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Sacked for wearing Union Badge - 1000s worldwide join campaign

09-02-2006 09:11 | Workers' Movements | World

A Union Steward was sacked by anti-union Dunnes, 'the Wal-Mart' of Ireland. Joanne Delaney's case has now sparked local campaign groups, and pickets, around Ireland; and an international campaign resulting in an amazing 5,000 plus e-mails.

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Free Iran's 800 jailed union activists

Support the Tehran bus workers strike. Defend the right of Iranian workers to form labour unions.

Ken Knabb's masperized translations

05-02-2006 04:02 | Workers' Movements | World

For decades, the only translation of the Situationist International's text about Jean Maitron -- an "anarchist" historian who'd falsified one of the SI's texts, got called on it and, when he didn't do anything, was roughed-up by two young situs -- was Ken Knabb's masperized version, which failed to translate well over half of this relatively short text. We are happy to announce that NOT BORED! has translated the text, from scratch and in its entirety, as it once did with Knabb's masperization of Guy Debord's "The SI Today."

Welfare Reform Web Chat 10:30am today

Welfare reform webchat with minister today

Striking bus workers in Iran attacked, ask for international support

30-01-2006 14:15 | Workers' Movements | World

This is a couple of emails I've received about the bus strike in Iran. The workers were brutally attacked by Iranian security forces on 28th Jan, and are asking for protests to support them.

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Global dockers riot for victory

Today so running battles between dock workers from around the world and cops in Strasbourg

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High Stakes for Canadian Sovereignty Against Unfettered Capitalism in Election

16-01-2006 19:37 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Workers' Movements | World

A fierce struggle for Canadian Sovereignty vs corporate colonisation rallies itself during the final week of election 2006. Meanwhile Canada's equivalent to the Labour party sells out the people here too.
NDP Womens Caucus exploits and poverty pimps First People and Canadian women, and their children, living in poverty. www.CanadianActionParty.ca candidates cry foul power play!

Speech in London by Basra Oil Workers Union President

13-01-2006 17:48 | Workers' Movements | London | World

Below is the transpcript of GUOE President Hassan Jumaa Awad al Assadi's speech at the UK Stop the War Coalition's international peace conference held in London, December 2005. Translation is by Lebanese Academic and Writer Gilbert Achcar:

Against the Neoliberal "Modernization" of the Labor Market

12-01-2006 14:27 | Workers' Movements | World

The predicted employment effects of the neoliberal strategy do not go beyond expanding low-wage sectors and under employment. The unemployed are forced into precarious working conditions while mass unemployment continues.

The Terrorist Worker

07-01-2006 21:36 | Terror War | Workers' Movements | World

The appearance of working class New York in the media was possible only as innocent victims of a selfish and greedy strike by union workers. Yet, in a reversal that approaches absurdity, vulnerability to real poverty by missing a few days of work does not add to an argument against unions but shows the very real need for them.

Haiti: $100,000 NED Grant to Batay Ouvriye- A

Recently declassified National Endowment for Democracy (NED) documents reveal that a "leftist" workers' organization, Batay Ouvriye (BO), which promoted and called for the overthrow of the constitutionally elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was the targeted beneficiary of a US $99,965 NED grant routed through the AFL-CIO's American Center for International Solidarity (ACILS). Listed in NED's "Summary of Projects Approved in FY 2005" for Haiti, the grant states, "ACILS will work with the May 1st Union Federation- Batay Ouvriye [ESPM-BO] to train workers to organize and educate fellow workers."

Exposing record delyas and brazen corruption in London Councils

06-01-2006 14:48 | Analysis | Workers' Movements | London | World

Rotten Boroughs as never seen in any news reports in the UK. coming here exclusively for Indymedia readers

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Hunger Strike Launched by the WTO Political Prisoners

06-01-2006 08:35 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

12 of the 14 WTO Political Prisoners have decided to launch an indefinite hunger strike starting January 5 to not only highlight the injustice of their case, but more importantly highlight the reason for them coming to Hong Kong---to protest against the WTO. Their fight was not with the people of Hong Kong, but with the undemocratic institution of the WTO and the free trade policies implemented by the WTO without any real consultation with workers and farmers.

protest to free iranian union leader, london, saturday 7 january

Activists will protest outside the BBC's Persian Section from 12-2pm this Saturday, 7 January, to press for the release of Tehran bus drivers' union leader Mansoor Ossanlou, who is being held without charge by the Iranian regime.

Lifelong Work

30-12-2005 14:21 | Workers' Movements | World

Pension schemes and the labor market are in an irreconci-lable opposition. This schizoid argumentation has long sunk into mass consciousness.. That a society with the highest productivity of world history chains seniors to production longer than in the Middle Ages is hardly upsetting.

UGSOA is Losing Members by The Hundreds - 387 in Less Then 2 Months

23-12-2005 03:51 | Workers' Movements | World

What's going on at UGSOA ? It seems President Jim Vissar is once again trying to deceive the members into thinking that the UGSOA International union is financially sound, when it reported Total Net Assets of Just $56,969 dollars or .17 cents per member. This Financially Broke Storefront Union is in Serious Trouble!

Updated article on Iraqi election frauid

22-12-2005 17:03 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Workers' Movements | World

This is a couple of articles on the Iraqi elections amounting to about 2,300 words. A short piece with 19 photos has also been added.

Fisherfolks Murdered By Drowning, Suspect 6th WTO

HONGKONG-- A proposal of rich countries to open the markets of less developed nations to their non-agricultural products like fish, the Philippines' 1.8 million small fishermen-and Southeast Asia's 12 million-could drown in a sea of imports from the likes of China and Japan.

WTO - HK05 - Images of Resistance

Compilation of images from last two days of resistance against the WTO in Hong Kong

A list of sites with news on the WTO protests. (with links)

Its not comprehensive but there is alot there
Sites with reports and actions as well as some background info

World Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

Sacked for wearing Union Badge - 1000s worldwide join campaign

Free Iran's 800 jailed union activists

Ken Knabb's masperized translations

Welfare Reform Web Chat 10:30am today

Striking bus workers in Iran attacked, ask for international support

Global dockers riot for victory

High Stakes for Canadian Sovereignty Against Unfettered Capitalism in Election

Speech in London by Basra Oil Workers Union President

Against the Neoliberal "Modernization" of the Labor Market

The Terrorist Worker

Haiti: $100,000 NED Grant to Batay Ouvriye- A

Exposing record delyas and brazen corruption in London Councils

Hunger Strike Launched by the WTO Political Prisoners

protest to free iranian union leader, london, saturday 7 january

Lifelong Work

UGSOA is Losing Members by The Hundreds - 387 in Less Then 2 Months

Updated article on Iraqi election frauid

Fisherfolks Murdered By Drowning, Suspect 6th WTO

WTO - HK05 - Images of Resistance

A list of sites with news on the WTO protests. (with links)

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