UNITE – TRANSATLANTIC LINK WIDELY REPORTED.
The coverage was widespread, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the majority of articles were little more than topped and tailed versions of the press release.
Maybe the output from the Merger Exploration Committee will cause more fluttering in the dovecotes of capital.
When the proposed three way merger of Amicus, the TGWU and the GMB was first proposed the UK press response veered between –“This is a threat to civilisation as we know it” and “dinosaurs huddling together for warmth can’t avoid extinction”: and thereafter was preoccupied with the possible effects on the Labour Party.
Below are tasters of, and links to, some of the more significant reports
scrippsnews
The move might be one of many in labor history in which unions have re-aligned themselves to follow changing business practices, said Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
"The structure of labor unions has to, in some ways, follow the structure of capital," he said, noting that in the 1930s labor reorganized from craft unions to industrial unions following changes in the automobile and manufacturing industries during the industrial revolution.
SooToday
Ken Neumann, USW national director for Canada, said the document signed at the National Policy Conference was a historic moment for the 600 delegates representing USW members across Canada.
“Our union has never been satisfied with limiting our reach exclusively to Canada. And we are more than an international union. We are a global network of workers and their organizations.”
dailypress
The unions signed a formal agreement Wednesday to begin studying the legal frameworks of constitutions, rules and structures of the current unions to come up with a formal merger plan that would eventually be voted on by members of each union on either side of the ocean.
Though the combination is touted as a merger of equals, it's still unclear where the union would be based or how it would be structured in terms of leadership, or how it would coordinate such things as dues, negotiating contracts and running strikes.
timesonline
Although sympathetic strike action across nations would be illegal, a merged international union would nevertheless be able to exert a global influence.
Guardian
The talks, announced simultaneously in Ottawa and London, aim to conclude negotiations within a year - and include a commitment to approach unions in Germany and Australia to see if they will join.
TheRegister
A global movement might be more attainable in the USW's home industries: steel, mining, forestry and related. It already has strategic alliances in Australia, Brazil, and Mexico.
DailyKos
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Maybe the output from the Merger Exploration Committee will cause more fluttering in the dovecotes of capital.
When the proposed three way merger of Amicus, the TGWU and the GMB was first proposed the UK press response veered between –“This is a threat to civilisation as we know it” and “dinosaurs huddling together for warmth can’t avoid extinction”: and thereafter was preoccupied with the possible effects on the Labour Party.
Below are tasters of, and links to, some of the more significant reports
scrippsnews
The move might be one of many in labor history in which unions have re-aligned themselves to follow changing business practices, said Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
"The structure of labor unions has to, in some ways, follow the structure of capital," he said, noting that in the 1930s labor reorganized from craft unions to industrial unions following changes in the automobile and manufacturing industries during the industrial revolution.
SooToday
Ken Neumann, USW national director for Canada, said the document signed at the National Policy Conference was a historic moment for the 600 delegates representing USW members across Canada.
“Our union has never been satisfied with limiting our reach exclusively to Canada. And we are more than an international union. We are a global network of workers and their organizations.”
dailypress
The unions signed a formal agreement Wednesday to begin studying the legal frameworks of constitutions, rules and structures of the current unions to come up with a formal merger plan that would eventually be voted on by members of each union on either side of the ocean.
Though the combination is touted as a merger of equals, it's still unclear where the union would be based or how it would be structured in terms of leadership, or how it would coordinate such things as dues, negotiating contracts and running strikes.
timesonline
Although sympathetic strike action across nations would be illegal, a merged international union would nevertheless be able to exert a global influence.
Guardian
The talks, announced simultaneously in Ottawa and London, aim to conclude negotiations within a year - and include a commitment to approach unions in Germany and Australia to see if they will join.
TheRegister
A global movement might be more attainable in the USW's home industries: steel, mining, forestry and related. It already has strategic alliances in Australia, Brazil, and Mexico.
DailyKos
This entry elicited 21 comments- [on a huge site -Nearly 500,000 people visit the DailyKos every day.]
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