• But Gompers' Committee on Organization had proposed limiting FOTLU membership to skilled workers, and restricting the labor movement to a select few. (wikipedia.org)
  • On this May 1st, we call on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to stay true to its origins and values. (world-psi.org)
  • According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), Africa has the largest child labour rate of 19.6% with 72.1 million African children involved in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work like mining, agriculture, drug trafficking, recycling, prostitution and slavery. (ei-ie.org)
  • Action Against Child Labour (ILO, 2000, 356 p.): 7. (nzdl.org)
  • Economic incentives for children and families to eliminate or reduce child labour (Geneva, ILO). (nzdl.org)
  • Child labour. (nzdl.org)
  • Trade unions and child labour. (nzdl.org)
  • Child labour and international trade policy (Oslo, FAFO/NUPI). (nzdl.org)
  • 1995. 12 hours a day, every day: Child labour in the brick kilns in India, Survey and South Asian workshop results (Geneva). (nzdl.org)
  • 1997. Showing the way: Trade unions against child labour in India (New Delhi). (nzdl.org)
  • Child labour is a violation of the fundamental human rights of minors whereby adults exploit children for their personal gain or children's work to feed themselves due to poverty. (ei-ie.org)
  • While the Covid-19 pandemic has made accessibility to education difficult, teacher unions and NGOs are raising awareness on child labour and on the importance of education through projects and programmes. (ei-ie.org)
  • The projects "Child labour free zones'' in Togo and "Work: No Child's Business'' in Mali are supported by EI, FNV Mondiaal, AOb, ENDA, Save the Children and UNICEF. (ei-ie.org)
  • It was in this regard that, the project coordinator, Mr. Hodabalo Alfa indicated that "The pandemic should not make us forget other social problems, such as child labour…'' and added that a set-up of a village committee for trained teachers, school principals and students was organized to combat child labour, as well as to raise awareness about the importance of education. (ei-ie.org)
  • Furthermore, the general secretary of FESEN, Mr Hounsimé Sénon, who also took part in the activity asked participants not to jeopardize the future of children by allowing child labour which prevents them from going to school. (ei-ie.org)
  • In Mali, 28 teachers from SNEC also attended a training session on child labour supported by ENDA, Save the Children and UNICEF. (ei-ie.org)
  • Therefore, school clubs and fora will operate together with teachers and school principals to eliminate child labour in Faragouaran. (ei-ie.org)
  • According to UNESCO and ILO press release, more than 1 billion learners in over 130 countries risk to be pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. (ei-ie.org)
  • For these and other reasons, EI and its member organisations found it necessary to remind governments not to lose focus on child labour, where parents and guardians find excuses to subject children to child labour now that schools remain closed in many countries. (ei-ie.org)
  • What is child labour? (ei-ie.org)
  • Trade unions and child labour : a guide to action / A. Fyfe, M. Jankanish. (who.int)
  • Updated to reflect that the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and anothe r on 21 November 2023. (xperthr.co.uk)
  • Updated to include official statistics from the ONS for August 2023 on days lost to labour disputes and the number of stoppages. (xperthr.co.uk)
  • Kjellberg, A 2023, Sharp Contrasts Between Swedish and French Trade Union Models . (lu.se)
  • But more delegates from trade associations and the United States Greenback Party attended than unionists. (wikipedia.org)
  • The trade unionists decided to call another conference for November 15, 1881 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a larger number of trade union members could participate. (wikipedia.org)
  • CUBAN trade unionists paid tribute to the "historic friendship and solidarity" between their and Britain's labour movements at a packed Unions for Cuba conference in central London at the weekend. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • She led a delegation of 14 Cuban trade unionists, 12 of them women, who are visiting Britain this week to share experiences and build closer links with their British counterparts. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • Activists held workshops and "intercambio" meetings with Cuban trade unionists at the weekend's Unions for Cuba conference to learn about Cuban trade unionism and the country's socialist political system. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • As European trade unionists we are alarmed that despite this clear injustice inflicted on the people of Palestine, European states, the European Union (EU) and representative institutions have failed to fulfil their duty to hold Israel accountable for its grave violations of international law and human rights. (laborforpalestine.net)
  • We believe that as trade unionists and conscious citizens of this world, we have duty and power to take a stand. (laborforpalestine.net)
  • As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting concludes in Nadi, Fiji, PSI expresses our outrage and dismay that the Government of Fiji marked the event, which coincided with May Day, with the arrest and detention of trade unionists, including the General Secretary of our affiliate, the Fiji Nursing Association, Salanieta Matiavi. (world-psi.org)
