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he is a yorkshireman, a former trade union organiser and a committed corbyn loyalist.past where it has appeared that the scottish labour party has looked to pick fights with jeremy corbyn. i won't be doing that. we can't afford the luxury of splits and divisions, we need to work together, and i am determined that the scottish labour party, from whom today i have received a mandate, will be working closely and in step withjeremy corbyn and the entire labour party. anas sarwar was the more moderate candidate in what was a fractious race. i think it is obvious to see at times this campaign has been conducted in the most comradely way. i would hope we can come together as a labour party now and focus on the real opponents — that is the snp and the tories. the labour party are facing a substantial challenge in scotland. they are in third place behind the snp and the tories. they are going to have to fight hard to even regain their place as the official opposition in the scottish parliament. and they are going to have to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever

one thing missing from this conversation i think is the role in which our trade union branch can workcognition for a lot of years. they can play an important role in making sure staff — — can play an important role in making sure staff —— staff's voices can be heard, and they can support people who are trying to seekjustice right the way through that process. where do you think we now are in this whole controversy? there have been a growing number of women coming forward , growing number of women coming forward, that have been comparisons drawn with the expenses scandal. do you think we are now on the cusp of a similar scandal you think we are now on the cusp of a similarscandal in you think we are now on the cusp of a similar scandal in terms of sexual misconduct at westminster?” a similar scandal in terms of sexual misconduct at westminster? i take every party has to put its house in order, but also westminster has to put the arrangements in place and a reasonable period of time. this cannot roll on indefinitely. but i think the importance is also that westminster has to be a 20th c

mr leonard, who's backed by most trade unions, replaces kezia dugdale who resigned in august.victory speech, he called for "a vision for the future — and a vision for hope again." our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. applause. electing richard leonard as their leader marks a left turn for the scottish labour party. he says his victory means they will now follow a more radical agenda. there is now a settled consensus established around a radical policy agenda for the scottish labour party of extending public ownership, tackling inequality and poverty, a more progressive taxation system. applause. hello, ben, it's richard leonard... richard leonard was only elected to the scottish parliament last year. he is a yorkshireman who has spent his adult life working in scotland as a trades union organiser and he is a committed corbyn loyalist. there are times in the past where it has appeared that the scottish labour party has looked to pick fights with jeremy corbyn. i certainly will not be doing that. we cannot afford the luxury of splits and divisions. we need to work together

some of the three biggest trade unions him. called on their members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france. we're seeing along the street where this profound them is not just rocks on the street from around the trees and actually. it was seemed to be very targeted very angry stopping the crowds and in fact when they saw that we were trying to film that she blocked our camera and threatened us and said you know you not allowed to film us doing this because they concerned about the police being able to work out what their identity is well apart from that we've been speaking to some of the protesters about what this protest was really about because it will get at this thing that the way mccrone passed the law by executive order is an attack of democracy one that this could happen where very angry because this law is not for employees they simply lose all of their rights. even micro wants to liberalize optimize and destroy all the security of workers he wants labor costs to b

the trade union movement to have services provided by union, paid for by [indiscernible] regrettably,t is, mr. speaker. one of the services is trading away the penalty rights. cats are they get paid for, mr. speaker. example after example. hundreds of thousands of dollars. awu by employers when the leader of the opposition was the secretary. mr. speaker, one payment after , that really worked out well for the numbers, didn't it? is a long listal and one payment after another was found by the royal commission to have no benefit for members and indeed to compromise the interest of the members because it compromise the ability of the union to represent them. what we have done is part legislation to prevent those corrupt payments made, to prevent sigrid payments -- secret payments being made. they hated it. worse than allowing members to know when the employer was actually paying money to their union. that what senator standardsdone is the of integrity are applied to the union movement. that is what she has done. [indiscernible] out trading away from employers. end becauseng to an of legi

over to france where thousands of students on trade union members have been marching in cities across the country crowds voice their anger of a president labor reforms in the capital he's got the latest on the almost four. well what we have a thousands of people who have decided to join this small watch which as you say was set up by the trade unions some of the three biggest trade unions in france call the no members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france what we're finding from people is that they're incredibly angry about what they describe as being the liberal reforms of missed the mark on the mr michael has made changes to the code to define the term via this is the working code in france and he signed those into power using simic stream powers just a few months back but just want to bring you up to date with some of the latest that we've seen a nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops tha

