ukraine’
BY Gary Smith General Secretary of GMB Members of the Independent Union of Mineworkers who are resisting the invasion Solidarity should know no borders. The belief in a collective response to injustice and injury is one of the labour movement’s most cherished principles. Next week, TUC Congress will debate its response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The GMB – … Continue reading ‘No ifs, no buts – why trade unionists must stand with Ukraine’
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 