Labor
17,000 banana workers go on strike in Colombia
May 12, 2009BOGOTA - Colombian banana farm workers in the country's key growing region went on strike May 8 over pay and benefits, threatening hundreds of thousands of boxes exported a day, union leaders and producers said. Around...
Read moreUnion gains as Hyundai India strike ends
May 12, 2009Reposted from www.imfmetal.org INDIA: Indian autoworkers at Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) and members of the Hyundai Motor India Employees' Union (HMIEU) ended their work stoppage and hunger strike after management agreed to a number of...
Read moreIran rights group urges world pressure to free labor, women detainees
May 12, 2009Human rights and trade union organizations across the globe are combining to call for the release from prison of participants in the May Day rally in Iran’s capital, Tehran, this month. The May Day rally, which...
Read moreSafeway, workers agree to continue labor talks
May 11, 2009DENVER (AP) — With the threat of a strike looming, Safeway agreed to resume negotiations with its union workers a day after they authorized a strike, a company spokeswoman said Sunday. The labor contract between Safeway...
Read moreNetroots Nation Salon: The fight for Employee Free Choice, online and off
May 10, 2009Online organizers and progressive activists from inside and outside the union movement met today at the AFL-CIO for a frank conversation about the state of the Employee Free Choice Act and how online activism can help...
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