some of the three biggest trade unions in frogs call the no members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france what we're finding from people is that they're incredibly angry about what they describe as being the liberal reforms of mr merkel know mr merkel has made changes to the code or to find a job this is the working code in france and he signed those into power using simic stream her is just a few months back but just want to bring you up to date with some of the latest that we've seen a nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen a small group of individuals taking part in this protest trying to break and smash what they're using around them is not just rocks on the street but it's when you take a look down here these are the great they're pulling up from around the trees and they've actually been trying to use those to ram into the shops to cool some of this damage this is a sm

some of the three biggest trade unions in france called on their members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france. and nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen a small group of individuals taking part in this protest into the shops to cool some of this damage. and destroy all the security of workers he wants labor cost to be at a minimum and we're here to denounce this policy which is not in the interests of workers. the people here are hopeful that the fact that the code to survive and the fact that although much has signed this and given his of still needs to be debated by the parliament here in france and they're hoping that by holding protests like this by showing how many people are unhappy and concerned about these changes that they might be able to get parliamentarians in france to change their mind. british school teacher suspended for praising his students sutcliffe congr

s public and commercial services trade union on the green outside the palace of westminster. representing one hundred eighty thousand workers around the country now is mark so walk of the p.c.s. union mark thanks so much for coming out on the green before we get to the main points of the budget driverless cars and some p.c.'s are involved in the actual disputes of the paying good dish the driving instructors your members yes we have industrial action backed by eighty four percent of our members who are driving instructors examiners and that's because the new driving test is being introduced in a way that we think a reduces our members terms and conditions and b. raises serious health and safety questions so currently on the day the new test is due to be launched our members will be taking industrial action unless the government instructs its officials to recommence negotiations in the next few days now already the childs of of how and it signals of this public paying sector cap was over anyway so what are you complaining about while i think this has to be the most underwhelmin

from the german trade union confederation thank you so much for being here thank you. well there are more problems brewing in the e.u. also between economically equal states foreign companies that do business in france for example now facing creasing bureaucratic hurdles they were put in place by the french government under president manuel call the new red tape appears to be a clear move to protect the french labor market rather than improving business relations with the european union german companies are up in arms. french president a man who likes to be seen as a passionate european. as. if you believe in europe you have to believe in it. and that means you have to stick to certain rules. for his fellows is also steadfastly pro european but he's disappointed in the german businessman sells enclosures for swimming pools his company is located near the border with france where he exports a quarter of his production. however he's very disappointed about a law that moscow spearheaded during his tenure as france's economy minister because of it says now has to wait week

the biggest trade unions are problems called on their members for day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france. a nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a chance for western union shops and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen this small group of individuals taking part in this protest trying to break and smash what they're using around them is not just rocks on the street but it's when you take a look down here these are the great they're pulling up from around the trees and they've actually been trying to use this to ram into the shops to cool some of this damage. it was seemed to be very targeted very angry stopping the crowds and in fact when they saw that we were trying to film they actually blocked our camera and threatened us and said you know you're not allowed to film us doing this because they concerned about the police being able to work out what their identity is well apart from that we've been speaking to some of the protesters about what this

the former trade union organiser richard leonard is elected the new leader of scottish labour.t me out of here. tributes have been paid to captain mike green, a helicopter instructor who died when the helicopter he was in collided with a light aircraft on friday in buckinghamshire. three other men were killed in the crash.

now i rather complex labor scheme let's break it down a bit with your empathy from the german trade union confederation there he consults for a project called family billet t. and as i understand it correctly it basically wants to enforce fair wages and working conditions for migrant workers from central and eastern european countries on the german labor market so you're the expert perhaps you can just briefly explain to us i mean what is the problem you have an open free e.u. single market with freedom of movement and you've got the post of what is king yeah the posting of workers is of course one form of employment quite popular now in the u. and it means that people are still working for their foreign employer a let's say from an eastern european country they still have their own labor contract there but they are sent to germany to work for a certain period of time and here the minimum conditions have to be guaranteed but everything else is still. based on the foreign conditions and the foreign labor law so so who benefits from that scheme right now as it is it depends i think sometime

