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March 2011 Blog Posts (76)

enjoy my songs including songs about baghat Singh(my lyric) and Kabir(Kabir's poem)

before my comming to India, We had a time to arrange L'internationale. people who had listened our version said "you are very irritated at the thought of which revolution is not comming in vexation".  ya i know it's not related to revolution. it was just their joke and did not hide their feeling. really really noise coz of my dry & rough voice.



anyway enjoy my song writing and singing in left frame my music.

I hope indian comrade to enjoy my songs about baghat Singh(my…

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Added by chung hoyoung on March 31, 2011 at 14:30 — No Comments

IWW song

Conditions they are bad, And some of you are sad;

You cannot see your enemy, The class that lives in luxury,

–You workingmen are poor, –Will be for evermore,

–As long as you permit the few To guide your destiny.

Shall we still be slaves and work for wages?

It is outrageous—has been for ages;

This earth by right belongs to toilers, And not to spoilers of liberty.

The master class is small, But they have lots of "gall."

When we unite to…

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Added by Viola Wilkins on March 30, 2011 at 22:04 — No Comments

The US State-Funded 'Solidarity Centre': The Debate Begins With Egypt...

I would like to add, to the valuable contributions of others, my initial and unstructured reflections on the the role of the US state-funded Solidarity Centre, the major instrument of the AFL-CIO in the Global South. These others are Kim Scipes, who has written a substantial recent book about the SC and Michael Barker, on the SC in Egypt, about whom Kim has just posted an item on UBook:…

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Added by peter waterman on March 30, 2011 at 20:13 — 4 Comments

The London Protest Against 'Austerity' (via Patrick Bond, Debate)

200 injured in London protest

2011-03-27 09:02



London - More than 250 000 people took to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II - one of the largest…

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Added by peter waterman on March 30, 2011 at 17:33 — No Comments

Critical evaluation of AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center report, "Justice for All," re Egyptian Workers

I just posted the following message on the e-mail list of the North American-based United Association for Labor Education (UALE), but I thought it might be of international interest, so I'm reposting it on Union Book.

 

Folks--

 

One of the most heartening things to me about our [March 23-26, 2011] conference in New Orleans was the attention paid to building international labor solidarity.  I think this is really great stuff, and I hope it expands…
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Added by Kim Scipes on March 30, 2011 at 8:47 — 1 Comment

Good article on Ontario's Bill 150 - attack on public-sector workers

The Right to Strike in Ontario: Time to Get Serious

by Gord Wilson

The purpose of the Ontario Government's Bill 150 is effectively to break the union. When the employer says “no” at the bargaining table, and you can't walk out in support of your bargaining objectives, then you have to ask yourself with respect to unions: “what is the purpose of being there?”

 

full:…

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Added by Pance Stojkovski on March 29, 2011 at 21:46 — No Comments

More than a documentary, it's a vehicle for a global movement for corporate accountability and union rights

'The Coca-Cola Case'

More than a documentary, it's a vehicle for a global movement for corporate accountability and union rights.

By Tom Sandborn, March 25, 2011, TheTyee.ca


http://thetyee.ca/ArtsAndCulture/2011/03/25/CocaColaCase/

"Imagine living under conditions that mean simply joining a…

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Added by Lew Friedman on March 28, 2011 at 18:24 — No Comments

Syria general strike (Lebanon next ?)

SYRIA: MASS PROTESTS & STATE TERROR



1. Latest news:



Syrian activists called today for a nationwide GENERAL STRIKE in the wake of a crackdown on anti-government protesters that has left dozens dead.



2. To learn more about the recent developments please read today's Haaretz report:



The unrest sweeping the Arab world spread across Syria over the weekend as tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against President Bashar Assad's regime in… Continue

Added by Viola Wilkins on March 27, 2011 at 22:59 — No Comments

Melbourne premier of Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Come to a special screening of a new film about Mumia, the most recognised death row inmate in the world today. In 1982, he was tried and convicted for the murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Since then his case has become one of the most contested legal cases in history.  A former Black Panther and now…

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Added by Freedom Socialist Party on March 27, 2011 at 18:30 — No Comments

Global Compact (Unions Serving Business Public Relations) Losing Halo? (via Jeff Ballinger)



Peter sez:
I thought from the get-go that the Global Compact, in which major national and international unions have taken prominent part, was a pile of global compost. But, then, I am a long-standing critic of all and any 'social partnership' ideology and institutions in so far as they imply the self-subordination of labour to inter/national capital and inter/national state…
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Added by peter waterman on March 27, 2011 at 16:10 — No Comments

BOYCOTT GUGGENHEIM!

