Labor
Settlement at Journal de Québec < Settlements, Strikes and Lockouts, Quebec | CUPE
Posted by cmkl
The longest strike or lockout at a french language newspaper in North America is over. Looks like the Québecor gets journalists to take video, photos, and photographers to write news. The journos get some staffing guarantees.
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."
Mauritius Labour & Industrial Relations Ministry Notes Report Upholding Foreign Workers' Rights
Posted by SeekThankfully from All Africa
Foreign workers in Export Processing Zones in Mauritius, mostly China, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, suffering "dismal working conditions" . Those trying to improve conditions in the past had been suffered intimidation and deportation, but national report advocates that foreign workers should enjoy the same rights as local workers.
Dock Workers Shut 29 West Coast Ports in Protest Against the Iraq War
Posted by Jeff from SFGate.com
At least 6,000 workers represented by San Francisco's International Longshore and Warehouse Union did not report for work for the day shift, effectively shutting down 29 West Coast ports. Their president, Bob McEllrath, issued a statement that read, "We're supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it's time to end the war in Iraq."
Burger King VP
puts self on grill | news-press.com | The News-PressPosted by RobCottingham from News-press
A senior Burger King VP is charged with posting harsh attacks against his critics of his company's labor policies under an assumed name.
Rights group hits China on treatment of migrants
Posted by Jeff from Boston Globe
The report cataloged a variety of deprivations suffered by the estimated 1 million to 2 million migrant workers employed on construction sites before the Summer Olympics in Beijing: a lack of safety equipment, crowded and unhygienic dormitories, no medical care, arbitrary fines by bosses, and unpaid wages.
Service Workers Union Backs Obama - The Caucus Blog
Posted by Jon from Thecaucus.blogs.nytimes
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