  • U.S. and Mexican unions have filed on Monday, May 10, 2021, the first labor complaint against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact. (arubatoday.com)
  • Likewise, Unite's 2021 decision to reduce its affiliation fee to Labour as a sign of its disapproval of Starmer's leadership was welcomed as a sign that under Graham the union was moving to the left and becoming more militant. (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • 1997 . Protecting children in the world of work, Labour Education, 1997/3, No. 108. (nzdl.org)
  • Many in the American labor movement, such as Samuel Gompers, sought to implement a 'New Unionism' program which would free unions from political affiliation and limit their goals to the day-to-day concerns of working people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other unions such as the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners also quickly adopted the principles of the 'New Unionism. (wikipedia.org)
  • A resolution against trade unionism was actually proposed, and labor union delegates had to work hard to secure adjournment in order to avoid passage of the motion. (wikipedia.org)
  • This paper follows the history of organized trade unionism in Africa, from popularity and power in the 1980s to disaffection and splintering into multiple unions at regional, subregional and national level in the 1990s and beyond. (ilo.org)
  • It is worth noting the discourses' lack of alignment with recent reflections on trade unionism, which may compromise more effective action by unions in labor relations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cuban trade union federation CTC deputy general secretary Carmen Rosa Lopez Rodriguez said British workers' solidarity action in fighting the illegal US blockade of the island and for freedom for the Miami Five had "cemented our traditions of struggle and defence of workers' rights. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • Cuba Solidarity Campaign activist Lauren Collins described the three pillars of Cuban politics as the elected assemblies (national, regional and local), mass organisations such as the trade union federation CTC and the Federation of Women and the Communist Party, which does not participate in elections. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • Cuba Solidarity Campaign director Rob Miller listed fines of hundreds of millions of dollars levied by the US Office of Foreign Asset Control on British banks and companies for trading with Cuba despite Britain and Cuba enjoying full diplomatic and trading relations. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • We ask you to show solidarity with PSI's affiliates in the United States of America, where another attack on the labour movement is imminent. (world-psi.org)
  • From its inception it excluded Arab labor and thus rejected worker solidarity in favor of national exclusivism. (electronicintifada.net)
  • The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), which was involved in drafting the bill, expressed its alarm in 2019 that only 9 percent of German concerns had a works council and only 40 percent of workers in Germany were represented by a works council. (wsws.org)
  • In addition to a seat on the National Executive Committee (NEC) and half of the votes on the floor of the party conference, there is the small matter of the £1.3m in affiliation fees that Unite gives to the Labour Party and the £3m bequest to fight the 2019 election. (newstatesman.com)
  • In 2019, Prieto led a historic and largely successful battle for higher wages in Matamoros, but she was arrested for allegedly inciting a riot, threats and coercion stemming from a protest at a local labor board that sought to revoke an existing union at a factory and install a new one. (arubatoday.com)
  • The ITUC, the Building and Wood Workers International and the Swiss Union Unia met with FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke at FIFA headquarters today, to inform him that unless Qatar upholds labour rights, the international trade union movement will campaign against the 2022 World Cup being held there. (ituc-csi.org)
  • In Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd and another, the Court of Appeal held that legislation that provides protection against detriment for trade union activities cannot be interpreted to cover detriment for participation in industrial action. (xperthr.co.uk)
  • The current legislation, inherited from Saddam Hussein's regime, rules out the existence of labor unions carrying out free and independent labour union activity. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Establishing the IndustriALL Global Union National Council is a great step towards joining forces in fighting for trade union legislation. (labourbulletin.com)
  • While in Iraq, Kemal Özkan also met with Mr Osama Al-nujaifi, Speaker of Iraqi Parliament, Mr Nassar Al-Rubuiee, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, and Mr Kanna Yonadam, Chair of Labor and Social Affairs Committee at the Parliament, discussing the current legislation. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Legislation should also make it easier to form a union by ensuring that requirements follow ILO norms and standards - trade unions must be allowed to determine and establish their own democratic structures, and the law must provide effective guarantees against interference in trade union movement by government and employers. (labourbulletin.com)
