This year marked the 150th anniversary of the founding Congress, but it also marked the thirtieth anniversary of Jacques Delors’ famous speech. Three decades after Delors, who was President of the European Commission at the time, made a socialist argument for the European Project and won over many in the Labour Party who had previously opposed the EU, Brexit has pushed the issue back up the agenda.
President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making some much-needed changes to Mexico’s broken employment laws, Unite’s Tony Burke reports.
No Deal would leave the steel industry dangerously exposed
Unite’s Assistant General Secretary on why a ‘cliff edge’ or hard Brexit would be a disaster for the UK
Liam Fox and the Department for International Trade are living in cuckoo land if they think we’ll be able to ‘roll over’ all our trade deals after leaving the EU.
While TTIP failed, Europe is now trying another sneaky deal giving corporations obscene amounts of power.
As Liam Fox flies to the US to debate the President’s outrageous steel tariffs, it’s time for the UK and EU to speak with one voice on the issue.
The government must reject the buy-out of a key manufacturing firm if they are serious about protecting UK manufacturing.
A victory for the metal workers could prove a key step towards progressive employment in all industries as work is increasingly automated.
As it stands, the Customs Bill risks letting other countries deliberately undermine skilled jobs. Ministers need to listen up.
