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38 days ago
On Saturday, October 10, thousands of Mexican Federal Police seized control of hundreds of installations of the state-owned Central Light and Power Company (Luz y Fuerza del Centro), which supplies electricity to Mexico City and several neighbouring states. Minutes later the government announced that the company was being liquidated and the 40,000 unionized workers dismissed. If allowed to stand, the government's decree could lead not only to the privatization of the country's electrical industry, but also to the destruction of the Mexican Electrical Workers' Union (SME) and elimination of its members' collective agreement and pension benefits for 15,000 retirees. The SME is one of Mexico's oldest independent trade union organizations with one of the best collective agreements in the country. It has been playing a leading role in the fight against privatization, proposed regressive reforms to the Federal Labour Law, and other neoliberal policies. Its ...
71 days ago
PAKISTAN: VIOLENCE TARGETS LIPTON TEA WORKERS The ongoing struggle by Lipton Tea workers in Pakistan has turned ugly, as contractors collude with factory management to instigate violent attacks on the workers. The IUF is calling on Unilever (which owns Lipton) to stop the violence and negotiate with the workers. They need all of us to sign up to the latest online campaign: http://tinyurl.com/qyetop USA/UK: TRADE UNION CONGRESSES GO ALL WEB 2.0 Two of the world's largest and most important trade union movements are holding their national congresses this week -- the AFL-CIO is meeting in Pittsburgh and the Trades Union Congress meets in Liverpool. Both organizations are making exceptional use of the Internet, with dedicated websites featuring streaming video, integration of social networking tools Twitter, Flickr and Facebook, and more. The TUC takes things a step forward by allowing visitors to the congress website to actually post comments and get involved in the ...
196 days ago
Please click the link below and send some money to these suffering people through UN Canada. In the form, where it says, "Donation goes toward:", please select "Pakistan" from the drop-down list. Please be wary of Islamic charities asking for money. They are the problem, not the solution. https://www.strategicprofitsinc.com/hosted/unhcr/index_s.php
233 days ago
Tal da we Afghanistan! As of 07:56 EST Afghanistan need 263 runs in 279 balls
238 days ago
Please take a moment to visit LabourStart's online campaign in support of the Iraqi Teachers Union which is involved in a fight to defend its independence. The campaign is located here: http://www.labourstart.org/itu If you haven't yet done so, please sign up to UnionBook (http://www.unionbook.org) and there you can join the group we've set up for supporters of the Iraqi teachers in their struggle, here: http://www.unionbook.org/pg/groups/10399/