  • IndustriALL Global Union, in cooperation with International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Iraqi affiliated trade unions and national centers, is launching a campaign to support the enactment of trade union legislation, as parallel to the draft labor law. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Migrant workers in Qatar have no labour rights, wages are exploitative and occupational health and safety risks are extreme. (ituc-csi.org)
  • What is also important is that labour immigration must not be concentrated to sectors which have difficulties in recruiting national labour, due to low wages, bad working conditions or bad work environment. (lo.se)
  • They guarantee employers labor peace and low wages, but workers often couldn't vote in their contract negotiations or for their union leaderships, except by show-of-hands votes. (arubatoday.com)
  • When the old North American Free Trade Agreement was approved in 1994, leaders promised it would boost Mexico's wages, something that never happened, in part because of unrepresentative unions. (arubatoday.com)
  • Trade unions play a decisive role in improving working conditions, safety and wages - yet some governments and employers systematically abuse the right of workers to join existing unions or form new ones. (world-psi.org)
  • Israel Cervantes, who helps lead the Generating Movement campaign to get a new union at the GM pickup truck and transmission factories in the northern city of Silao, said old-guard union officials had broken open ballot boxes, destroyed "no" votes and replaced them with ballots marked "yes. (arubatoday.com)
  • Liu did not know who the "higher-ups" were but the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions has been at forefront of a national union campaign since August this year to improve union organizing, encourage "democratic" elections of union officials and to push for collective wage negotiations. (clb.org.hk)
  • Unfortunately, the local union officials did none of these things. (clb.org.hk)
  • Will trade union officials grasp the opportunity to play a more proactive role in work safety, or will they continue to hide in the shadows? (clb.org.hk)
  • The track record of local trade union officials when it comes to work safety is not encouraging. (clb.org.hk)
  • Time and again, when China Labour Bulletin staff have contacted local trade union officials in the aftermath of a work-related accident in their jurisdiction, they are evasive and seek to duck any questions related to their lack of action. (clb.org.hk)
  • Officials at the Yongchuan District Federation of Trade Unions either referred enquiries to the higher municipal union or the district Party's propaganda department, which technically supervises the union. (clb.org.hk)
  • On another occasion, in May 2020, union officials in Sichuan's Guanghan county completely ignored the explosive dangers on their doorstep , even as they were lectured on the importance of work safety by a senior inspector from the provincial federation. (clb.org.hk)
  • Her key demands were that "key industries like energy and steel should be taken into public hands", adding that Unite would throw union officials and resources into a campaign in marginal seats for these policies, alongside greater involvement by Unite members in the Labour Party at all levels. (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • NIOSH requests that editors of trade journals, safety and health officials, labor unions, owners, and employers bring the recommendations in this Alert to the attention of all workers who are at risk. (cdc.gov)
  • MIC first began in 2012 as a monthly newsletter aimed at spreading awareness of labour issues in China among Italian trade union officials. (lu.se)
  • The law clarifies the rights and obligations of employers, workers and China's official trade union. (clb.org.hk)
  • Moreover, while states play a major role in the regulation of the labour market, both trade unions and employers are similarly important stakeholders within this context, albeit often adopting different positi ons with regards to labour mobility. (forskningsradet.no)
  • Employers, on the other hand, often seek to evade labour standards in order to reduce costs and increase financial returns. (forskningsradet.no)
  • These and other strategies are particularly evident in the construction sector and have been facilitated b y the adoption (and transposition) of the Posted Workers Directive (1996), the Services Directive (2006), and the accession of twelve new Member States (2004 and 2007), where enlargement presented employers with opportunities while raising challenges to t he trade unions. (forskningsradet.no)
  • The agreements between employers and unions often only covered white, middle-aged men. (lu.se)
  • This allows activists to take even greater control and three of the candidates - Steve Turner, Howard Beckett and Sharon Graham - are, lo and behold, salaried employees of the union. (newstatesman.com)
  • While it is encouraging to see union federations approving enterprise unions established by worker activists rather than the using the traditional method of seeking management approval, the undue haste in which the process was completed in this case is troubling. (clb.org.hk)
