Labour Rights

Source: SocialistWorker.org. 10 September 2009. Paul LeBlanc, a long-time socialist and author of Lenin and the Revolutionary Party, is active with the Anti-War Committee of the Thomas…

Source: The Progressive Economics Forum. 9 September 2009. Global Unions ‘Pittsburgh Declaration’ (24-25 September 2009) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The G20 leaders are meeting in Pittsburgh…

Source: Foreign Policy In Focus. 3 September 2009. The current global downturn, the worst since the Great Depression 70 years ago, pounded the last nail into the coffin of globalization.…

Less than a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the banks are back. Puffed up with profits, they are flexing their muscles again. This reality haunted the G20 finance ministers in London last weekend as they met to prepare for the summit that will take place in Pittsburgh in the US later this month. This will be the third meeting of the heads of government of the world’s biggest economies in less than a year—a sign of the severity of the present crisis.

By Virendra Singh Rawat / Chennai/ Lucknow Source: Business Standard (India). September 04, 2009 Nasdaq-listed Chinese mobile phone battery maker China BAK Battery Inc will set up a…

By Bailout the People Movement Why are we demanding jobs or income at the G-20 Economic Crisis Meeting in Pittsburgh in September? 30 million people in the U.S. are unemployed or underemployed…

Sign the online petition: http://www.gopetition.com/online/29119.html On 16 June 2009, Liu Hanghuang, a factory worker in Dongguan, fatally stabbed two of his Taiwanese employers and left a…

Labour Rights in Global Production Networks. An Analysis of the Apparel and Electronics Sector in Romania by Leonhard Plank, Cornelia Staritz and Karin Lukas Owner: Chamber of Workers and…

Trade union representatives use the comic to blame the Nagacorp (3918.HK) for laying off union leaders. Chen Lip Keong is a Malaysian business tycoon with a keen interest in investing…

Reinstate Unlawfully Dismissed Workers In early March A.P.Moller-Maersk commissioned Impactt and CRECEA to conduct auditing on MCID (Maersk Container Industry Dongguan Ltd). MCID was…