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· July, 2006

Stories about Labor from July, 2006

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai speech

Eddie Cross on Zimpundit posts in its entirety the speech given by former union leader and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to a National Convention held by Churches in Zimbabwe Saturday...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
31 July 2006

South Africa: Trade union

Writes Farrel Lifson at politics.za, South Africa's largest trade union COSATU gets a lot of media exposure, but still has fewer than two million members.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
31 July 2006

Liberia: Firestone under fire

In honor of Liberian independence day, Black Looks highlights a campaign to persuade U.S. tyre maker Firestone to clean up its operations in Liberia, spearheaded by the Friends of the...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
27 July 2006

Kenya: Job loss

“It's odd to quit a job,” writes Kenyan Musings, who just quit hers. “People think you are nuts…but it gets to the point where if you allow yourself to be...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
24 July 2006

Belarus: Economic Sanctions Looming

TOL's Belarus Blog and Andrei Khrapavitski write that “Belarus is soon to be expelled from the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) due to its non-compliance with trade union legislature...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
24 July 2006

African Migrants in Australia

African Migrants takes note of a report that says African migrants who held a job before leaving their homeland in search of work are more likely to find employment on...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
21 July 2006

African Women: Call for Nominations

African Women posts a call for nominations for the African Women of Distinction book and video exhibition scheduled for December 2006. The aim, the announcement says, is to profile the...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
21 July 2006

Taiwan: human trafficking

David discusses about the US State Department downgraded Taiwan to its “tier two” watch list in its latest Trafficking in Persons Report in jujuflop. He hopes that the report can...

Written by Oiwan Lam
19 July 2006

South Korea: Anti-FTA protest

Kotaji blogs about the anti FTA protest in Seoul on July 12. Jamie in Two Koreas has a very detailed account of the raining day demonstration. Another witness report is...

Written by Oiwan Lam
14 July 2006

Iran: Syndicates & Socialist Revolution

Several Shargh newspaper journalists have launched Zangeh Tafrih, a collective blog to write about economic issues. In Zange Tafrih they explain why Marx prophecy about Socialist Revolution in industrial countries...

Written by Fred Petrossian
11 July 2006

Senegal: Migrant workers

Black Looks posts a poem about the lives of African migrants looking for work and a better life, and Nigeria, What's New? picks it up with a link to a...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
10 July 2006

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