  • Unless this traditional attitude of timidity and deference to factory bosses begins to change and union federations really stand up for workers' rights and interests, there is a real danger that the unions set up by activists like Liu will just be left to whither and die under constant pressure and harassment by management. (clb.org.hk)
  • unions and labour rights activists urge govt. (business-humanrights.org)
  • A worldwide virtual community of workers, union members, leaders and activists coming together in support of ALL labor. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Ecuador's government, led by President Guillermo Lasso , has launched a dialogue process with the country's umbrella trade union, the Frente Unitario de Trabajadores (FUT), to discuss its planned labour reform. (latinnews.com)
  • The government's labour reform proposals have proved controversial, with critics arguing that they would flexibilise labour regulations to the detriment of workers. (latinnews.com)
  • Under the trade pact, Mexico agreed to reform its labor laws to guarantee secret-ballot votes on union representation and contracts and the right to organize freely. (arubatoday.com)
  • Two years after the government's introduction of the new rules for labour immigration, there are many testimonies of ongoing exploitation of non-resident labour in Sweden. (lo.se)
  • It prohibits independent organizing and collective bargaining in both public and private sectors, as well as prohibiting unions from holding funds, collecting dues, and maintaining assets. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Multinational corporations and transactional collective bargaining are becoming increasingly important topics of labor relations. (canvasessays.com)
  • Development of guidelines, tools, and procedures to support Member States in planning and monitoring progress in improving health systems performance need to factor in the urgent need for expanding education and training, employment and career development and the right to organize and collective bargaining of health workers and their trade unions. (who.int)
  • Constructive dialogue with global unions on proposals for a Migrant Workers' Centre and a legacy fund for former and current migrant workers who do not have access to such support. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. (wikipedia.org)
  • It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886. (wikipedia.org)
  • International Federation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) Briefing. (nzdl.org)
  • And even though Liu only managed to persuade one other employee to sign up, the local trade union federation still approved his application, after initially stating that the absolute minimum number of members it would accept was five. (clb.org.hk)
  • Liu wrote in his blog, translated in full by China Labor News Translations , that an official at the Zhongcang Sub-district Federation in Tongzhou asked him: "This thing about you guys setting up a union, have you progressed to the election stage yet? (clb.org.hk)
  • Both the enterprise union and, seemingly, the local federation passively complied with the company's illegal and outrageous demands. (clb.org.hk)
  • In most countries one joins a trade union which is affiliated to a national trade union federation. (electronicintifada.net)
  • But as Marxists and Socialists joined the labor movement and fought for dominance within various labor unions, influential newspapers began to advocate for the suppression of trade unions. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Knights of Labor believed fervently in a concept of the labor movement that was inclusive of both skilled and unskilled labor. (wikipedia.org)
  • ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said the ITUC has made it clear to FIFA that the international union movement "will not accept people working to build stadiums without respect for workers' rights. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The delegation also raised concerns about working conditions in preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and advised FIFA that the union movement would continue to press for improvements nationally and internationally. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The EFTA business, industry and labour representatives further continued an important dialogue with the relevant EFTA Working Groups: the Working Group on Health and Safety at Work and Labour Law and the EFTA Working Group on Free Movement of Persons, Employment and Social Policy. (efta.int)
  • Against a backdrop of apathy and to no great fanfare, important events are unfolding within the Labour movement. (newstatesman.com)
  • Find who you are looking for from the who's who of the union movement. (actu.org.au)
  • Although SPEW's call for disaffiliation was 'overwhelmingly defeated' at Unite's conference, its arguments about the nature of the Labour Party and its call for a "new workers' party" represent the current common sense of the odds and ends, the flotsam, the jetsam - especially amongst former Labour members and the remnants of the Corbyn movement. (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • Kim has received broad support for her mayoral selection campaign from across the Labour and Trade Union movement in the North East. (kimmcguinness.org)
  • The free movement of labour is one of the 'Four Freedoms' of the EU enshrined by the Treaty of Rome. (forskningsradet.no)
  • Trade unions do not contest the free movement of people or immigration per se. (forskningsradet.no)
