Stories about Labor from February, 2008
Barbados: CSME
Barbados Underground‘s “commenter analyst” examines the pros and cons of the Caribbean Free Market and Economy (CSME).
Serbia: President Tadic Gets Re-Elected
The presidential election in Serbia had some bloggers fearing that a decisive victory for the extreme-right nationalism represented by the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) could result in violence. One bloggers wrote, "My babysitter has her bags packed."
Poland: Trade Unions and Homophobia
Trade union Solidarity “has called for the striking from the work regulations of a clause calling for tolerance,” Our Man in Gdansk reports.
Russia: DPNI Newswire
Moscow Through Brown Eyes translates typical headlines from the newswire of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and notes: “Another thing about this kind of craziness is that it really isn’t worth dissecting, analyzing, arguing with, or linking. But it’s also a little dangerous to ignore it.”
China: Storm in the way home
China is wading on its icy way home. I hope to record how common people face the most serious snowstorm and sleet disaster China met in as long as 50 years. Their stories tell how the whole country shares one dream of going home, a dream that ties us together.
Nepal: Housewives and Women
My DiGi Home remembers speaking about her mother as a homemaker, and the idea of a housewife.
Nepal: Working abroad
Deepak's Diary on the vulnerability of immigrants from Nepal.
Europe, Russia: “The New Cold War” by Edward Lucas
Marginalia reviews Edward Lucas’ The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West.
Iraq: Hail Storm and Work
Neurotic Iraqi Wife describes a day which started with a hail storm in this post. She also writes about an outstanding colleague, who wants to leave Iraq.