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• in Politics
  Marching for an Alternative in London
  The real 'Big Society' came out to make a stand against the government's proposed cuts in London on March 26th.
  by martinrusso / on Apr 2, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “trade unions”

 

• Australian immigration minister under attack for foreign workers’ deal

  
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  Melbourne, May 26 (IANS) Australian trade unions have urged the Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to overturn a decision by her immigration minister to allow an iron ore mining project in Western Australia to import 1,700 overseas workers. Most of this crucial resource is expected be exported to ...
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• Red Square Revolt: Quebec Students on Strike (documentary film)

  
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  Red Square Revolt: Quebec Students on Strike montreal.openfile.ca Lessons from Montreal: Documenting the tuition crisis for Americans Sarah Leavitt • Thursday, May 24, 2012 A group of New Yorkers have taken an interest in Quebec’s student strikes and have created a documentary in the hopes of bringing ...
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• Putinism Comes to Quebec?

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/opinion/our-not-so-friendly-northern-neighbor.html WHEN Vladimir V. Putin first came to power in Russia, Quebecers could not help but laugh. Poutine, as he is called in French, is also the name of a Québécois fast-food dish made of French fries, gravy and cheese. But these days ...
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• Railway minister leads Trinamool rally against fuel hike (Lead)

  
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  Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Political parties in West Bengal Thursday hit the streets to protest the steep hike in petrol prices, with the ruling UPA partner Trinamool Congress taking out a large procession led by Railway Minister Mukul Roy to demand a rollback.Roy, the only cabinet minister from the Trinamool in the [...]
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• Update! Leftist Activist Andrei Bitkov Press-Ganged into Russian Army for Supporting Striking Auto Workers in Kaluga

  
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  anticapitalist.ru Andrei Bitkov, who was kidnapped on the morning of May 22, has been sent from the Kaluga military enlistment office to a military unit, said Dmitry Kozhnev, Kaluga coordinator of the Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA/MPRA). The recent harassment of Bitkov and other Russian ...
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• Railway minister leads Trinamool rally against petrol hike

  
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  Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Political parties in West Bengal Thursday hit the streets to protest the steep hike in petrol prices, with the ruling UPA partner Trinamool Congress taking out a large procession led by Railway Minister Mukul Roy to demand a rollback.Roy, the only cabinet minister from the Trinamool in the [...]
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• From the archive, 24 May 1966: State of emergency proclaimed as seamen’s strike continues

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk From the archive, 24 May 1966: State of emergency proclaimed as seamen’s strike continues A strike by the National Union of Seamen threatens international trade in Britain’s portsA long drawn out, damaging struggle now faces the country. Mr Gunter discovered yesterday that ...
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• From the archive, 24 May 1966: State of emergency proclaimed as seamens strike continues

  
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  A strike by the National Union of Seamen threatens international trade in Britains ports A long drawn out, damaging struggle now faces the country. Mr Gunter discovered yesterday that nothing had changed since the strike began on May 16. He was told by representatives of the employers that there had been no change in ...
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• WFTU Statement on ILO Director election

  
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    WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS Athens, May 17th 2012 WFTU Statement on the occasion of the election for Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) May 28th is the date for the elections at the International Labour Organization (ILO) to elect a new Director General ...
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• Labor Rising and the Role of the Young

  
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  Why a Growing Movement of Young People Could Ignite a Workers Revolution By Michelle Chen SolidarityEconomy.net via The New Press ‘What Labor Looks Like: From Wisconsin to Cairo, Youth Hold a Mirror to History of Workers Struggles’ originally appeared in Labor Rising: The Past and Future of ...
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• Leftist Activist Andrei Bitkov Kidnapped by Authorities in Kaluga

  
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  anticapitalist.ru Kaluga authorities continue to take revenge on leftist activists who helped organize a strike at the Benteler Automotive plant.  Today, May 22, Andrei Bitkov, a member of the Russian Socialist Movement (RSD), was seized on the street by men in plain clothes and forcibly taken to the assembly point ...
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• North Korea’s ‘organizational life’ in decline

  
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  A quick note related to the story below : I have located on Google Earth the Workers’ Party headquarters, headquarters of the Democratic Women’s Union of Korea, headquarters of the Kim Il-sung League of Socialist Working Youth, and the headquarters of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea. The ...
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• Queens diamond jubilee BBC strike threat averted

  
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  Unions and BBC reach joint agreement over 1% pay increase after initial ballot to disrupt coverage by industrial action The threat of the BBCs Queens diamond jubilee coverage next month being hit by strike action has been averted, after management and unions reached an agreement over the annual pay deal. ...
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• Teachers strike over attempt to force school to become sponsored academy

  
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  Parents join demonstration at Downhills primary in north London to demonstrate at move after school failed inspection Parents and striking teachers have joined forces outside a school in north London to protest at the governments attempt to force it to become a sponsored academy. Downhills primary school in ...
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• Pyotr Prinyov: “If you want to spit on your future, spit on a migrant worker”

  
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  anticapitalist.ru Pyotr Prinyov: “If you want to spit on your future, spit on a migrant worker” Pyotr Prinyov is one of the most prominent figures in the Petersburg protest movement. You can spot him at rallies held by workers and forest defenders, dormitory residents and students, and before regular ...
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• Video: Emma Mashinini Describes Her Role in the South African Labour Movement

  
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  In March last year, VNS/Afravision interviewed South African Trade Unionist Emma Mashinini as part of their collective documentation of the struggles that defined South Africa in the eighties. In the video interview, Mashinini speaks about the early role she played in the South African labour movement. Mashinini’s ...
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• No sign of a boycott of the Histadrut here

  
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  Cross-posted from Eric Lee at TULIP One of the lies told by the proponents of boycotting Israel’s national trade union center is that their campaign is on an unstoppable roll. Unions everywhere, they say, are refusing to have anything to do with “racist, Zionist, colonial, apartheid” Histadrut. But ...
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• Ryanair faces disruption over Stansted baggage handlers’ strike

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Ryanair faces disruption over Stansted baggage handlers’ strike GMB members to walk out in May and June over rota changes, though airline’s owner says ‘we just won’t check in bags’Ryanair passengers face the threat of disruption at Stansted airport over the jubilee ...
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• Ryanair faces disruption over Stansted baggage handlers strike

  
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  GMB members to walk out in May and June over rota changes, though airlines owner says we just wont check in bags Ryanair passengers face the threat of disruption at Stansted airport over the jubilee weekend after baggage handlers announced seven days of strikes. GMB union members employed by Swissport, an airport ...
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• Unpaid jobseekers to deliver patient care in three hospitals

  
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  Sandwell and West Birmingham hospitals trust to extend unpaid work experience scheme after successful pilot A hospital trust is planning to extend a scheme under which dozens of unpaid jobseekers help deliver patient care in its wards. After a pilot involving six unemployed people working unpaid for eight weeks to ...
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