Labor Unions and Strikes

Workers question spike in Labor Secretary’s wealth

National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno questioned the spike in Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz’s net worth, which is the highest among government secretaries, claiming she may have increased wealth by keeping labor in the country cheap and workers poor.
The labor group said the 45.7 per cent increase in Baldoz’s wealth, according to her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and […]

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„*Since February 11, 2014, a group of inspiring autoworkers has been on hunger strike (consuming nothing but clear liquids) as part of a protest against General Motors‘ inhumane treatment of employees at an assembly plant in Bogotá, Colombia. The injured workers who formed ASOTRECOL were severely injured at work, then illegally fired and left to a system rigged to deny workers‘ comp.*“
„*Click HERE for […]

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http://www.kilusangmayouno.org/news/2014/05/union-leaders-shave-heads-vs-illegal-dismissal

http://socialistworker.org/2014/05/06/strike-hits-china-shoe-factories

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Dear friends all over the world,
On November 3, 2013, three labor unions, i.e. Kan-Nama (Solidarity Union of Japan Construction and Transport Workers Kansai Area Branch), Minato-Godo (Metal and machinery Workers’ Union in Osaka) and Doro-Chiba (National Railway Motive Power Union of Chiba) issued the statement below at their National Workers Rally and many unions and labor organizations endorsed it thereafter.
We are faced with increasing thrust […]

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http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175835/tomgram%3A_peter_van_buren%2C_i%27m_a_whistleblower%3A_want_fries_with_that/

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 http://www.care2.com/causes/horrific-racist-mining-abuses-continue-in-sierra-leone.html#ixzz2y7eOacq9

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http://www.workers.org/articles/2014/03/31/africa-labor-motion/

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-900-workers-have-already-died-building-qatars-world-cup-facilities-180950088/#XLoq3QFWyGWMCMuJ.99

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http://www.workers.org/articles/2014/03/27/workers-spain-demand-dignity/

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Teil 1: http://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2014/02/27/cos1-f27.html
Teil 2:http://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2014/02/28/cos2-f28.html
 

On February 25, 2014, a national general strike will take place in Korea against the attack by the Korean Kim Myung-hwan government on the Korean Railway Workers Union which was striking against  privatization of the railways. The Park government also assaulted the Central Headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions KCTU with 6,000 police and has also jailed the union leaders of the KRWU […]

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KC Jan-Feb 2014 (pdf)

Read more of these articles below./Leer más de estos artículos de abajo.
International
Apoyamos la justa lucha de los trabajadores de Coca Cola en España / We support the just struggle of the workers of Coca-Cola in Spain
One Billion Rising in photos 
Filipino workers press for release of 23 Cambodian workers 
WORKINS statement in support of Cambodian Workers 
Justice for all abused migrant workers 
Step Down, Park! Stop […]

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http://www.workers.org/articles/2014/02/20/volkswagen-workers-lost/

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THE RESISTING KAZOVA WORKERS STARTED WITH THEIR PROCEEDINGS FOR THE FOUNDATION OF A COOPERATIVE. AT THE SAME TIME THEY CHALLENGE MONOPOLIES PRODUCING GDO (GMO) SEEDS, FOR THEY WILL START VEGETABLES AND FRUIT PRODUCTION WITH NATIVE SEEDS
The Kazova workers, who started their resistance for their labour rights a year ago, keep their promise to the people and started their proceedings for a cooperative.
The Kazova textile workers, […]

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