Unite and USW create first global trade union


	Unite and USW create first global trade union

RayWatkins

7-7-2008 12:02 PM

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2 July 2008

For further information about Workers Uniting please visit: www.workersuniting.org

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/90858f24-4372-4ebf-bd15-43cf2bf172ec/C590B0BA-8287-4AB9-A73F-638367E35A00/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690" href="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690" style="font-size: 11px;">www.amicustheunion.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690"><P class="MsoNormal">Unite, the UK’s biggest union and the USW, the
largest private sector union in the USA and Canada, will today, (2
July) sign an agreement creating the first global union.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690"><P class="MsoNormal">The union, to be called Workers Uniting, will
represent three million working people from every industrial sector
in Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada and the Caribbean.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690"><P class="MsoNormal">The agreement to form a global union was
initiated by the leaders of the two unions in response to the
challenges of Globalisation. In particular, the casualisation of
employment and reductions in pay and conditions for millions of
working people in North America and Europe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=8690"><P class="MsoNormal">A year in the making, the agreement will lead
to the synchronisation of collective bargaining in companies with
operations on both sides of the Atlantic. It will also enable joint
political campaigning. Unite is the Labour Party’s biggest
affiliate and donor and the USW is a major contributor to and
supporter of the Democrats in America and the <EM>New Democrats in
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