becoming clear to investors just how difficult the battle ahead is between management and the trade unions so thousands of workers came out to protest today more protests are planned next week and there's a little sign that the resistance is going to fade anytime soon but they know that a compromise has to be found with the trade unions they do get a say in the strategic direction of the company especially because they sit on the supervisory board so they're a bit worried now because i'm obviously the opposition is fierce and the scale of this restructure is massive this is something that could tie up siemens for years now it could also impede the ongoing efforts of chief executive a joke asr and his efforts to turn the unwieldy conglomerate into a smaller more focused one that's more so you've got more suited to the needs of industrial digitalisation so a mixed bag for investors here in frankfurt all right general de mello in frankfurt thank you so much for. the controversial keystone pipeline has leaked spilling over eight hundred thousand liters of oil on farmland in south dakota keysto

some of the three biggest trade unions in france cooled on their members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france what we're finding from people is that they're incredibly angry about what they describe as being the liberal reforms of mr mack on the mr michael has made changes to the code to define and to violate this is the working code in france and he signed those into power using some extreme power is just a few months back now this is one of the protests what they're hoping to do is change the mind of part of the terry and we'll have to debate those changes coming to the end of november before it will actually become part of the law in front of people say they're unhappy about these changes they say it will mean one hundred twenty thousand jobs being lost in the civil service this will see the rouge of workers' rights where is mr mack on and his government say that these changes are needed to make france competitive in the world but for the moment a couple thousand people on the streets of paris and people taking part in prot

evening where it's just turned nine o'clock here in moscow in our top story thousands of students and trade union members have marched in cities across france today protesters were voicing their anger over president micron's labor reforms the changes were signed into law in september and are widely seen as eroding workers' rights and handing more power to employers in paris some demonstrators vandalized buildings from their charlotte dubinsky reports thousands of people turned out to the streets in paris to voice their concern. gates president nikon's. plans to change the working conditions here in france around forty five thousand people here on the streets of the capital and there were other demonstrations on this national day of action that was called by some of the biggest unions in france they worried about what they say the erosion of working whites would be under this new directive by mr mack gone and they say that one hundred twenty thousand jobs are at risk now like many of the protests we see here in paris this protest was no different in the sense that it was actually marred by a small

so i want to thank all of those thousands of labour party members and supporters, including trade union over the last nine weeks... ‘s have participated in the democracy of the labour party, your participation is the sign of our great strength as a party and a movement. and whoever, whoever you voted for we are one party, we are one movement and we stand together. applause and that is way i particularly want to thank my friend, my comrade anas. applause for the way he has sought to move this debate about leadership on to the debate about ideas. so that there is now a settled consensus, established around a radical policy agenda for the scottish labour party, of extending public ownership, of tackling inequality in poverty, a more progressive taxation system. applause and a redistribution and of a redistribution of power as well which will form the basis for our unity and going forward, if lord ‘s direction in which anas will have a vital role to play. applause ——a applause —— a forward direction. i also want to thank brian roy and all the labour party stuff but the way in which they hav

warehouses across the country the industrial action was organized to coincide with black friday german trade union verde says amazon employees receive lower wages than workers in comparable drops the retail giant insists the strike will not affect deliveries. another day another japanese company owning up to the fact that it has falsified data on its products often miss subaru and kobe steel now mitsubishi materials has admitted it lied to its customers the company's stock plunged by over ten percent on the news. rubber seals and gaskets found in planes but also nuclear power plants the safety of parts like these is no one question mitsubishi material says subsidiaries falsified data about product characteristics a string of similar violations has already shaken several other japanese industrial giants regulators are angry. that it does misconduct or betrayals of trust in japanese manufacturing the ministry urges the entire manufacturing industry to prevent such materials. but the reasons for such betrayals of trust are anchor deef the heads of kobe steel the first company to admit fault were cont

math thousands of students and trade union members have been marching in cities across france protesters are voicing their anger over president my crohn's labor reforms and the changes were signed into law in september and are widely seen as a raiding workers' rights and handing power to employees in paris demonstrators have vandalized buildings there were let's get the latest from there too because charlotte devinsky joins us from the french capital charlotte good evening to you plenty of demonstrations throughout the day although things do seem to be calming down a bit now. yes that's right. thousands of people turned out to the streets here in paris to voice their concerns and their anger against president khan's plans to change the working conditions here in france around forty five thousand people here on the streets of the capital and there were other demonstrations on this national day of action that was called by some of the biggest unions in france they worried about what they say the erosion of working whites would be under this new directive by mr and they say that one hundred

