THE Basque Socialist Party has broken the historic stranglehold on power of nationalists in the Basque country. PSOE leader Patxi Lopez pledged to address the “real issues” facing families in the region – recession and security.
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Prentis hits out at Tories and Lib Dems
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, May 7th, 2009UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has launched a scathing attack on the Tories and Liberal Democrats. In a week when Gordon Brown’s Government of Gordon Brown came under renewed attack, from both within and without, the leader of the trade union which represents 1.4 million public sector workers weighed in behind the leadership.
MP’s murder sets back Albania EU hopes
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, May 7th, 2009JUST days after Albania submitted its formal application for European Union membership last week, the murder of socialist opposition MP Fatmir Xhindi outside his home delivered a serious blow to the country’s hopes of progress towards a stable democracy.
Nato exercises as Tbilisi thwarts mutiny and coup
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, May 7th, 2009NATO began a series of controversial military exercises in Georgia on Wednesday (May 6) the day after the government put down a mutiny at a military base near the capital Tbilisi.
Open letter to European trade unions, by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, May 1st, 2009I would like to take this opportunity to send my warmest greetings to all European trade unionists on this International Workers’ Day. For me, the 1st of May has always meant a celebration of all that is best about the workers’ movement: solidarity, equality and cooperation. I remember very well May Days as a teenager in my home town, Esbjerg, in the 1950s, an age of strong trade unions, when the Danish welfare state was emerging. But that’s also when I learnt about the harsh realities of unemployment and the impact it can have on ordinary families like my own when I was growing up.
Fat cat bosses go for broke on rail bonuses
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, April 30th, 2009by Keith Richmond
RAIL unions demanded a moratorium on job cuts, a freeze on shareholder dividends and a strategy to ensure Britain’s railways are managed in a way that “mitigates rather than exacerbates” the effects of the recession in crisis talks with Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon this week.
CWU conference to test Labour link
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, April 30th, 2009by René Lavanchy
ANGER over the Government’s planned part-privatisation of Royal Mail will make itself felt this summer, as the Communication Workers’ Union debates the future of their funding of the Labour Party at annual conference.
Equality Bill prompts calls for more business openness
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, April 30th, 2009by René Lavanchy
BUSINESSES have escaped any new legal obligation to promote equality in the workplace under the Equality Bill unveiled by equality minister Harriet Harman this week.
Revolution on march as Correa makes history
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, April 30th, 2009by Enrico Tortolano
PRESIDENT Rafael Correa of Ecuador received an emphatic endorsement of his socialist policies last Sunday by winning more than 50 per cent of the vote in an eight-candidate contest – enough to give him a majority in the national assembly.
Unite forces AutoLogic into U-turn over anti-union threat
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, April 30th, 2009by René Lavanchy
A COMPANY threatened its staff with losing their jobs if they did not agree to tear up a union bargaining agreement has been forced to back down following defiance from its staff.