  • Histadrut is recognized by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions as the representative of all Israeli workers. (electronicintifada.net)
  • Histadrut was formed in 1920 as the General Confederation of Hebrew Labor by the two main labor Zionist parties, Hapoel Hatzair (Young Workers) and Achdut Ha'Avodah (Union of Labor). (electronicintifada.net)
  • Gompers led his committee to propose that FOTLU restrict its membership to skilled craft unions, excluding unskilled workers and political labor organizations. (wikipedia.org)
  • It analyses the impact of the considerable rivalry between the two main trade union organizations in terms of financial stability, membership density and representation at the African Union and international bodies. (ilo.org)
  • Development Goals, commissioners were appointed from the education, employment, health, labour and foreign affairs sectors of governments and international organizations, and from health professional associations, trade unions, academia and civil society. (who.int)
  • Although downsizing involved delicate trade-offs for the company as well as the union, both organizations eventually managed to overcome the challenges. (lu.se)
  • Agency-based labour market tests, in which the social partners can exert influence, must be reintroduced. (lo.se)
  • In order to support those most vulnerable in the labour market, the LO is of the opinion that those working without work or residence permit should no longer be considered criminals, by way of an amendment to the Aliens' Act. (lo.se)
  • Although opinion on the value of the ER Act remains divided in some sectors, the predominant view is that this latest Act introduces a considerably more orthodox and moderate approach to labour market regulation. (ilo.org)
  • The ER Act is supplemented by a number of other statutes that have implications for the employment relationship and the labour market (see the next section below). (ilo.org)
  • The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out of business. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • Second, trade unions remain weak and cannot act as a countervailing force in the labour market. (springer.com)
  • The primary aim is the creation of a single market whereby goods, capital, services and labour can move freely, uninhibited by constraints. (forskningsradet.no)
  • However, while states may have joined the EU because potential economic benefits exceeded the costs (Moravcsik 1996), they may have overlooked the consequences of immigration and its implications for society and in particular the labour market. (forskningsradet.no)
  • Effects of Extended Trading Time on Intradaily Stock Market Volatility. (lu.se)
  • For a long time, trade unions have strived to even the wage gap in the labour market. (lu.se)
  • We now have a transnational economic elite, a stressed middle class where an increasing number lack permanent full-time employment, and a growing group of poor outsiders who never get established on the labour market", says Professor of Social Work Max Koch. (lu.se)
  • For example, women are part of the labour market today in a different way from in the golden years. (lu.se)
  • FurthemoreFurthermore, the union noted that it submitted its legitimate demands to concerned bodies including the Egypt transport authority for fair regulations and the implementation of projects on the connection. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Sister Graham not only opposed the demand for disaffiliation, but apparently reversed her previous non-political position and instead made demands on the Labour leadership. (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • The candidates to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite, Labour's largest affiliate union and biggest paymaster, are seeking the branch nominations needed to gain entry to the ballot of members. (newstatesman.com)
  • If the labour law reforms made by the government at the ILO in November 2017, including those on the abolition of the kafala system of forced labour, are not fully implemented and built on there will be no positive and lasting legacy of the FIFA World Cup. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Earlier on Monday, El-Wazeer said during a meeting of transport committee of the parliament that the "" trade unions encourage incite the workers to become less responsibleoppose reforms. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • The Mexican government has promised to enforce the labor law reforms, but it has been a difficult fight with deeply entrenched old-guard unions. (arubatoday.com)
  • The Pittsburgh convention was attended by 107 delegates from eight national unions, 11 city labor federations, 42 local craft unions, and three district and 46 local assemblies of the Knights of Labor. (wikipedia.org)
  • Just as in previous years, two Venezuelan union federations organized competing demonstrations in support of the May 1 International Workers’ Day. (handsoffvenezuela.org)
  • Under these circumstances, the local union federations should not simply lower the membership requirements, they should go into the factory and assure the workers that not only would they be protected from management reprisals if they joined the union, but that, once established, the union would spare no effort to fight for better pay and working conditions at the enterprise. (clb.org.hk)
  • Mexico's old-guard unions - often linked to the former governing party - signed thousands of "protection" labor contracts in the past, often before factories even opened. (arubatoday.com)
