Archive for the ‘labour’ Category

United Steelworkers and Largest UK Trade Union to Merge to Counter Abuses of Globalisation

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Merger would help negotiations against multi-nationals, according to press report. This could also be "the first step towards a global union that could take in labour movements from the world's emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia", according to press report. Unite's 2 million members in UK and ...

United Steelworkers and Largest UK Trade Union to Merge to Counter Abuses of Globalisation

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Merger would help negotiations against multi-nationals, according to press report. This could also be "the first step towards a global union that could take in labour movements from the world's emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia", according to press report. Unite's 2 million members in UK and ...

Mauritius Labour & Industrial Relations Ministry Notes Report Upholding Foreign Workers’ Rights

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Foreign workers in Export Processing Zones in Mauritius, mostly China, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suffering "dismal working conditions" . Those trying to improve conditions in the past had been suffered intimidation and deportation, but national report advocates that foreign workers should enjoy the same rights as local workers.Read the ...