Vale Inco - the strike is now over

It was confirmed this morning (9 July 2010) that the Vale Inco dispute has been resolved and the workforce will now return to work. This of course has been a strike which was supported by Workers Uniting - Unite members through the global union and the Unite EC made considerable donations to the strike fund more >

Unite officers come together with USW colleagues for week long exchange trip

A number of Unite the Union officers are spending a week with USW colleagues a part of an exchange trip involving the two unions. The three officers are spending a week observing and taking part in negotiations in Southern California, Wisconsin and British Columbia more >

The United States Congress has made history by passing major health insurance reform legislation. It is the single largest piece of legislation since the Civil and Voting Rights Acts and the passage of Medicare – health care for the elderly more >

Opponents to President Obama’s healthcare reform plan have circulated a number of serious lies and gross distortions about the UK’s National Health Service to defend their own interests and scupper the plans that will help the 47 million Americans currently without healthcare cover  more > 

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