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Voters back same-sex marriage

Voters back same-sex marriage | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
YouGov President, Peter Kellner, latest commentary on how most voters back a change in the law
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New Era for Labor: Creative Defiance From the Factory to the Street

New Era for Labor: Creative Defiance From the Factory to the Street | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Wages arel at rock bottom while unemployment remains high. No wonder people are embracing new tactics.
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Global laws needed to safeguard rights of factory workers

Global laws needed to safeguard rights of factory workers | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
It’s been almost a month since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, resulting in the deaths of 1100 garment workers.Some significant responses from business and governments have…...
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage

Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
A gay couple who were beaten by a gang of youths in a suspected homphobic robbery last weekend – leaving one with head injuries – have urged politicians to moderate their language when debating same-sex marriage.
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What is the Church doing about Cardinal O'Brien?

What is the Church doing about Cardinal O'Brien? | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
This is not the time for Catholics to circle the wagon
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Post-Election Report: 2013 Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections

Post-Election Report: 2013 Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
We are pleased to continue our series of Election Reports with the following post-election report of last week's Bulgarian parliamentary elections from political scientists Petia Kostadinova and Ma...
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Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Labour-run Scots council threatens families with losing their homes

Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Labour-run Scots council threatens families with losing their homes | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
OUTRAGE as council uses strong-arm tactics to enforce hated Con-Dem policy on hard-up householders who have been forced into arrears.
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Barack Obama under pressure as Guantanamo hunger strike passes 100th day

Barack Obama under pressure as Guantanamo hunger strike passes 100th day | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
The hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay passes the 100-day mark as a lawyer for some of the men voices concerns they will die in detention.
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British-sponsored surveys show resentment of drone attacks

British-sponsored surveys show resentment of drone attacks | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
British-sponsored surveys show how unpopular are the U.S.-led drone attacks in Pakistan.
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JOBCENTRES ISSUE VOUCHERS FOR FOOD BANKS WITH NO FOOD.

TOTTENHAM RESIDENTS’ INCOMES ARE STOPPED; THEY ARE FORCED INTO HOPELESS DEBT, AND JOBCENTRES ISSUE VOUCHERS FOR FOOD BANKS WITH NO FOOD.

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GFTU100: Trade unionists pass major motions on Manufacturing renewel

GFTU100: Trade unionists pass major motions on Manufacturing renewel | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
GFTU members unanimously backed three motions on manufacturing re-newel today, challenging the government to offer real solutions to the economic woes. Manufacturing should be put at the centre of ...
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100,000 march in Rome to demand jobs programme

Trade unions led a 100,000-strong march through the heart of Rome on Saturday to press the new government for measures to spur job creation

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UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs, hostels and shelters

UK spends £2bn housing homeless in B&Bs, hostels and shelters | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Rising private rents, lack of affordable housing, benefit cuts and low levels of home-building force costly short-term solution, investigation finds
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Trade union leaders must team up to fight Coalition cuts, warns PCS leader

Trade union leaders must team up to fight Coalition cuts, warns PCS leader | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Mark Serwotka will criticise the “entrenched defeatism” of some who say co-ordinated industrial action “cannot change anything”
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Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel's Neoliberal Savagery

Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel's Neoliberal Savagery | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attempt to close 54 public schools is one more example of a neoliberal system at work.
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UKIP just two points behind the Tories in new poll

UKIP just two points behind the Tories in new poll | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Support for UKIP surges to a record high of 22 per cent in the latest Survation poll, with the Tories down five points to 24 per cent.
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University Solidarity Russia

University Solidarity Russia | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Support a new trade union of higher education staff
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Covert Israeli Forces Inside Syria Within Rebel Ranks? Israeli Military Vehicle Seized: Report

Covert Israeli Forces Inside Syria Within Rebel Ranks? Israeli Military Vehicle Seized: Report | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it

Media sources confirm the seizure of an Israeli military vehicle in Al Qseir inside Syrian territory, pointing to the presence of covert Israeli forces operating within the ranks of  “opposition” rebel forces. 

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Rail staff vote for strike action

Northern Rail staff vote in favour of strike action over the company's use of sub-contractors for station work.
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Rare laborers' strike over pay in UAE enters second day, as GCC looks on

Rare laborers' strike over pay in UAE enters second day, as GCC looks on | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Rare laborers' strike over pay in UAE enters second day, as GCC looks on Thousands of workers employed by one of the UAE’s largest construction companies are on strike for a second day, complaining of...
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Nazi international activity: The Greek NSBM band Der Stürmer to play in London

The notorious Greek National Socialist Black Metal band Der Stürmer is going to play a gig in London on the 8th of June.
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Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video

Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions.

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This is Not a Recession it's a Robbery!

This is Not a Recession it's a Robbery! | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
The artist taxi driver takes to the road interviewing people suffering from the current policies.
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GFTU 100: Youth take centre stage

GFTU 100: Youth take centre stage | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
“If we don’t fight – what we risk losing is so great.” “We will lose our NHS, our welfare state and employment rights we have fought so hard for.” “When I was 13 I was diagnosed with autism – if it...
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Farage's Scotland's Visit Ukip's 'Pish' Mocked In Scots Ballad

Farage's Scotland's Visit Ukip's 'Pish' Mocked In Scots Ballad | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
One of the musicians who runs a singing club in Canons' Gait, the pub in which Nigel Farage was locked after being mobbed by angry protesters in Edinburgh, has penned a ballad about the furore.
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