Category: Labour
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NUMSA Statement on its 10th National Congress
South Africa’s biggest trade union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, held its 10th National Congress from 12-15 December 2016 in Cape Town. This statement was written on … Keep reading »
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Referendums and Social Movements in Italy and Europe
Matteo Renzi’s recent attempt to constitutionally embed neoliberalism and simultaneously legitimize and secure his tenure as Prime Minister via a referendum on proposed changes to Italy’s postwar constitution failed spectacularly … Keep reading »
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Jane F. McAlevey – No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
Income inequality has reached levels not seen since the 1920s. Labor unions’ membership is in decline, and popular opinion has turned against them. Promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter lack an organized base, and therefore are unable to build the power to effect meaningful change. Watch video »
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South Korean Protests Growing
For the sixth straight weekend, hundreds of thousands of Koreans came out in Seoul (and with other Korean cities estimates approaching 2 million people on the streets) to demand the … Keep reading »
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Chinese Workers’ Uprising: Unions, Workers, and Resistance in China Today
Toronto — 30 October 2016. China has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for three decades. It is also home to some of the largest, most incendiary, … Watch video »
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Ford Unifor Agreement Ratified — Voted Down at Oakville Unit, Local 707
As bargaining between Unifor and the Canadian branches of the Detroit Three automakers came down to the last company, Ford, the signs were pointing to an emerging resistance to decades … Keep reading »
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Protesting the Capitalist University
The University of Manitoba is on strike. Since 1st November, more than 1,200 faculty members took to the picket line to protest the lack of funding for education, a need … Keep reading »
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Misreading the Historical Moment
A Response to Murnighan’s “Unifor and Big Three Bargaining” Deep economic crises, as opposed to the regular ups and downs of capitalism, have played a special role in the history of … Keep reading »
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Big Three Bargaining: Different Ways of Making History
Different Ways of Making History Canadian autoworkers have long been pace setters in the Canadian labour movement and as soon as its most recent agreement with General Motors was ratified, Unifor … Keep reading »
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France and the Struggle over Labour Reforms
The so-called Labour Law, passed en force by the French government on 20 July, is the most serious attack against the “Code du Travail,” already undermined for the past thirty … Keep reading »
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South African Workers Mobilize to Challenge Neoliberal Policies
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) Special National Congress in December 2013 resolved: “There is no chance of winning back the Alliance to what it was originally … Keep reading »
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Southern Insurgency
The Coming of the Global Working Class Even as labour in the developed world seems to be in retreat, industrial struggle continues elsewhere, and with particular force in the Global South. … Watch video »