  • All safety measures, including work-related injury insurance, should be stipulated in formal labour contracts. (clb.org.hk)
  • We commit to working within our respective unions not to renew contracts with corporations like HP and G4S profiting from the imprisonment of Palestinians. (laborforpalestine.net)
  • loud cheers came from union members throughout the audience as Gov. Moore talked about projects being completed with union hands and disadvantaged communities having access to jobs and contracts. (constructiondive.com)
  • A majority of MPs voted to introduce a register of lobbyists, to increase regulation of campaigners who are not standing, or putting up candidates, in general elections and to strengthen requirements on trade unions to maintain up to date membership lists. (theyworkforyou.com)
  • New proposals, such as lower salaries for young people and those who recently arrived in Sweden, challenge this policy, while unions have become weaker. (lu.se)
  • It is probably the smallest trade union in the world, but the establishment of a two person union in a small privatized factory on the outskirts of Beijing last month still represents a step forward for China's workers. (clb.org.hk)
  • There are clearly some signs that China's trade unions are beginning to move in a more positive direction but, just as clearly, they have a very long way to go. (clb.org.hk)
  • Will China's trade union finally live up to its obligations under the Work Safety Law? (clb.org.hk)
  • Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education", by Cherine Sabry. (ei-ie.org)
  • US multilateral corporations (along with the firms of other advanced capitalistic nations) control most of the wealth, labor, and markets of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • The ITUC recognises the ILO's role in striving to ensure the rights of workers in Qatar, especially migrant workers as well as the work done by global unions in reducing the suffering of these workers. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The general trade union of public transport workers in Egypt responded in a statement on Tuesday that it supports the state efforts in development and upgrading the transport sector which involves about 30,000 workers, according to the union. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • In a country where freedom of association and the existence of trade unions is not accepted, social dialogue is far from being achieved, nor is the promotion of social justice. (ituc-csi.org)
  • A timebound plan for the ratification and effective implementation of ILO Conventions 87 and 98, following the commitment made to global unions by the government in October 2017 to start a dialogue on all Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Following the death of 23 workers from carbon monoxide poisoning at the Diaoshuidong coal mine in Chongqing on 4 December 2020, CLB Executive Director Han Dongfang called the unions at every administrative level in Chongqing, from the municipal and district unions down to the subdistrict and to Ji'an Township. (clb.org.hk)
  • Demonstrable improvements in enforcement and inspection, especially in relation to 'Non-Objection Certificates' allowing labour mobility. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Labor union, congresswoman allege abuse of Navy laundry contract : UNITE HERE! (unitehere.org)
  • Unite, the union, has already got their candidate in place. (blogs.com)
  • One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor -- backed by the lethal force of gun thugs and militia. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • In past decades, the unions played a decisive role in suppressing any form of opposition and organising job and wage cuts as co-managers. (wsws.org)
  • The union saidadded that all economic and successful productive experiments proved that providing labours with appropriate job opportunities and training is the first step to achieve development and higher revenues. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • A week after the International Monetary Fund warned of serious downside risks to Cambodia's economic outlook, trade unions in the country called on the government to work with the European Union to retain critical trade privileges. (business-humanrights.org)
  • Presenting the law in the Bundestag, Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) proclaimed: "We need more works councils in Germany. (wsws.org)
  • The Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy has invited the social partners to discuss the rules concerning labour immigration to Sweden. (lo.se)
  • Egypt's Transportation Ministry refuted statements remarks attributed to of the Minister Kamel El-Wazeer, in which he criticizsed the trade unions of the public transport sector, accusing them of "obstructing any developments inside the sector and arguing they defendwith the pretext of defending workers' rights. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • The union said that it has submitted its vision on development and achieving revenues, adding that it is ready to cooperate with El-Wazeer on upgrading the sector, but on condition that noting that there ishas to be a will, a plan of action and a serious leadership, which the transport minister showshas all, the union said. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump, center, sits between Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto after they signed a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (arubatoday.com)
