| 26 Oct 11 | Unions launch new inquiry into insecure work as part of push for better future for Australian workers -- Workers will have the opportunity to share their stories about the impact of casual and contract employment alongside community groups, unions and employers in a new national independent inquiry to investigate the extent of insecure work in Australia. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Oct 11 | Egypt police storm govt building as thousands strike -- Egyptian policemen on Tuesday stormed a security building, as thousands went on strike nationwide to demand the "cleansing" of their institution and better pay, a security official told AFP. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Oct 11 | Help protect wages and conditions for UK agricultural workers -- Agricultural Workers from across Britain demonstrated at the Houses of Parliament on October 25, 2011 to urge Members of Parliament (MPs) to oppose the Public Bodies Bill. The Bill, if passed, would allow a process to start to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB), the mechanism for fixing legally enforceable minimum wages and conditions for agricultural workers in England and Wales. The agricultural workers' union, Unite, called the demonstration to try to persuade MPs to oppose both the inclusion of the AWB in the Bill and the entire Public Bodies Bill. The opposition Labour Party is already committed to maintaining the AWB so the targets were Liberals and other non-Conservative MPs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 11 | Strike at Maruti's Manesar plant enters 12th day, talks on -- The strike at Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant entered its 12th day on Tuesday as talks brokered by the Haryana government between the management and workers on Monday remained inconclusive. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 11 | Wave of protests, strikes hammer Greece ahead of austerity vote -- ATHENS—Strikes halted ferries to the Greek islands and left rotting trash piling up in Athens for the 16th straight day Monday, as unions fought back against more austerity cuts at the start of a crucial week for both Greece and the 17-nation eurozone. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 11 | Telecom Egypt employees escalate their protest, demanding release of 5 colleagues -- A protest, a press conference and an open-ended strike; workers say they will not rest until their colleagues, charged with attempting to murder their chief executive, are released ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Oct 11 | Chinese workers have a world role -- Just like China’s massive foreign debt holdings, China’s workers’ movement is an economic reality that is now too big to ignore. What China’s 800 million workers want and what they get will impact not only on the cost of consumer products in the West but on the development of the market for international products and services in China. It could also, in the long run, affect the development of workers’ rights globally. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Oct 11 | Security forces free captive Egypt Telecom CEO -- Security forces on Thursday managed to free Egypt Telecom CEO Mohamed Abdel Rehim, who was being forcibly held by company employees demanding his resignation for failing to meet employees' demands. Abdel Rehim was taken hostage after visiting the company’s Opera branch in downtown Cairo late Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Oct 11 | Employers must stop blaming Fair Work for productivity decline -- Employers must stop spreading spreading misleading information about Australia’s productivity growth before the problem can be turned around. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Oct 11 | Eini compares contract workers to slave market -- Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini today declared his promised general labor dispute over the issue of contract workers. In his declaration, Eini compared the use of contract workers with a slave market. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Oct 11 | Maruti Suzuki breaks agreement, sparks new strike – shot fired -- INDIA: On September 30 an agreement was reached between Maruti Suzuki and striking workers. The workers agreed to resume work, and the management agreed not to indulge in any acts of vengeance against the workers. The parties also agreed to settle disputes through negotiations and to respect each others' fundamental rights. ( Laborstart ) |
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