Tony Burke
Tony Burke is President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions; a former assistant general secretary of Unite; Trade Union co-ordinator for the Morning Star newspaper and chair of the Campaign For Trade Union Freedom. He is a contributing editor of Left Foot Forward blogging on trade, international issues and workers’ and union rights. As well as LFF, he contributes to the Morning Star, Campaign For Trade Union Freedom website, and his own Power In A Union site.
Tony Burke: The UK should listen to unions like the Germans do
German unions are proposing a four-day week
Calls for EU to act over Belarus as union leaders are targeted
Lukashenko cracks down on increasing protests after his election is widely seen as illegitimate.
Shorter weeks and longer holidays: How Covid-19 could transform our working lives
A new report has laid the groundwork for less work, more flexibility and better parental leave options
Holidaymakers shouldn’t be punished for government’s rash announcements
If they have to quarantine, they should get full pay.
The Tories have quietly dropped their hopes for a US trade deal this year
Johnson's trade plans are falling apart by the week.
Unions fume as EU member states cut ambition of EU recovery plan
Working people across the EU need more.