GOP memo indicates vendetta against unions

Does the Employee Free Choice Act give workers rights or take them away?

the New School in Exile; Citizen - Student Action NOW!

The New School In Exile; Citizen Student Action New York, NY - At this very moment, students of the New School are engaging in an “occupa(c)tion” directed by a specific and immediate mandate which they feel is in keeping with the progressive tradition of the...

Eu's 48hr Working Week 'Would Reduce Stress'

The EU has set a 48-hour-per-week cap on the amount of time people in the block can be made to work, however the UK's opt-out relationship with the union allows it to ignore the directive. However British unions are calling today for the UK to volunarily honour the...

Let the Auto Industry Go Bankrupt

Mitt Romney Makes a good argument why American Taxpayers should not Bail out the Auto industry.  Bankruptcy would make the Auto industry restructure through the Court System allowing them to negotiate it's...

B.C. education assistants subsidize schools with thousands of unpaid hours

Vancouver Sun education reporter Janet Steffenhagen writes about a report that documents how education workers who support the most vulnerable students are often forced to work for free. "Special-education assistants...

Big Week for Detroit Automakers

This week is a pretty big week for the Detroit 3. That may be an understatement. They are fighting for their lives and have to present plans to convince lawmakers in Washington that they are a reasonable bet for loans that are pretty much the only alternative, in GM's case...

The other potential tragedy if Detroit Fails

by CODY LYONLINK AT POLITICAL CORTEX For some, thoughts of a massive financial bailout for the American Automobile industry strike chords of unease that some might say, reward the lack of innovation and enterprise that has been exhibited by some foreign auto manufacturing...

91 trade unionists killed in 2007

This is really shocking story about the killing of Trade unionist in this era of free market.Today we live in a world where this trade union activity is considered as hobby of third wprld worksman,but this financial...

$ 1.3bn - Alitalia gets last-minute rescue by CAI

update Nov-4 CAI to invest $ 1.3 bn in ALITALIA CAI an italian investor group wants to rescue ALITALIA airline. Perhaps the story ends like Fiat automotive, once bancruptcy. Now Fiat is in good shape with small fuel...

Science in the News

" The European and African unions yesterday agreed a list of 19 joint projects to strengthen Africa's science and technology base. Financial Times, p9, brief"

US state legalises gay marriage

 Gay relationship is gaining ground, after Massachusetts and California ,Connecticut became third US state where Gay marriage has been legalised.Supreme court overturned a ban on same sex marriage.  " The court...

US: Connecticut legalises gay marriage

" US state legalises gay marriage Connecticut's Supreme Court has overturned a ban on same-sex marriages, making it the third US state to legalise such unions. The court ruled that the law limiting marriage to...

October 7, World Day for Decent Work, Did You Know?

I would not have known that October 7, 2008 was declared World Day for Decent Work by Unions around the globe if I had not read A Foolish Race to the Bottom (FT, October 6) by Stefan Stern. What defines 'decent work' he asks? Good pay, the right environment, safety, you...

Brazil president defends same-sex unions

" © AP 2008-09-18 23:23:00 -  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president has come out in favor of same-sex unions. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says that in Brazil, «there are men living with men,...

CoSATU calls Zapiro rape cartoon defamatory and outrageous

South Africa's ruling party leader, Jacob Zuma, is outraged by a political cartoon that ran over the weekend portraying him as a rapist.  The cartoon, by well-known South African political cartoonist Jonathan...

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