Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 5, 2008 10:42:43 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

« Back to the grid | Next story »

US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

Posted May 24, 08 10:07 AM CDT in Business 

(Newser) – Workers from the US and UK are close to joining forces in what would be the first trans-Atlantic labor union, the Wall Street Journal reports. United Steelworkers is in talks with Britain’s Unite to create a 3-million-member group that would act as a single union in the US, Canada, Britain, and Ireland, fighting for workers’ interests amid multi-national companies.

“Now we've got globalization running rampant over workers all over the world, and there's not a counterforce in the labor movement,” said the president of United Steelworkers, made up of 850,000 workers from a variety of industries. A labor expert said while the move wouldn’t “fundamentally change the dynamics” of the union world, “having a presence in the UK will enable (the Steelworkers) to perhaps exert more economic power.”

Source Wall Street Journal

0 comments | Print E-mail | Digg Seed this on Newsvine Add this link to Del.icio.us StumbleUpon

Related Newser Stories

  • Tube Strike Cripples London

    Sep 4, 07 10:14 AM CDT
    Tube Strike Cripples London A transit strike has shut down almost all of London's Underground subway system and has left commuters scrambling for alternate transportation. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union hopes to resolve a pension dispute today, the Times of London reports, but the city remains crippled, with service on 10 of 12 Tube lines suspended. More »

  • For Blair, Iraq Was No Anomaly

    May 11, 07 2:59 PM CDT
    For Blair, Iraq Was No Anomaly As Tony Blair prepares his exit from No. 10, the British left is already eulogizing the PM as a good man consigned by circumstance to a bad war. Not so, says David Brooks: The crux of Blair's political philosophy was a radical, religious communitarianism, which sired both his leftist leanings domestically, and a genuinely felt interventionism in Iraq. More »

In this April 23, 2007 file photo, a child flies a kite near the AK Steel plant in Middletown, Ohio.   (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
John Edwards accepts the endorsement of the Nevada United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Nevada United Steelworkers in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007.   (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Steelworkers listen to speeches from union leaders and politicians after the last shift at the TrentonWorks plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Friday, May 4 2007.   (AP Photo/CP, Andrew Vaughan)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Our editors also recommend:

Threads (1 of 3)

Tags

Great Britain  • globalization  • labor unions  • United Steelworkers


Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

Today's Most Popular


Other Business Stories

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »