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When David Siegel, chairman of Gate Gourmet, attempted to smear the workers his company sacked by megaphone as "these militants, these radicals" (most of them are middle-aged Asian women), his remarks exposed all too clearly the fear and loathing widely felt by employers towards their employees. The slur merely emphasised the dignity displayed by the trade unionists involved, and pointed to how collective action can force ruthless employers on to the defensive. If Brits want something to be proud of, they need only look to the protesters on Beacon Hill, near Heathrow. Sadly, the reasons for the protest are things of which Britain should be far from proud - anti-trade union laws and a "flexible" labour market that enable business to behave in a way that wouldn't have seemed out of place in Victorian England. [read more]

Lost voice of the shop floor
Paul Routledge on the quiet in Westminster
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The view from outside
Kevin Maguire on breakaways
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Workers of the EU, unite!
Nina Fishman on Europe
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A beady eye on Blair
Francis Beckett on John Monks
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The great divide
Harold Meyerson on America's split
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Interview - Andy Stern
Having forced a split between America's unions, he wants to start building global ones. Ellie Levenson talks to a man with grand plans for the labour movement
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Trouble brewing in the canteen
Tom Wall on fair trade
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Does anybody out there want me?
Ellie Levenson on joining up
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