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October 2010 Blog Posts (91)
Dutch Organize2Change Day, December 10, 2010
http://www.organize2change.nl/workshops/
‘Organizing’ is hot. This method of organizing and mobilizing people, which has come across from
America, is being used all over the world, including by the FNV. One example is during the successful
strike by cleaners earlier this year.
FNV Mondiaal is seeking to improve the working conditions of employees… Continue
Added by peter waterman on October 31, 2010 at 16:32 — No Comments
Israel: General strike looms
Israel's national trade union center, the Histadrut, is heading for a full-on clash with the government as the two sides have failed to reach agreement on wages for public sector workers. (Pictured: Histadrut leader Ofer Eini.)
Quick impressions of Dutch Union's International Solidarity Conference
Background:
Abva-Kabo has some history of international solidarity activities, mostly limited by the discourse of 'development cooperation', but more recently addressed to the Middle East in… Continue
Added by peter waterman on October 31, 2010 at 12:53 — No Comments
South African Civil Society Conference Includes Labour Issues
Declaration of the Civil Society Conference held
on 27-28 October 2010, Boksburg
Civil Society Conference Declaration,
Politicsweb, 28 October 2010
The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 was a
historic turning point in the history of South Africa. Over 300
delegates…
Added by peter waterman on October 31, 2010 at 11:09 — No Comments
Great piece on the pension strikes in France
French lessons
The lessons of the struggle against Sarkozy's pension "reform" apply beyond France.
October 27, 2010…
Added by Alan Hague on October 30, 2010 at 21:37 — 4 Comments
A leader of metal union in Korea burned himself to resist against government and police attack
A few hours ago, a leader of metal union in Kumi(southern area of Korea) try to kill himself by burning himself. Before he killed himself, he had a collective bargainning with the employer of KEC(Korean Electronic Corporation). After he finished the collective bargainning, police around the factory of KEC attack and try to arrest him.
Almost 3 months ago, workers of KEC went on strike for continuing collective agreement. The employer of KEC forced…
ContinueAdded by Donghwan Ko on October 30, 2010 at 16:50 — 1 Comment
Join the cyber vigil - email addresses to write to!!!
We have extended the attack to G4S to continue our ongoing support of refugees suffering persecution
The cyber vigil has begun
kwaluseni@uniswa.sz, luyengo@uniswa.sz, mbabane@uniswa.sz, mbabane@unicef.org, hello@kingofswaziland.com,…
ContinueAdded by DAta Miners Travailleurs Psychiq on October 30, 2010 at 13:29 — No Comments
Washington Workers' Comp Insurance Reform, Initiative 1082 (2010)
The initiative is largely funded by those who will profit the most from it: Building Industry Association of Washington, Liberty Mutual, Big I, The Hartford Financial Services Group, and Farmers Insurance Services .
According to Ballotpedia.org, the measure would… Continue
Added by lana fargis on October 29, 2010 at 22:18 — No Comments
Global union shocked by UN agency treatment of Palestinian workers
The International Trade Union Confederation has taken the unpredecented action of attacking a key UN agency – UNRWA – for its treatment of Palestinian workers who have been on strike for several weeks.
The ITUC has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon criticising the actions of the UN’s Palestine Relief Agency UNRWA as a strike of its employees enters a third… Continue
Added by Eric Lee on October 29, 2010 at 19:00 — No Comments
Canada: Fighting Israeli Apartheid
Fighting Israeli apartheid by 'besieging the siege'
Added by peter waterman on October 29, 2010 at 18:45 — No Comments
Creative Commons and Open Source Are Important For Unions
Recent announcement by the CBC took me by surprise: the CBC, our national broadcaster who works on taxpayer budget, has declared that due to "pressure from union" it will no longer utilize any open source or Creative Commons licensed material.
But while I wholeheartedly support the intent of the workers, in this case, I find the decision by the CBC to be appalling. For one, the CBC is meant to provide forum for new art forms, serve as an experimental playground for developments in…
Added by lana fargis on October 29, 2010 at 9:30 — 1 Comment
Crisis of Higher Education in US and UK :: PD Article by Vijender Sharma
Vijender Sharma in PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY issue dated October 24, 2010 wrote:
SEVERE CRISIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
After the March 4, 2010 protest demonstrations across the United States, the second national day of action to defend public education was observed on October 7 with militant programmes, and now they are preparing for their January 2011 actions. In United Kingdom, after May…
ContinueAdded by SURESH KUMAR C T on October 29, 2010 at 6:00 — No Comments
End of globalisation as we know it :: TNIE Aticle by Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Bharat Jhunjhunwala in THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS issue dated 29.10.2010 wrote:
The world economy is showing some signs of revival. But this may be a false start. Globalisation has encouraged the developed countries to transfer their advanced technologies to the developing countries. They no longer have absolute control of these technologies .
As a result their erstwhile monopoly on advanced goods like computer…
ContinueAdded by SURESH KUMAR C T on October 29, 2010 at 4:52 — No Comments
In Australia: ultra exploitation through Sham Contracting
And, here is another public exposure of "sham contracting" by Senator Doug Cameron, published in Workforce:
‘Wall of indifference’ on sham contractors, claims Senator
28/10/2010
Favourite Added
Labor Senator Doug Cameron has complained he has met a ‘wall of… Continue
Added by Don Sutherland on October 29, 2010 at 0:49 — No Comments
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke Newsletter
Added by Lew Friedman on October 28, 2010 at 12:41 — No Comments
New Social Mvt Alliance, India, On Social Security of 96% 'Unorganised' Workers
Added by peter waterman on October 28, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments
Springtime for Workers in the Chinese “workshop of the world"
International ViewpointNews and analysis from the Fourth International
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IV Online magazine
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IV429 - October 2010
China
A workers’ spring in…
ContinueAdded by peter waterman on October 27, 2010 at 19:54 — No Comments
WFTU Solidarity with Foxconn workers and unionists
APPEAL
Call - Request: Send this text to your members. Send it to your friends. Circulate the information. Do not keep it just for yourself. Publish it everywhere.
Appelle - Demande: Envoyez ce texte a vos membres. Envoyez-le a vos amis. Circulez les informations. Ne les gardez pas seulement pour vous-meme. Publiez les partout.
Llamado – Solicitud: Envien este texto a sus…
Added by SURESH KUMAR C T on October 26, 2010 at 7:30 — 8 Comments
My Blog Until The Last Rebel
Added by Chris McBride Schneider on October 26, 2010 at 4:59 — No Comments
Autonomy: The Struggle for Survival, Self-Management and the Common
This symposium was published in the journal Antipode. I have extracted (free access) the introduction to the symposium. For likewise free access to the various contributions, see this URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.2010.42.issue-4/issuetoc.
For anyone thinking that, maybe, this has nothing to do with labour, search for the… Continue
Added by peter waterman on October 25, 2010 at 12:25 — No Comments
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