  • to become: Annual report of the Minister of Trade and Commerce under the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act. (gc.ca)
  • As former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir remarked: "Then [1928] I was put on the Histadrut Executive Committee at a time when this big labor union wasn't just a trade union organization. (electronicintifada.net)
  • It is not a trade union …" [2] Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, held that without Histadrut, "I doubt whether we would have had a state. (electronicintifada.net)
  • We will work with FIFA in the coming months and are prepared to meet with the Qatari authorities to see if they will respect labour rights and decent work. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The Working Groups were represented by Ingrid Finsland, Chair of the Working Group on Health and Safety at Work and Labour Law. (efta.int)
  • A commitment to continue to work with the Global Unions and with the ILO in these areas, including evaluation and a road map for further action to ensure fundamental workers' rights. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The ministry poinited out that El-Wazeer said that there iswas a need for trade unions to cooperate with ministries and the government to establish the concept that incentives gogive incentives for additional and outstanding work. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • There is little point approving an enterprise trade union unless the organizational ground work has been done properly, and the workers themselves actually want a union and are willing to actively support. (clb.org.hk)
  • Many of these provisions have been in place since the law first went into effect in 2002, but the latest version makes the responsibility of trade unions for work safety inescapably clear. (clb.org.hk)
  • Wherever there is production, the trade union must get involved to ensure work safety," they were told. (clb.org.hk)
  • By encouraging public and private investments in the construction industry that will provide continued and increased access to career training and employment, the Baltimore/DC-Metro Building Trades Unions and its proven apprenticeship training model provides value to the industry, while strengthening the communities in which union members live and work. (constructiondive.com)
  • As defined by the World Health Organization, work-related diseases may have multiple causes, in which the work environment and other risk factors can play a role ( https://www.who.int/occupational_health/activities/occupational_work_diseases/en ). (cdc.gov)
  • Organisations, Faith based Organisations, trade unions, academic institutions, Parastatals and communities to actively take part in all efforts which are geared towards the improvement of quality health and social welfare services in the public sector. (who.int)
  • Using an interactive, open access, and online 'map' format, we collaborate with nongovernmental organisations, journalists, trade unions, academics, and the public at large to provide updated and updatable information on various dimensions of Global China in their localities. (lu.se)
  • Remember how Sharon Graham had campaigned to become general secretary by claiming that she was going to turn away from the politicking in the Westminster bubble that allegedly characterised Len McCluskey's leadership and instead use the power of the union to focus on shop-floor concerns? (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • PSI is calling on all affiliates to join the LabourStart campaign in support of Dora Regina Ruano and Luis Alpirez Guzmán, Organizing Director and General Secretary of PSI's affiliate the National Union of Health Workers of Guatemala (SNTSG). (world-psi.org)
  • Six Iraqi affiliated trade unions are behind the establishment, and Assistant General Secretary Kemal Özkan was present at the founding meeting. (labourbulletin.com)
  • EFTA🇮🇸 🇱🇮🇳🇴🇨🇭 parliamentarians visited #India 🇮🇳 to give momentum to the trade agreement negotiations. (efta.int)
  • The same month of April 1881, the Paterson 'Home-Journal,' a socialist newspaper in Paterson, New Jersey, called for a conference of labor unions to form a new organization which would organize large numbers of workers. (wikipedia.org)
  • How would we know about the organization of labour unions at coal mining enterprises? (clb.org.hk)
  • Together, the ITUC and the BWI are taking the fight for ILO labour standards up to the Qatari Authorities. (ituc-csi.org)
  • In fact, the initiative is not about improving workers' rights and incomes, but rather tightening the stranglehold of the trade unions, which exert their influence in workplaces mainly through works councils. (wsws.org)
  • Inflation has overtaken the gains made through the introduction of a minimum wage, and the labour inspectorate and disputes settlement committees have not met the needs of all the country's migrant workforce of around two million people. (ituc-csi.org)
  • The complaint centers on the Tridonex auto parts assembly plant in the Mexican border city of Matamoros where workers have been fighting to join a new union. (arubatoday.com)
  • In the meantime, four Iraqi national centers recently issued a joint statement about interventions and violations carried out by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. (labourbulletin.com)
