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United Steelworkers and Largest UK Trade Union to Merge to Counter Abuses of Globalisation
Posted by SeekThankfully from Afp.google
Merger would help negotiations against multi-nationals, according to press report. This could also be "the first step towards a global union that could take in labour movements from the world's emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia", according to press report. Unite's 2 million members in UK and Ireland are employed by BP and Rolls Royce. USW has "more than one million members in the United States and Canada."
Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
Posted by theangryindian from Projectcensored
According to journalist Jason Leopold, sources at former Cheney company Halliburton allege that, as recently as January of 2005, Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development company. Leopold says his Halliburton sources have intimate knowledge of the business dealings of both Halliburton and Oriental Oil Kish, one of Iran's largest private oil companies.
Canada House gives green light to biofuel bill| Canada| Reuters
Posted by MikeS from africa.reuters.com
Mandated ethanol requirements don't always make the best sense but Canada has officially joined the trend. The Green Party sees it as simply another handout to the biofuel industry without having any real impact on climate change. The bill still has to receive Senate approval before it can become law which in Canada, is generally a formality.
YouTube Fires Back At Viacom
Posted by Jeff
As we say in the legal profession, 'issue has been joined' in Viacom v. YouTube. In its answer to Viacom's complaint (PDF), filed Friday, YouTube says Viacom's lawsuit is intended to 'challenge... the protections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that Congress enacted a decade ago to encourage the development of services like YouTube.' It goes on to say that the suit 'threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment, and political and artistic expression.'
Burger King Caves!
Posted by Shemuses
After years of resistance, Burger King finally joined fellow fast food giants McDonalds and Yum! Brands in meeting farm worker demands for decent wages and working conditions. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Burger King announced on Friday that the fast food chain will begin paying a penny more per pound of Florida tomatoes in order to boost wages for tomato harvesters. A penny more per pound actually raises wages by 75 percent, if you can believe that. Until now, the standard rate has been about 45 cents for a 32-pound bucket.
Urban Outfitters Pimps Obama, Your Love
Posted by Shemuses
Liberal politics and mass consumption are difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile. Gap launched its (RED) campaign while also exploiting the lives of Indian children. So it should come as quite a bore to learn that Urban Outfitters, is actually run by an evil conservative genius named Richard Hayne, who takes the 28 bucks you spend on an Obamaniac shirt and parlays it into a fatty donation to the Republican Party. Beneficiaries have included former Senator Rick Santorum. How truly ironic! Capitalism: 1, Liberals: 0.
Superstore banana price war attacked by aid charities
Posted by senselessthing from Guardian UK
A banana price war has broken out between British supermarkets, and has been widely condemned by overseas aid charities, which feel that it will ultimately contribute to the poor treatment of plantation workers in the developing world.
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