former trade union organiser richard leonard is elected the new leader of scottish labour, taking overfrom kezia dugdale, who makes her debut tomorrow on cup back —— i'm a celebrity get me out of here. a light helicopter —— aircraft has collided with a helicopter in bucks. one of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. and tributes for the co—founder of the australian rock group ac/dc, malcolm young. he died at the age of 64. time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening: england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby union's autumn internationals. north london bragging rights go to arsenal — as arsene wenger‘s side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. ruling the race to dubai — justin rose is ahead in the desert but tommy fleetwood is still in the chase. also coming up in the programme... it wasn't perfect. head coach trevor bayliss on a difficult day for england's bowlers in theirfinal warm—up

and first it has to be said that trade unions tend to have a lot of sway in german companies because that they make up half of the supervisory board that off makes a strategic decisions for the company but of course investors are certainly seeing the scale of the restructure and the amount of pushback expected from the workers that mean that this could drag on for years they do know however that it's part and parcel of chief executive joe kayser his plan to streamline the company and make it smaller and more adaptable and move it away from an unwieldy call that is stock in obsolete industries the board was even saying yesterday that this decision was years in the making art will stay with us because we're going to speak to you again in a moment's time but first electric cars make a test that has been rattled by sliding profits and missed production targets lately but you know stopping the company from planning future products test the now unveiled a prototype electric big rig trucks you know mosques saying that the heavy duty vehicle can go up to eight hundred kilometers at highway s

trade union representative say the massive layoffs and closures clearly violated agreements made with management and they intend to continue fighting the cuts in the upcoming days. suddenly electric cars are all the rage folks wagon wants to put eighty new models on the market over the next five years it hopes to become world leader with the surge and the car makers allocating far more funding for the venture than industry observers had expected. the automobile is being reinvented we're investing the required capital for that out of our own resources by the end of twenty twenty two we'll have put thirty four billion euros into developing electra mobility developing autonomous driving. going from the norm if on. the main focus will be on china by twenty nineteen china wants ten percent of all new registrations there to be e-cards to cash in on that bonanza a company has to be able to deliver the w. had previously announced that it would earmark ten billion euros for china alone. folks logons new strategy comes with risks though it's still not yet clear if he cars really are the future

on the path the democratic chile has built which is secured many advances to large sectors like trade unions communities a middle class upper affectional class for education for health. but away from the rallies on the streets of santiago you wouldn't guess there's an election happening the campaign posters don't exactly take pride of place here political scandals and slow progress with passion that's reforms have contributed to growing voter apathy and with voting no longer compulsory many say they simply won't bother. i don't know i'm a lucky bites but i'm not going to say if i do cast my vote i'm going to scratch the whole ballot shapes because i don't feel like voting for anyone you know no i won't bite because i don't identify with any candidate that i'm going to. a lower voter turnout would likely benefit piñera as in twenty ten chillies political pendulum looks like it will swing to the right. would like to return now to our top story and a zimbabwe's ruling zanu p.f. party has sacked. robert mugabe as party head for the very latest we're joined now by d.w. correspondent privileging f

the plans means that siemens could be stuck in a holding pattern for a few years at least the trade unions of course have a lot of power in germany because they sit on the supervisory boards that wave three major strategic decisions and they're clearly not going to make this easy ok and i do my loan in frankfurt thank you so much. that's your business update. mesmerising mountains. conrad hanka is fascinated by their beauty. for months he retires to his studio on a glacier to create. speired by his icy parents around. here romance next on d w. d w true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on top of that i've been going there you know. they're with us our innovations magazine for asia. every week and always looking to the future on d w dot com science and research for asia. eighth dude high tans of thousands of fans for their mega life sets. a mood it's just a really beautiful moment that you're able to share with people. with a cloak of more air miles than some pilots. like entendre every man with us now getting all. three german d.j. superstars can't get any

and that's it, it's the old boys club, and it can bejust as much an old boys club in a trade union backgroundrty meetings as it is for older tony and is. it is suggesting that rosie winterton queried the appointment when he was made, when mr hopkins was made shadow culture secretary. and that is the point, a lot of women feel like when they have raised these things and said, hang on, then they don't get listen to, and maybe finally we are going to start listening. and what you think about this argument where they say, we didn't know. in any other workplace, it is common sense, isn't it? and you know you've done something wrong, because a lot of this is just, it was just a bit of banter. maybe people don't want to know. just, it was just a bit of banter. maybe people don't want to knowm is an easier life not knowing. and i think that is what we are going to find out, the lot of people had heard rumours. but to be fair, hearing a rumour about something is not the same as knowing it. and some of these allegations, we have all seen versions of the list, some of the things on that list work and is