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Brian Ross Ashley's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Simcoe, ON: Migrant farm workers stage wildcat strike

http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/1665403047/simcoe-on-migrant-farm-workers-stage-wildcat-strike

Added by Brian Ross Ashley on November 24, 2010 at 4:37 — No Comments

From China Labor Bulletin - China's workers and the right to food

http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100937

The Chinese government last week announced a series of measures to stabilize rapidly increasing food prices.

The new measures, which include boosting supplies of staples from government stockpiles, providing additional subsidies to needy families, and cracking down on speculators, clearly indicate the…

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Added by Brian Ross Ashley on November 23, 2010 at 17:00 — No Comments

THE OTHER REALITY THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS HID BEHIND THE RESCUE OF SAN JOSE MINE'S 33 MINERS

By LUIS MESINA

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chileans were impacted August 5, 2010, with the tragic news that 33 miners were buried more than 700 meters underground, covered by hundreds of tons of rocky material.

After 17 days, and owing in great part to the experience and strength of the workers,…

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Added by Brian Ross Ashley on November 16, 2010 at 5:00 — No Comments

It's Necessary to Return to Trade Union Fundamentals

(A contribution from trade union officers Julio Turra (CUT-Brazil) and Tétévi Gbikpi-Benissan (UNSIT-Togo), in their personal capacity. Both are supporters of the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples and were delegates to the Second Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Vancouver, Canada, June 21 to 25, 2010.)

We were present -- as delegates from the Unified Workers Central of Brazil (CUT) and the National Union of Independent Trade… Continue

Added by Brian Ross Ashley on November 12, 2010 at 4:28 — 17 Comments