What the UK can learn from California’s new gig economy bill
The US state may have just given employee status to millions of gig economy workers.
Tony Burke
Website 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.
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Unite works with Mexican unions fighting exploitation
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As the bombs drop on Gaza again, a new group is standing up for Palestine
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Unite – Trade unionists must try to free the Middle Eastern Mandela
Unite’s Tony Burke has visited a hunger striking Kurdish MP
Liam Fox’s desperate dash for trade deals is in absolute tatters
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