| 29 Nov 10 | 1,500 workers protest closure of Morocco textile plants -- SALE, Morocco — Around 1,500 Moroccan workers are entering the second month of a protest sit-in following the decision to close four textile plants, leaving them without jobs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Nov 10 | Gilmore calls deal 'national sell out' -- The bailout deal negotiated by the Government amounts to a "national sell out" that will leave the country crippled with debt, Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore claimed tonight. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Nov 10 | Israeli growers on strike -- Farmers in Israel are carrying out a three-day strike this week, over quotas in the number of foreign workers allowed into the country. Israeli growers and their supporters held simultaneous demonstrations around the country to draw attention to the strike action, which involved putting a stop to all deliveries of fruits or vegetables. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Nov 10 | Price Chopper targeted by union -- Shoppers at the Price Chopper on Albany Shaker Road in Colonie were greeted Friday by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union who handed out fliers that read: "Attention Customers of Price Chopper: Tell the owner of this company not to be a Scrooge to his workers this holiday season. Tell him to give his workers the gift of dignity and respect." ( http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Price-Chopper-targeted-by-union-822849.php ) |
| 24 Nov 10 | Fight against unfair employment laws does not stop here -- Unions will not let up in their campaign against National’s unfair and regressive employment laws, said the CTU, despite the passing of the Employment Relations Act and Holidays Act Amendment Bills in Parliament. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Nov 10 | Unions Yield on Wage Scales to Preserve Jobs -- Even at manufacturing companies that are profitable, union workers are reluctantly agreeing to tiered contracts that create two levels of pay. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Nov 10 | Unions train staff for wage deals -- KUNMING - The provincial federation of trade unions in Southwest China's Yunnan province has recently trained about 400 city- and county-level union officials on how to negotiate wage increases with enterprises in a period of rising consumer prices. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Nov 10 | TAKE-A-LOOK-Chile Collahuasi mine strike in decisive phase -- Most striking workers dug in their heels on Monday at the world's No. 3 copper mine, Collahuasi, as time was running out on an offer management made to lure employees back to work after 18 days of picketing. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Nov 10 | SBI's nation-wide strike withdrawn: Union -- KOLKATA: SBI employees union on Sunday said the proposed two-day nation-wide from November 25 has been called off after an assurance from the government on pension issue. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Nov 10 | In New Zealand the Fight goes on -- The teachers - members of the Post Primary Teachers Association - are fighting for smaller class sizes and a pay rise. As in so many other countries the New Zealand government is trying to make the education service pay for the crisis caused by the neo-liberal economic policies which that country has been a trail blazer for. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 10 | Railway Labour Union stages sit in against delay in Salaries -- PESHAWAR: In Peshawar three different Labour Unions of Pakistan Railway staged protest on railway track and stopped the Awam Express which was on bound to Karachi. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 10 | Electronics maker denies hiring illegal Chinese workers -- Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Touch panel manufacturer Young Fast Optoelectronics denied Wednesday allegations that it had illegally imported laborers from China, saying that the 28 Chinese workers discovered by prosecutors at its Taiwan plant a day earlier were there to receive training. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 10 | Strike for fired union heads -- ABOUT 500 garment workers from the Zhen Yun Factory in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district held a protest yesterday to demand the reinstatement of four union leaders fired over the weekend, as well as better working conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 10 | International Labour Organization staff demand decent working conditions -- Wednesday, 10 November at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, hundreds of ILO workers gathered for an extraordinary general meeting. The ILO Staff Union members were ready to take industrial action at headquarters and field offices to bring to the world's attention their claim that their employer, the UN agency responsible for ensuring that governments and employers uphold international labour standards, is violating collective agreements, staff regulations and the principles of Freedom of Association. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 10 | Union criticises newspaper ads -- THE Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union says the paying for newspaper advertisements for casual or unskilled labourers will not help solve the problems of the ailing sugar industry and the Fiji Sugar Corporation. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 10 | Steel Union Waits to Strike Pending Investigation -- The strike planned by the labour union of Ethiopian Steel Plc for November 2, 2010, was put on hold while their dispute is being investigated by the Addis Abeba City Administration Employees and Social Issues Office. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Nov 10 | MAN Workers Would Reject Takeover Bid by Scania, Germany's IG Metall Says -- Workers at MAN SE, Europe’s third- largest truckmaker, would reject a takeover bid by Scania AB of Sweden, Germany’s IG Metall labor union said, after a report that Volkswagen AG may use Scania to merge its truck operations. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Nov 10 | Seven dead in blaze at French foreign-worker housing complex -- At least seven people died in eastern France on Sunday when a blaze broke out at a residence for foreign workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Nov 10 | Unions welcome release of Aung San Suu Kyi but call for action on labour and human rights in Burma -- There must be real action to improve workers’ rights in Burma following the release from house detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Nov 10 | Strike strife reignited -- About 600 workers from the PY Garment Factory in Sihanoukville will march to the provincial hall today to agitate for the reinstatement of a sacked union leader, following a week-long strike at the factory. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Nov 10 | ICLD workers protest after rejecting new gov't contract -- CAIRO: Around 1,000 Information Center for Local Development (ICLD) employees were prevented from reaching the public prosecution office on Wednesday by police officers who penned them in outside Cairo’s Lawyers’ Syndicate. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Nov 10 | Best strike action award for Dutch cleaners -- A nine-week strike by Dutch public hygiene workers has been designated best union action of the past five years. At an international trades union conference in Nagasaki, Japan, the worldwide umbrella organisation of 900 trades unions, UNI Global Union, applauded the shape and the result of the cleaners' action. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 10 | Ukraine must stop harassment of trade union activist -- Amnesty International has urged the Ukraine authorities to stop the harassment of a trade union activist who remains in hiding after a court ordered him to undergo a forced psychiatric examination last week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 10 | Workers bemoan wage rise -- GARMENT factory workers in Phnom Penh have claimed that a recent minimum wage increase has effectively made them poorer as landlords and transport providers have responded by raising their prices. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 10 | Shorter working week key to happiness and jobs -- An extra 390,000 jobs would be created if the mismatch between overworked Australians and those stuck on part-time or casual wages was addressed, says The Australia Institute. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 10 | Seminar suggests child labour is on the rise in China -- The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 215 million children around the world engaged in work. No one knows for sure how many children are working in China because the government does not publish such data, but the recent signs are worrying. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 10 | Chile Collahuasi strike heads into fourth day, output normal -- IQUIQUE, Chile Nov 8 (Reuters) - A strike by union workers at the world's No. 3 copper mine, Chile's Collahuasi, headed into a fourth day on Monday with no visible impact on output yet as wage talks remained stalled. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 10 | Garment protests hit Sihanoukville factory -- More than 600 factory workers protested in front of the PY garment factory in Sihanoukville’s Number 4 district yesterday, demanding better working conditions and approval for their fired union leader to return to work. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 10 | Protesters Rally in Seoul Ahead of G-20 Summit -- SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of protesters held a peaceful, almost festive, rally in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday to protest the Group of 20 summit meeting that begins here on Thursday. ( Laborstart ) |
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