BOYCOTT GUGGENHEIM!

We at DAMTP are supporting the boycott of Guggenheim reasoned on arguments of “group of leading artists, curators, writers, and others” (http://gulflabor.wordpress.com/) and therefore demand for immediate quit with inhuman exploitation of workers on Saadiyat Island, the location of the new museum – the Abu Dhabi branch of…

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Added by DAta Miners Travailleurs Psychiq on March 27, 2011 at 11:21 — No Comments

Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted???

It is time to re-post Gladwell’s controversial piece and rethink his argument:

Annals of Innovation

Small Change

Why the revolution will not be tweeted.

by …

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Added by Orsan Senalp on March 26, 2011 at 14:05 — No Comments

Nick Clegg and the 'pledge'

Hello

 

My name is Kevin Foley. I am a member of the NASUWT.

 

There's always money for War and for Banksters but there's no money for Music Therapy for kids who cannot speak.…

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Added by kevin patrick foley on March 25, 2011 at 14:00 — No Comments

PSSP’s Position on the UN’s 2nd Resolution and the Coalition Forces’ Attack on Libya

 

25 March 2011

 

-The Western power must cease their attack on Libya immediately!

-Libya’s liberation must be achieved by the Libyan people!   

 

On 17 March 2011, the UN Security Council quickly adopted Resolution 1973, the second resolution imposing sanctions against Libya. Shortly thereafter, U.S., U.K. and France-dominated coalition forces began a military strike against Libya that has now gone on for several days…

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Added by Wol-san Liem on March 25, 2011 at 10:02 — No Comments

Recent article on Migrant Workers and Race in South Korea

The South Korean Governments’ “Program to Alleviate the Hardships of Undocumented Overseas Koreans” and South Korea’s Racial Hierarchy:

It’s time to start breaking it down

 

 

On 3 January 2011, the South Korean Immigration Service, an agency of the Ministry of Justice, began an unprecedented program for the ‘alleviation of hardships’ for undocumented overseas Koreans residing in South Korea. Under this…

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Added by Wol-san Liem on March 25, 2011 at 9:59 — No Comments

Tunisia: March 18 Declaration of the UGTT

"Put an End to the Policies of Indebtedness,

Against Foreign Interference in Libya"

By MOHAMED BEN LARBI

TUNIS -- The mass mobilizations of the people across Tunisia, mainly the gigantic demonstrations in Tunis (over 500,000) and Sfax, forced the M'bazaa-Caïd-Essebsi government to announce that elections for the ConstituentAssembly will be held on July 24, 2011.



For the Great Powers, everything must be done to maintain a regime that ensures the implementation of the…

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Added by Brian Ross Ashley on March 24, 2011 at 18:42 — No Comments

Metal Worker's Nation Wide Stike Begins, give your support!

Email from Birlesik Metal Is: 

 

 

Dear All,



Birlesik Metal-Is decided to go stirke in 21 companies after the conflict lived with MESS(Metal employers' Federation) and we have been infromed you on the reasons of strike decision.

 

On 8 of March our union organized a Solidarity Night with striker metal workers and just after this night we declred the strike begining days. It was as follows:

 

  • 22 March…
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Added by Orsan Senalp on March 24, 2011 at 11:06 — No Comments

WORKERS’ FACILITATION CENTERS

WORKERS’ FACILITATION CENTERS

 

According to labour Ministry report of 2010, there are 45.9 crore workers in our country comprising of around 2.6 crore in the organized sector and the balance 43.3 crore workers   in the unorganized sector. Out of 43.3 crore workers in the unorganized sector, there are 26.8 crore worker employed in agricultural sector, about 2.6 crore in construction work and remaining in manufacturing and Community service

 

Historically,…

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Added by Jose Vattakuzhy on March 24, 2011 at 7:46 — No Comments

Philippine Airlines union expects overwhelming yes in strike vote today

March 23, 2011

PALEA

 

The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) announced that the strike vote is proceeding smoothly in all Metro Manila offices and outlying stations of Philippine Airlines (PAL). “We expect an overwhelming vote for a strike from our members who have sacrificed for 13 long years without a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and whose wages, benefits and protection have stagnated as a result,” declared Gerry Rivera,…

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Added by Juan Manggagawa on March 23, 2011 at 6:38 — No Comments

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