Tag: trade unions
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Trade Unions are vital partners abroad as well as at home
There can’t be many Labour blogs today that aren’t discussing the relationship between trade unions and the Labour Party. Much of this espouses the vital role that unions play in this country, supporting members at work. However the role of trade unions is not something that springs to mind when you think of international development.
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TUC marks International Women’s Day with celebratory dinner
The Trade Union Congress marked the 100th International Women’s Day with a celebration of women through music, poetry, comedy and speech. Speakers included Frances O’Grady, Maria Eagle, Bonnie Greer and Hariyatu Bangura, an inspirational women’s leader for the Western Region of Sierra Leone Teacher’s Union. The evening jumped between hip hop, soul, poetry, an ironing
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Trade Unions and Haiti
Trade unions have played a highly valuable and multifaceted role in Haiti. In many ways the nature of the response by trade unions, not only in the region but around the world and within the UK illustrates the valuable role they can play in international development. While recent newspaper reports, notably in the Times, have
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Allegations on TUC’s development role without foundation
Posted on Left Foot Forward on Friday A slew of recent articles seek to undermine the important and justifiable role for the Trades Union Congress in delivering development policy. On Monday, The Times reported that “The Government is giving the Trades Union Congress millions of pounds from its foreign aid budget to pay for the education
Labour Campaign for International Development 