Tony Burke

Tony Burke is President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions; a former assistant general secretary of Unite; Trade Union co-ordinator for the Morning Star newspaper; and chair of the Campaign For Trade Union Freedom. He is a contributing editor of Left Foot Forward blogging on trade, international issues, and workers’ and union rights. As well as LFF, he contributes to the Morning Star, Campaign For Trade Union Freedom website, and his own Power In A Union site.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Burke

Labor

After Big Three gains, UAW wants to organize foreign-owned U.S. auto plants next
December 4, 2023 By Tony Burke
UAW points out that these companies recognize unions in their home countries, so why not at their U.S. factories?
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Labor

Tesla: Elon Musk tries to crush Swedish workers
November 29, 2023 By Tony Burke
In an enormous nationwide fightback even Swedish postal workers refuse to deliver mail to Tesla Sweden.
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Opinion

Trump plays friend to workers on trade while pursuing privatization
March 13, 2017 By Tony Burke
U.S. unions face a dilemma: how to work with a president who’s avowedly anti-union and yet is pursuing some of their aims, like re-negotiating NAFTA?
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Tony Burke

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Burke

After Big Three gains, UAW wants to organize foreign-owned U.S. auto plants next

Tesla: Elon Musk tries to crush Swedish workers

Trump plays friend to workers on trade while pursuing privatization