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Peter waterman's Blog – November 2011 Archive (42)
Mac Urata (ITF, London): Photos of November 30 Strike Photos, London
Added by peter waterman on November 30, 2011 at 20:16 — No Comments
Internat. Transport Workers' Fed Energetically Supports the Global Occupy Movements
Peter sez:
Is this the most energetic and detailed international union declaration yet on the Occupy Movement? A pity it puts the crisis down to 'unregulated capitalism' rather than to capitalism. But, on the other hand, it does call on all affiliates to
'to support these protests where they can, politically and logistically, strengthening links with them and with social allies, and working with them to build a…
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The Struggles of Informal Transport Workers in Tanzania: Debunking the Myth of Micro Solutions
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Valery Starostin: Trade Union Online: Unions and Networking; Some Reflections
Peter sez:
This is a GoogleTranslation of a piece posted earlier by Valery Starostin. Could anyone, in collaboration with the author, do a better translation into English of what looks like an important piece from a country that is still largely 'offline'?
Now read on...
UNION…
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USA: What Labour Can Learn from Occupy Movement (In These Times, USA)
Features » November 16, 2011
What Can Labor Learn?
It won’t be easy for union leaders to accept the Occupy movement’s most important lesson.
Added by peter waterman on November 28, 2011 at 20:40 — No Comments
No Sweat Reports on LabourStart Conference, Istanbul, 2011
No Sweat attends the 18 – 20 November 2011 Labour Start Global Conference in…
Added by peter waterman on November 28, 2011 at 12:40 — No Comments
Unionism & Climate Change - Does 'Just Transition' Mean Improving or Surpassing Capitalism? (Jacklyn Cock, South Africa)
Peter sez:
Given the COP17 conference taking place in Durban, South Africa, in these days, I have got the agreement of Jacklyn Cock to post this rough draft of a paper she is submitting to the 'Global Labour Journal'. The Conference of Parties has been dubbed by a growing movement of critics, the 'Conference of Polluters'. It is also likely to be either a test or a turning point for the union movement globally. Jacklyn, a veteran South…
Added by peter waterman on November 28, 2011 at 10:36 — No Comments
Occupy Toronto Confronts Authorities (with help from unions) (Judy Rebick, Rabble.Ca)
Published on rabble.ca (http://rabble.ca)
The Eviction of Occupy Toronto: An amazing, inspiring and sad day
November 24,…
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Eric Lee: Creating a Global, Networked Unionism for the 21st Century (http://www.ericlee.info/blog/)
Peter sez:
In so far as I think I may have pioneered this language (now being energetically promoted by Orsan Senalp elsewhere on UB), I cannot but welcome this title. I note, however, that just as we are awaiting a spelling out of the Conference slogan, 'From Social Networking to Social Revolution', the meaning of the title of this piece is not (yet?) specified. I look forward to the specification…
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Eric Lee: Trade Unions in the Democratic Process (of the Arab Spring) (http://www.ericlee.info/blog/?cat=8)
Peter sez:
This comes over to me as arguing for a European (or Western, or Israeli?) model for unions in the Arab world. Yet it ends with the slogan of the World Social Forum, 'Another world is possible?'. This would seem to leave open what kind of trade unions are necessary to bring about what possible other world.
Now read on...
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David Graeber: The Success of Occupy Wall Street (and union involvement) (NakedCapitalism.Com, USA)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
David Graeber: On Playing By The Rules – The Strange Success Of #OccupyWallStreet
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Labour Start Conference Harmed by Anti-Israel Campaigners (Eric Lee, Workers' Liberty, UK)
Peter sez:
Whilst awaiting fuller independent accounts of Labour Start's 'From Social Networks to Social Revolution' Conference in Istanbul, we have LS creator/owner Eric Lee's account of disruption caused by BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaigners there. It was published by the Association for Workers' Liberty (AWL), one of the decreasing number of socialist or labour movements in the UK opposed to the growing BDS campaign there.
Eric says in his last paragraph that…
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Hilary Wainright: Occupy Barcelona - but Where are the Unions? (Red Pepper, UK, via The Bullet, Canada)
Peter sez:
Interesting account, not only because it comes from the editor of Red Pepper (UK) but also because Hilary has always been pro-union and here marks their virtual absence. I would like to know whether the local assembly-based dockworkers' organisation, the OEPB, was also absent because it long had a tradition of joining or supporting other social movements in Barcelona.
Now read…
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Tammy Ko Robinson: Precarious Workers and Korea-Philippines Solidarity (The Bullet, Canada)
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Call for Port Shutdown West Coast USA December 12 (via Marco Berlinguer, in Oakland)
Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12
Posted 1 day ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 8:35 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Proposal for a Coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, Passed With Unanimous Consensus by vote of the…
Added by peter waterman on November 23, 2011 at 17:25 — No Comments
Goldberg and Jackson: The Excluded Workers Congress, USA (via Dan Gallin, Global Labour Inst., Geneva)
22.11.11
Dear All,
Interesting article about an important development in the United States. from the New Labor Forum, a review published at the City University of New York
( www.newlaborforum.org).
Another important article in the same issue is: Stephen Lerner: A New Insurgency Can Only Arise Outside the Progressive and Labor Establishment, which can…
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Dear All,
Interesting article about an important development in the United States. from the New Labor Forum, a review published at the City University of New York
( www.newlaborforum.org).
Another important article in the same issue is: Stephen Lerner: A New Insurgency Can Only Arise Outside the Progressive and Labor Establishment, which can…
Added by peter waterman on November 22, 2011 at 12:59 — No Comments
Boa Santos: Return of the General Strike (English and Spanish)
The General Strike
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos *
(Pagina 12, Argentina, translated from Portuguese below, here GoogleTranslated from the Spanish)
General strikes were common in Europe and the U.S. in the late nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth century. Caused much debate within the labor movement and the revolutionary parties and movements (anarchists, communists,…
Added by peter waterman on November 21, 2011 at 14:12 — 1 Comment
In Response to Climate Change, Cosatu Declares for 'Just Transition' (via Patrick Bond, South Africa)
Developed nations must pay for pollution: Cosatu
2011-11-19
Developed nations have to pay for damage to the environment as part of a just transition to low carbon economies, Cosatu said today.
“While we accept that developing countries, including South Africa, have to…
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A Warning about Unions to the Occupy Movement (Kim Scipes, ZSpace, USA)
Peter sez:
A useful warning from a veteran international labour specialist. He could have added a question of whether top union officers in the USA are, in terms of property, income and corrupt practices, not themselves part of the one percent. But he didn't and now I have.
Now read on...
Beware of Labor Leaders Bearing Gifts
October 12, 2011
By Kim Scipes…
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Is a New Unionism Developing in Israel? (Peter Hall-Jones, New Unionism)
Peter sez:
A fascinating and hope-giving account. This is certainly a 'new union' - especially in comparison with the Zionist union for Israeli workers, Histadrut. Even more, it would seem to have characteristics of a 'social movement union'.
The account has another point of interest, that of a certain similarity with the rise of the 'new unionism' in South Africa in the 1970s. At that time the unions…
Added by peter waterman on November 20, 2011 at 13:00 — No Comments
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