Archive for the ‘trade+unions’ 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 ...

Most Longstanding and Intense Strike in Russia in Post-Soviet times Ends in Standoff

Friday, December 28th, 2007

3-Week Strike at Ford factory Near St. Petersburg Draws Only "Modest" ImprovementRead the full story

Most Longstanding and Intense Strike in Russia in Post-Soviet times Ends in Standoff

Friday, December 28th, 2007

3-Week Strike at Ford factory Near St. Petersburg Draws Only "Modest" ImprovementRead the full story

Beyond Justice: Bush Administration’s Labor Department Abuses Labor Union Regulatory Authorities

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Center for American Progress writer comments on moves by US contrary to claims of deregulation. The administration is claimed to be undertaking legislation for "costly and confusing new reporting requirements" among other things, and to "mischaracterize the published data through a variety of false analyses", in order to ...