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US stands on the brink of a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump takes on America’s ...

The Conversation 27 Mar 2025
Barely two months into his presidency, Donald Trump is demonstrating increasing frustration as trade unions, civil rights organisations and states attorneys general challenge the implementation of his ...
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HRCP, civil society urge govt to immediately address ‘human rights crises’ afflicting country

Dawn 27 Mar 2025
Meanwhile, National Trade Union Federation Secretary General Nasir Mansoor said a “red line” had been crossed in how Baloch protesters and women were now being “treated by the authorities in response ...
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The unexploded bombs facing Rachel Reeves in her battle with the OBR

The Daily Telegraph 26 Mar 2025
But unions have warned that any attempt to water down the Bill would be tantamount to betrayal. Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, which represents millions of workers, says ... One senior union source says.
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Holyrood block grant to be cut as a result of Reeves’s welfare changes – Robison

AOL 26 Mar 2025
Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, claimed the Chancellor had “rushed through deeply damaging cuts to support for disabled people”. She added ... “However, the Chancellor had choices.
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Let’s overhaul Ghana’s natural resource contracts to get maximum benefits – IEA

Ghana Business News 25 Mar 2025
“Maximising the benefits from Ghana’s natural resources.” ... Dr Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, the Deputy Secretary General, Trades Union Congress (TUC), urged the government to take bold steps to review all laws and contracts in favour of the country ... Source ... ....
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David Williams obituary

The Guardian 24 Mar 2025
... general secretary of the Confederation of Health Service Employees (Cohse, now part of Unison) trade union from 1983 until 1987.
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My VERY surreal day with Britain's bravest double agent - the ex-KGB colonel who saved ...

The Daily Mail 24 Mar 2025
They were the usual suspects – trade unionists (he visited the home of former Transport and General Workers’ Union leader Jack Jones on a number of occasions), Labour MPs, an adviser to the Labour ...
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MPs push to replace expats with Bahrainis in low-skilled jobs within five years

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain 23 Mar 2025
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions has welcomed the plan, saying that expatriates have crowded out Bahrainis in non-specialised roles for too long, worsening joblessness among locals.
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Bernie Sanders, AOC rally crowd of 30,000 in Denver’s Civic Center

Denver Post 22 Mar 2025
The crowd erupted in cheers when Jimmy Williams, general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, said he had a message for the Democratic Party.
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Thousands of jobs at risk in shake-up of English councils, Unison warns

The Guardian 20 Mar 2025
... at risk in a shake-up of local government, the country’s biggest trade union has warned.
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Finance Minister aims for crucial tax reform decisions by autumn

Philenews 20 Mar 2025
... and Industry, the Minister of Labour and Social Insurance, and the Directorate General for Development, alongside employer organisations OEB and KEBE, and trade unions PASYDY, SEK, PEO and DEOK.
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Has Labour bungled welfare reform?

New Statesman 20 Mar 2025
But the general trend will be fewer people receiving less ... Voters are more sympathetic to welfare claimants, trade unions, and a general leftist approach to policy than they were in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis ... Here is the conundrum.
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Remembering Dedicated Communist Indrajit Gupta On His 106th Birth Anniversary

The Arabian Post 19 Mar 2025
An active trade unionist, Gupta had earlier been General Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress during 1980–90 ... and Deb Kumar Ganguly, then a leader of World Federation of Trade Unions.
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