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1. Egyptian Workers Impose a New Agenda Author : Asma Aghbarieh Zahalka
I wasn't there as a tourist. What brought me to Egypt with my colleague, Samia Nasser Khatib, was the wave of strikes which, since December 2006, has been shaking the regime of Hosni Mubarak. We spent three packed days, talking from early morning...
Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Read more...

2. Russia: The Anticapitalist Left and Social Struggles Author : peter waterman
Ilya Boudraïtskis and Maria Kurzina present a wide-ranging, original and self-critical analysis of the Left and social movements in Russia, with extensive attention to the trade union movement.
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

3. Overcoming the Crisis of Labour and Unionism under Contemporary Capitalist Conditions Author : peter waterman
September 2007 I was invited by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) to speak to a number of left union, academic and social movement events. The KCTU is evidently not simply confronted by the global crisis of trade unionism but trying to ...
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

4. ESF Labour&Globalisation November Meeting Report Author : Peter Waterman and Asbjorn Wahl
Peter Waterman writes:] The Labour and Globalisation Project within the World Social Forum was created by left and base-level unions dissatisfied with the 'social partnership' orientation of the dominant unions internationally. This is a repo...
Friday, 21 December 2007 | Read more...

5. Israeli employment programme changed after protest Author : Dirk Kloosterboer
Unions and community organisations have attempted to organise and represent participants in ‘workfare’ and ‘work first’ employment programmes, but these attempts have not always been successful. In Israel, protests helped br...
Friday, 21 December 2007 | Read more...

6. International Unions Embrace World Social Forum Author : peter waterman
A commentary on the public declaration by the International Trade Union Confederation of support for the World Social Forum's Day of Action, January 26, 2008. The declaration is seen as innovatory in a number of respects but problematic, given ...
Thursday, 06 December 2007 | Read more...

7. Andy Stern Author : peter waterman
Dan Gallin, former General Secretary of the International Union of Foodworkers, reviews the recent book, and career, of Andy Stern, head of a major US union, as also of a recent split from the AFL-CIO. Gallin considers in turn Stern's relationshi...
Thursday, 06 December 2007 | Read more...

8. 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...

9. The European trade union movement today - a rapid overview Author : peter waterman
The neo-liberal policies of the last twenty years have had important consequences for the trade union movement. We have, however, to make a distinction between the objective effects, those that are so to speak interiorised, of these policies on the t...
Sunday, 07 October 2007 | Read more...

10. No news is good news? Rebuilding trade unions in Sierra Leone Author : john stirling
Sierra Leone hits the news headlines when there is conflict, 'blood diamonds' or child soldiers to talk about but the day to day life of one of the poorest countries in the world is rarely mentioned. In particular, the presence of trade union...
Sunday, 07 October 2007 | Read more...

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