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California Nurses a Royal Pain for Billionaire Candidate
When billionaire Meg Whitman, who has never held any political office and seldom even bothers to vote, decided to use her personal fortune to run for California’s highest office, the California Nurses Association challenged her with political satire.
Lead image: Lead image caption: When billionaire Meg Whitman, who has never held any political office, decided to use her personal fortune to run for California’s highest office, the California Nurses Association dispatched "Queen Meg" to mock her enormous wealth and destructive agenda. Photo: CNA.Telecom Setbacks Debated at CWA Convention
A pair of contentious resolutions marked the Communications Workers convention in the capital this week. One highlighted widespread discontent among local leaders and activists over fragmented bargaining and concessions in telecommunications bargaining last year, and the other shifted conventions from every year to every two, reflecting the union’s financial troubles.
South Africa: Labor Union Representing 210,000 South African State Workers Begins Strike
Turkey: Workers protest union-busting sackings by UPS
Bangladesh: Workers’ organization stripped of legal status, staff detained and beaten
Settlement Reached in Two-Year Feud between SEIU and UNITE HERE
After nearly two years of warfare and legal wrangling, the hotel workers (UNITE HERE) and service workers (SEIU) announced on Monday an end to their bitter dispute. The deal promises to end hostilities that broke into the open when former UNITE HERE President Bruce Raynor organized a faction within the union to split from UNITE HERE and join SEIU.
GM Seeks to Cut Wages in Half at Indianapolis Factory
GM stamping plant workers in Indianapolis have told the company they won’t cut their wages in half, even when threatened with a shutdown. A prospective buyer of the 650-worker factory has indicated he wants United Auto Workers members to drop from $29 an hour to $14.65.
Mexico: Grupo México’s Infamous Safety Legacy Lives on at Cananea
Honduras: Nike pays $1.5 million to relief fund for laid-off workers
USA: SEIU, Workers United and UNITE HERE settle disputes
Iraq: Trade Unions Banned in the Electricity Sector
Cambodia: Striking garment workers battle police
Iraq: Trade Unions Banned in the Electricity Sector
According to the information received by the ITUC, the Ministerial Order, issued by the Minister of Electricity, prohibits all trade union activities in the electricity sector and orders the ministry, in coordination with the police, to close all trade union offices and take control of the trade unions assets, properties, documents, furniture and computers. It also gives to the police the authority to arrest any trade unionist who tries to protest against the Ministerial Order, under the terrorism act of 2005.
“This is totally unacceptable”, said Sharan Burrow, ITUC general secretary. “This is nothing else but a case of intimidation of free, independent and democratic trade unions. In a letter to the Iraqi Government, the ITUC urges Prime Minister Mr. Nori Al-Maliki to take without delay all necessary measures to stop this unjust government action.
"The Iraqis authorities must take urgent and effective measures to guarantee the freedom of association in the electricity sector," insisted ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow. Iraq, as a member of the ILO, is bound by international treaties, including ILO Convention 87 on freedom of association.
For more information, please contact the ITUC Press Department on 32 2 224 02 04 or + 32 476 62 10 18 Photo: Pierre J.Wal-Mart Outmaneuvers Unions To Win Approval for Chicago Store
Wal-Mart outmaneuvered union and community forces in Chicago and won approval for a second store. Some unions claimed victory, saying a wage agreement was reached. The company denies it.
Lead image: Lead image caption: Wal-Mart outmaneuvered union and community forces in Chicago to win city council approval for the discount chain’s second store in the city. Some unions claimed victory, saying a wage agreement was reached, which the company denies. Photo: Ira and Andrea.Bangladesh: Millions of Garment Workers Push for Pay Rise From $28 to $76 a Month
India: Foxconn plant shut down following toxic gas leak affecting 37 workers
Civil Disobedience Raises Stakes in Nationwide Protests against Hyatt
Hundreds of hotel and restaurant employees and supporters were arrested around the country Thursday in coordinated civil disobedience against the Hyatt Corporation.
Lead image: Lead image caption: Hundreds of hotel and restaurant employees and supporters were arrested around the country Thursday in coordinated civil disobedience against the Hyatt Corporation. Photo: Toussaint Losier.Russia: Unions fear government crackdown with new laws on terrorism and extremism
South Africa: COSATU backs Dis-Chem strike now in 8th week
Iraq: Electricity sector unions shut down in Saddam-style move
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- CLP: People’s Food, People’s Sovereignty (Edition # 6: June, 2010)
- M&G: Shackdwellers Left Waiting (video)
- Business Day: Volley of factual blanks in war on social grants
- Open letter to the Minister of Human Settlements in the Western Cape
- Parkfields community to march on 11 August to city council to demand a forensic audit of housing in their area
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- (en) „The people have nothing to lose…“ – Interview with an Romanian Anarchosyndicalist
- (de) anarchistisches Sommercamp 2010
- (de) 3. bis 5. September 2010 | 1. Libertäre Medienmesse (LiMesse)
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- Delhi - Public Meeting to protest against the killing of Azad and Hem Pandey, August 3
- Bangladesh Garment Workers Minimum Wages Doubled
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- South Africa: Labor Union Representing 210,000 South African State Workers Begins Strike
- Turkey: Workers protest union-busting sackings by UPS
- Bangladesh: Workers’ organization stripped of legal status, staff detained and beaten
- Mexico: Grupo México’s Infamous Safety Legacy Lives on at Cananea
- Honduras: Nike pays $1.5 million to relief fund for laid-off workers
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- Palawan Biosphere Reserve Shouldn’t Be Open For Business
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- SUITE À L’ÉVICTION DU CENTRE SOCIAL AUTOGÉRÉ – RASSEMBLEMENT POPULAIRE DEVANT LA MAIRIE DE D’ARRONDISSEMENT SUD-OUEST
- FOLLOWING THE EVICTION OF THE AUTONOMOUS SOCIAL CENTRE – GRASSROOTS GATHERING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL OF THE SOUTH WEST DISTRICT AT 815 BEL-AIR AT 6PM TUESDAY JUNE 2ND
- EVICTION BRUTALE DU CENTRE SOCIAL AUTOGÉRÉ : l’anti-émeute gaze les squatteurs.
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- Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop – rum & certain music destroying Guyana
- bharrat jagdeo buys more negroe slaves as Guyana celebrates emancipation
- bharrat jagdeo using Guyanese taxes to enrich his friends – Robert Badal
- shyam nokta does hope relief canal at $3.6 billion
- Makeshwar Fip Motilall in suicide attempt?