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CONGO PORT WORKERS STRIKE FOR MINIMUM WAGE
About 500 workers for three mines owned by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan in Canada (the world’s largest producer of fertilizers which include nitrogen, phosphates and potash), have been on strike since August 7th, 2008. The miners are demanding a
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Posted: 2008-08-27 18:07:00 |
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Potash Workers into 2nd Week of Rotating Strike
About 500 workers for three mines owned by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan in Canada (the world’s largest producer of fertilizers which include nitrogen, phosphates and potash), have been on strike since August 7th, 2008. The miners are demanding a
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Posted: 2008-08-27 18:06:00 |
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Workers and their Families Suffer Immigration Raids
Approximately 3,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Postville Iowa, a number greater than the actual population of this small town in Iowa, United States, supporting the workers who, back in May 2008 were arrested and charged with identity theft –
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Posted: 2008-07-31 17:19:00 |
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Fourteen Thousand Strike in Vietnam
With consumer prices rising steadily in Vietnam, 14,000 Hwa Seung Vina footwear workers are demanding an $18 raise and rejected the compromised raise from management of $12.
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Posted: 2008-07-28 17:55:00 |
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Strike Against German Airline Lufthansa
July 28, 2008 - Approximately 5,000 freight, catering and maintenance staff walked off the jobs at midnight after the Verdi service union representing 52,000 workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of an indefinite strike.
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Posted: 2008-07-28 17:54:00 |
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Worker Unrest in China
Social uprising in China continues as migrant workers have rioted for three days in eastern China after a migrant worker was beaten up by security guards.
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Posted: 2008-07-18 08:58:00 |
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Wildcat Strike in Vietnam
Six thousand workers have begun a strike as of July 3, 2008 at a Vietnam textile plant called Chutex group demanding pay raises.
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Posted: 2008-07-09 16:07:00 |
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Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
June 9, 2008, Stelllenbosch, South Africa: Five workers have died and thirteen have been injured when a sub-contractor was demolishing a wall at an old wine cellar in Stellenbosch in the wine region of South Africa.
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Posted: 2008-06-30 09:45:00 |
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Petrotrin Oil Workers Work Stoppage
May 8, 2008 – It is now the second day of a strike for 6,000 workers of Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned Petrotrin in protest to health and safety issues and fears of job cuts.
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Posted: 2008-05-08 13:55:00 |
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We condemn the arrest of worker-activists, Iran-Tehran
Workers and conscious people,
Ongoing arrests of Worker-activists continue. On December 14th, Mohsen Hakimi, a member of the Coordinating Committee to Form Workers Organization, along with other worker-activists was arrested in Chitkar Park and sent
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Posted: 2007-12-17 14:58:00 |
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Worker-Activists Arrested Iran-Tehran
On Friday December 14th, during conversations among some workers' families regarding the workers issues in Chitkar Park, Security Forces arrested four of these people in the park; Mohsen Hakimi, Ebrahim Norouzi Gohari, Ali Raza Asgari, and Hossain
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Posted: 2007-12-17 12:14:00 |
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Against Wage_Labour Issue # 9
Welcome to Against Wage-Labour issue Number 9. Since the last issue, the worker struggles continue around the world fighting against the corporations who abuse power by exploiting the labour power of the workers, continually driving down their wages and
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Posted: 2007-11-03 22:01:00 |
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Hunger in Canada
According to Forbes, less than 800 individuals are worth almost $3 trillion U.S. dollars! This is clear indication that there is absolutely no shortage of resources in this world to take care of the most vulnerable.
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Posted: 2007-10-03 14:13:00 |
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Poverty in Canada
According to Forbes, less than 800 individuals are worth almost $3 trillion U.S. dollars! This is clear indication that there is absolutely no shortage of resources in this world to take care of the most vulnerable. Canada, a first-world state, has 17
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Posted: 2007-10-03 12:45:00 |
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