USi news update 27 February 2013
Channel: Union Solidarity International
Date: 2013-02-27

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We speak about the latest happenings in Greece, including an update on the documentary we are supporting, the occupation of the Vio.Me factory and the Metropolis Stores workers who lost their jobs while their owner lives the high life at Eurovision.

The Nestle chairman claims that water isn't a human right, but you can tell him otherwise by signing a petition at http://www.right2water.eu/.

There is an update from our India campaign which is doing well - workers are being organised into unions for the first time, and are winning substantial pay rises.

Britain's AAA credit rating has been downgraded, showing that austerity is a failure even by the flawed metrics set by the Tories. And Italian voters - in a confusing result - have rejected austerity and the political establishment.

This accords with what all the economists we've spoken to recently have been saying, so if you haven't already done so, go check out our recent web conferences.

Now is the time to be raising our voices and articulating the alternative clearly: we need a new deal with investment in infrastructure and targeted at creating employment for the groups most heavily hit by the recession: young people and women.