unions
Unions need to win over the public if they’re to avoid a repeat of Wisconsin
Unions must win over the public to avoid a repeat of Wisconsin, says @AKMPeterson: #url#
Clegg attacks Labour/union link – but keeps schtum on Tory/City links
Nick Clegg will attack “vested interests” in his speech this afternoon, hitting out at Labour’s union link - yet saying nothing about the Tories’ City links.
What kind of “civil disobedience” tactics will the unions use?
Unions have promised the biggest campaign of “civil disobedience” ever seen - but what kind of tactics might they be considering?
Don’t buy the right-wing spin: Public sector pension costs set to fall
Whatever the rightwing attack dogs say, the cost of public sector pensions are due to fall as a proportion of GDP.
Glasman: Businesses want Labour and the unions to be “partners in growth”
Maurice Glasman says businesses “do not think the coalition government is serious about growth”; they think Labour and the unions should be “partners in growth”.
Spanish and Italian strikes show the growth in sporting socialism
Rich Hook looks at the strikes that have gripped Italian and Spanish football and the US NBA and NFL and says sporting socialism is alive and well in those states.