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Reclaming May Day

The tradition of May 1 as the international holiday of the working class began in the United States, but for many decades was lost to the U.S. working class. Beginning in 2006, with mass marches and work stoppages by immigrant workers, working people in this country have begun to reclaim their day.

The roots of May Day as a workers’ day of protest and solidarity go back to Chicago in 1886. But May Day has been a festival for working people since long before that. May Day was a holiday for the peasants of Europe going back to ancient times. The name of the month itself comes from the goddess Maia, who to the ancient Greeks was the mother...    Read more

Philippine Labor News & Analysis

March/April 2012:

Church Leaders Visit Washington, DC; Call for Justice for Slain Church Workers and Political Prisoners

Unions Call for Minimum Wage Hike; Condemn Aquino Administration Wage-freeze

Workers Band Together; Form Largest Trade Union Coalition Since 1989

Flight Attendants for Philippine Airlines Victims of Travesty of Justice

KMU Legal Counsel Hails 3rd Dismissal of Charges Vs. St 72

 
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Mexican Labor News & Analysis

April, 2012:

Peasants and Farmers Protest in Capital, States; Demand Aid

Mexican Unions Enter National Elections Deeply Divided

López Obrador: Pensions at 65; Peace with EZLN; Talks with Bosses

Vázquez Mota: Industrialize, Labor Law Reform, Women Workers

Teachers Leader Gordillo Flips on National Teacher Tests

Court Rules in Favor of Gómez Urrutia; Final Warrant Dismissed

Finnish Unions Show Solidarity with Mexican Workers at Pkc

CTM Threatens Independent Workers Center with Violence

Around 400 Workers Will Lose Their Jobs as Johnson Controls Announces Closure of Puebla Plant

CTM Victory at VW Plant—legitimate or Protection Contract?

Mexican Agricultural Workers in Canada Join UFCW

Mexican Labor Law Professors and Lawyers Demand That Supreme Court Respect Freedom of Workers to Select Union Leaders

Bosses Say Violence Has Closed 160,000 Firms; Government Denies Claim

Strike at Estrella Blue Jeans Plant in Coahuila into Ninth Month

Ken Georgetti Flags Abuses of Trade Union Rights in Mexico

IMF Condemns Attempts to Criminalize SME's Labor Struggle

Labor Shorts: SANDAK Strike Legal; University of Sonora Workers Strike

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Learning and Building Solidarity in Mexico

On February 18 a UE delegation – General President Bruce Klipple, Director of International Labor Affairs Robin Alexander, Local 1121 President Charlene Winchell and myself – traveled south to Mexico for a weeklong series of discussions and presentations with leaders of both Mexican and...    Read on

 

 

 

 

 
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