  • In the last few years, six Iraqi affiliates representing workers in oil, petrochemical and electricity sectors have joined IndustriALL Global Union, and there is a large interest for further affiliation. (labourbulletin.com)
  • It's going to be NAFTA and [the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement ] on steroids. (vox.com)
  • Most unions have opposed free trade agreements, such as NAFTA. (canvasessays.com)
  • We thus urge MS to uphold the labour rights of health workers and see trade unions in the sector as critical social partners. (who.int)
  • The international union would have the authority to take control of local affiliates. (wikipedia.org)
  • The AFL-CIO's PACs recently stopped all donations to Congress members' campaigns as a way to protest Trade Promotion Authority, also known as "fast-track. (vox.com)
  • Heil openly admitted in the Bundestag that the law was intended to strengthen the trade unions' function as co-managers. (wsws.org)
  • In the past, workers at many factories in Mexico were often unaware they even had a union until they saw dues deducted from their paychecks. (arubatoday.com)
  • Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World peoples, control their markets, extort tribute, undermine their cultures, destroy their villages, steal their lands and natural resources, enslave their labor, and accumulate vast wealth. (thirdworldtraveler.com)
  • This is largely due to the concerted efforts of labor unions, trade associations, manufacturers, universities, and government agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • The International Typographical Union, eager to establish a national labor union, also widely publicized the conference. (wikipedia.org)
  • If the Commission moves ahead in its current form, it will be difficult to disagree with the assessment of the National Union of Journalists that this is a profoundly disappointing development. (labour.ie)
  • When Gov.-elect Nikki Haley announced her cabinet pick for Labor commissioner, her words were spiteful and careless, and would encourage manufacturers to violate the law according to the National Labor Relations Act, which protects the rights of employees to belong to a union. (unionlabel.org)
  • The European Union includes the Israeli National Police in research projects, like LAW TRAIN , funded by the EU taxpayers money, that aims to further develop interrogation techniques. (laborforpalestine.net)
  • She started out as a student union sabbatical - as 'Chair' of Labour Students and a member of the National Union of Students. (blogs.com)
  • In an effort to coordinate and consolidate forces, an IndustriALL Global Union National Council was established in Baghdad on July 10. (labourbulletin.com)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Labor unions. (who.int)
  • More than 100 years ago, and after long struggles by workers and trade unions, the Works Council Act came into force. (wsws.org)
  • Engagement with global unions in the minimum wage council, with an urgent increase in the non-discriminatory minimum wage. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne. (actu.org.au)
  • On matters relating to labour law, there is no appeal from the New Zealand Court of Appeal to the Privy Council (unlike in a number of other areas of New Zealand law). (ilo.org)
  • In April 1881, Gompers lost a re-election campaign for the presidency of Local 144 of the Cigar Makers' International Union to a coalition of socialists who advocated militancy as a way to improve working conditions of cigar makers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even when he's not talking, he's voicing his opposition - when he shows you photos of his grandson, it's impossible to miss the sticker emblazoned in big letters on the back of his phone: "STOP FAST TRACK," in opposition to the bill the Obama administration wants Congress to pass in order to ease the passage of the trade pact. (vox.com)
  • In a plenary on health, Labour NEC member and medical student Lara McNeill praised Cuba's free training of medics - when British medical and nursing students rack up tens of thousands of pounds in debt - and its pursuit of cheap generic medicines to stop giant pharmaceutical companies ripping off the health service, noting that a Labour election win would see a similar approach to drug production introduced here. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • Qatar: No World Cup without labour rights. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Protection and enhanced roles for the Community Liaison Officers working with global unions in Qatar. (ituc-csi.org)
  • Beckett has said there should be a change of leader if Labour loses the Batley and Spen by-election on 1 July and has suggested, none too subtly, that the party leader should not have to be an MP. (newstatesman.com)
  • Looking to the election campaign now underway that pits a socialist and anti-imperialist Labour leader against Boris Johnson, he wondered "whether we in Britain might be taking steps in that direction. (cuba-solidarity.org.uk)
  • As the general election approaches and the possibility of a Starmer government becomes more likely, the organised working class is turning its attention towards politics and the policies of Labour. (labourpartymarxists.org.uk)
  • The existence of trade unions is fundamental to the continuous promotion of better working and living conditions for workers. (ituc-csi.org)