| 25 Sep 09 | ILO probes labor rights violations in RP -- MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) A high-level team from the International Labor Organization heard on Wednesday complaints and testimonies about murders of trade union leaders and labor rights advocates, as well as violations of workers’ rights in the country straight from about 30 workers’ groups. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Sep 09 | Union seeks urgent help for miners -- The Australian Workers Union says the hardships facing Mt Lyell mine workers could be solved through a temporary increase in State Government mining royalties. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Sep 09 | Lee government issues warning against government employee labor union -- Analysts say government is worsening government-labor relations by overreacting to government employees¡¯ decision to merge unions and join the KCTU ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Sep 09 | Spain's Opel workers threaten strikes -- MADRID (AP) — Workers' leaders have threatened strikes if large-scale job cuts hit a car plant in central Spain after thousands protested General Motors' sale of its European brand Opel to Canadian company Magna International. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Sep 09 | Obama: We Need Strong Unions for a Strong Economy -- President Barack Obama had a strong, inspiring message for delegates to the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention: We’re going to make this country work again. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Sep 09 | Machinists President Leads Call for ‘JOBS Now' -- Pittsburgh, PA, September 15, 2009 – In one of the livelier moments of the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, PA, the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) led 3,000 delegates and guests in a booming call for “JOBS Now!” ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Sep 09 | Tea Workers’ Demand for Higher Wages Hits a Snag -- COLOMBO, Sep 15 (IPS) - Tea lovers around the globe may soon have to pay more for every cup of their favorite beverage. That is, assuming tea plantation workers in one of the world’s major tea-producing countries get their demand for a significant increase in their daily wages. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Sep 09 | Labor unrest brewing in PAL spinoff—group -- MANILA, Philippines—Rank and file workers of the Philippine Airlines are flexing their muscles against imminent job loss after the management bared its plan to implement before the end of the year a major restructuring program that would affect some 2,000 workers, the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM or Workers Party) said in a statement Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Sep 09 | Campbell's factory workers walk out -- Additionally, the 150 maintenance and production workers put a ban on overtime work for two days, reports ABC News. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Sep 09 | Union membership boost under Kevin Rudd -- A MORE favourable political climate under the Rudd government and less hostile workplace laws have helped unions defy historical trends and record membership increases across a range of industries. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Sep 09 | ILO asked: Probe rights at export zones -- MANILA, Philippines—The high-level mission of the International Labour Organisation due to arrive on September 22 should investigate violations of the right to unionize at the export zones and industrial estates, Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers’ Party) said Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Sep 09 | Early union response to appeal for solidarity with pilots in India -- Unions around the world are standing up for the labour rights of pilots in India, a day after the ITF sent out an appeal for solidarity. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Sep 09 | US stocks improve for fifth straight day -- New York - US stocks climbed for a fifth straight day on Thursday as weekly jobless claims fell and energy sectors gained. ( The Nation ) |
| 09 Sep 09 | Garment factory workers stage sit-down strike -- CEBU, Philippines - More than a hundred workers of the Alta Mode garments factory at the Mactan Export Processing Zone started a sit-down protest the other day against the forced leave implemented by management that allegedly discriminates union members.” ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Sep 09 | Unionized rail workers launch strike -- DAEJEON, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of unionized rail workers went on a partial strike Tuesday to protest what they claimed was their company's refusal to negotiate wage hikes. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Sep 09 | Unemployment down in July -- The number of people who found jobs rose by 1.5 per cent compared to the same period last year, with notable rises in the hotel and restaurant sector and wholesale and retail trades, the National Statistical Office reported yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 04 Sep 09 | Indonesian maids to get one day off a week -- Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Bernama)-- Indonesians maids in Malaysia will be given one day off a week and be allowed to keep their passports during their stay in the country. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Sep 09 | Not paid salaries for five months, health employees announce strike on Sept 10 -- Ludhiana For the last five months, nearly 1000 employees of the state Health department have been waiting for their monthly salaries, but the wait now seems endless. The patience of the employees finally seems to have run out as they have decided to take to the streets on September 10 to press for their demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Sep 09 | Sandals workers' union cries foul after layoffs -- Industrial action may be brewing at Sandals Resort on Cable Beach as The Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) claimed resort officials had failed to formally notify them that they were laying off 80 people this week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Sep 09 | Govt urges varsity teachers to suspend strike -- The Federal Government last night begged university teachers to suspend their strike for the resumption of talks on their demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Sep 09 | ITUC submits to the UN Universal Periodic Review -- Brussels, 1 September August 2009: The ITUC lodged a submission detailing Iran’s violations of fundamental workers’ rights to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, a high-level UN procedure on human rights. Iran will be discussed at the 7th session of the UPR Working Group from 2 - 10 February 2010. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Sep 09 | Thousands of migrant workers stranded overseas -- More than 1,600 Indonesian migrant workers are living temporarily at the country’s embassies and consulates abroad as the government says it can not afford to send the troubled migrants home. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Sep 09 | Eurozone jobless at 10-year high -- Unemployment levels across the 16 countries that use the euro hit a 10-year high in July, as the impact of the recession continued to be felt. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Sep 09 | Obama to Address Labor Union -- President Obama will speak at the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh next month, the White House announced today, on a date that could prove to be pivotal in the health care debate. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Sep 09 | ‘Young Workers: A Lost Decade’ -- Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare luxury and retirement security is something for their parents, not them. In fact, many—younger than 35—still live at home with their parents because they can’t afford to be on their own. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Sep 09 | Trumka on prospects for U.S. labor -- Rich Trumka, the presumptive next President of the AFL-CIO talked about the future of the American labor movement today at a forum sponsored by the Center for American Progress today. The address offers some insights into the policies and priorities that a post-Sweeney AFL-CIO might follow. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Sep 09 | Workers call for stronger health & safety laws with national meetings and rallies -- Thousands of workers and families of people who have died or been injured at work will call on state, federal and territory governments today to bring in stronger workplace health and safety protections at a series of nation wide events on Tuesday 1 September. ( Laborstart ) |
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