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| China
A workers’ spring in the heart of “the workshop of the world"A series of conflicts and strikes have affected a large number of manufacturing plants in China since May and June 2010. In a country whose labour force is the largest in the world (estimated at about 300 million people) and which represents a huge market, labour disputes are quite frequent, though they rarely get attention from the western media. According to the official Chinese magazine “Outlook Weekly”, there were 280,000 labour disputes in 2008 and they increased by 30% during the first half of 2009 compared to the previous year. The new attention focused on the conflicts of May and June is undoubtedly not fortuitous. These conflicts may be indicative of changes that should be analyzed. -> read article... |
| Pakistan
Losing lives to form trade unionsOn 6th July while Mustansar Randhawa was listening to a worker who had not been paid his wages by a textile boss, an unknown person with a Kalashnikov entered the front room and fired. Mustansar tried to save his life by running to the next room but 10 people were determined to finish him off -> read article... |
| Hatiti/16th World Congress
Solidarity with HaitiFollowing the enormous catastrophe that hit Haiti, this country, the poorest in the Americas, desperately needs solidarity, not military occupation. The Sixteenth World Congress adopted the following statement of solidarity. -> read article... |