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1. Lessons of the GM Strike in the US Author : peter waterman
This piece, from the Global Labor Strategies Blog, is not just an account of the UAW's strikes at GM in the USA. It also bears on the predicament of autoworkers - once considered the vanguard of the working class - globally. Even more widely does...

Saturday, 20 October 2007 | Read more...

2. Living in the Ghetto? Author : Martin Wicks
Will Hutton says Council Housing is a 'living tomb'. Martin Wicks begs to differ.

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | Read more...

3. Lifelong learning on the Internet Author : Derek McMillan
Unions have always been involved in education but the internet offers massive opportunities for integrating dispersed workforces and providing virtual learning environments. On a personal note older "silver surfers" like myself who are isol...

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | Read more...

4. Linking Up Each Other's Struggles Author : Alistair Smith
Whether it's in West Africa, Central or South America, banana and pineapple plantations remain workplaces where trade union rights are rarely respected, but where those who dare to organise are busy forging solidarity relations for the long ter...

Sunday, 03 June 2007 | Read more...

5. Lifelong learning case study, Oticon, Lanarkshire Author : Walton Pantland
A lifelong learning case study of a successful Amicus learning programme at Oticon, a hearing aid manufacturer in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Read more...

6. Lifelong learning case study at Rolls Royce Inchinnan Author : Walton Pantland
A case study detailing a successful Amicus learning programme currently in operation at a Rolls Royce factory in Scotland.

Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Read more...

7. Labour at the World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi/Kenya Author : Andreas Bieler
Labour was well presented at the World Social Forum in Nairobi in January 2007. Many trade unions had sent representatives and a whole range of themes related to labour were discussed. The representatives and activities can roughly be sub-divided int...

Thursday, 01 March 2007 | Read more...

8. Labour at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, January 20-25, 2007 Author : peter waterman
The increasing participation of the ‘old, institutionalised, inter/national trade union organisations’ within the ‘new, networked, World Social Forum’ raises problems for the latter as well as the former. This report and refle...

Thursday, 01 March 2007 | Read more...

9. Luddites, IT and Cyberunions: Information Technology And National Unions Author : Jack Fiorito
Unions stand to reap significant benefits from recent advances in information technology (IT). Internet access, web pages, e-mail, and video-conferencing provide unions with new opportunities to spread their message and coordinate the actions of me...

Saturday, 09 September 2006 | Read more...

10. Labor and Urban Crisis in Buffalo, New York: Building a High Road Infrastructure Author : Ian Greer and Lou Jean Fleron
By Ian Greer and Lou Jean Fleron With inequality growing and free market fundamentalism on the march, can unions play a constructive role in solving the problems of capitalist economic development? Should they try? In this study ...

Friday, 24 March 2006 | Read more...

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