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  • Rank and file - Part 3
    17 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The institution of tighter job regulation for workers accompanied by greater discretion for managers in universities to make decisions over employment issues, represent an irrational postmodern transformation of universities into capitalist corporations, while the ideological neoliberal project driving such developments, functions to alienate academics and other university workers.
    Academics find themselves working involuntarily in the interests of the capital imperative; for institutions (…)

  • Egyptian workers wage ’biggest struggle since British rule’
    10 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Egyptian workers wage ’biggest struggle since British rule’
    By G. Dunkel
    Published Jun 8, 2008 9:13 PM
    A workers’ movement in Egypt that disdains the official trade union is building its own independent organizations and is confident enough of its strength that it recently attempted a general strike. Faced with a wave of strikes that are growing larger and more intense, the U.S.-backed regime of President Hosni Mubarak has responded with concessions for some workers and repression (…)

  • Child Labor : 11 year-old Halima sews clothing for Hanes
    5 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source: cbae.nmsu.edu
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-20121603.html

  • Industrial relations : what are they?
    4 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The widely accepted definition of industrial relations as the study of job regulation emphasises an interpretation of work issues being primarily about solving a ‘problem of order’, thus concealing the centrality of power, conflict and instability in Industrial Relations processes and prioritising the aim of maintaining order with the rhetoric of avoiding conflict.
    Two perspectives on industrial relations represent contrasting views on organisational interests and authority and preferred (…)

  • AFL-CIO’s John J. Sweeney Fears “an American Nightmare!”
    16 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Labor can not stand still. It must not retreat. It must go on, or go under.” - Harry Bridges
    Baltimore, MD - On April 8, 2008, the President of the AFL-CIO, John J. Sweeney spoke at the U. of Baltimore Law School, as part of its inaugural “Leaders in Labor” lecture series. He said that, as he travels around the country, he finds more and more people are “worried to death about the economy and tired of spending too many hours on the job for too little pay.” Mr. Sweeney underscored that the (…)

  • A teamsters’ blockade in the United States
    15 April 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    A teamsters’ blockade in the United States
    Great article below and great coverage of the recent U.S. independent trucker action. However it is inaccurate to translate "camionero" as "teamsters" since in the U.s. "teamsters" would be taken and "Teamsters’ Union". the truckers wert NOT members of the Teamsters Union and actually the Teamsters Union OPPOSED the independent trucker action.
    And much. much bigger independent trucker actions are planned for May Day 2008, of course.
    Will any (…)

  • Watching the Dinosaurs Fall
    22 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Watching the Dinosaurs Fall By David Glenn Cox
    The motivation for this comes from an article written by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times and he told the truth, mainly. I won’t dispute a single fact or figure but in his article, “America’s economy risks mother of all meltdowns” he comes to us as a prognosticator, predicting the future of the things that will be.
    He wants to be the ghost of Christmas future when in fact he is the ghost of Christmas present. Come then, touch the hem of my (…)

  • Comparative History
    7 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Comparative History By David Glenn Cox
    Huddled in the dark corridors, fed with the finest of food and drink and sophistry now comes a shadow of fear, a pall of realization. That those of us outside the Washington corridors of power, outside the Wall Street offices have known about for months, it is no well kept secret to America working class or perhaps I should revise that to the non working class or maybe the over working class.
    The (…)

  • Will Write For Food
    14 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Will Write For Food By David Glenn Cox
    To whom it may concern,
    I am looking for gainful employment. I have worked during my life doing painting and wallpapering. Not just throwing paint or slapping paper on walls but real quality work. I have done carpentry, building walls, decks, finishing basements. I have hung acoustical ceilings and doors, installed sinks. I’ve installed appliances and worked both hanging and finishing sheet rock. (…)

  • A pay deal is for life, not just for Christmas!!
    8 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Management in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are imposing a three year pay deal on staff in their November pay-cheque. This is because they believe that staff want money for Christmas, which is true, but we must not be fooled into thinking short-term. The pay deal is being hailed as a great offer by management who, in an unprecedented move, have been putting pressure on local managers to promote the deal and sell it to staff.
    This is only helping to push members into voting yes (…)