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Participants from from UE, CSN and FAT with the leaders of Met-Life, an affiliate of the FAT.

Organizers from Three Countries Share Experiences, Inspiration

by Robin Alexander, UE International Affairs Director

Mexico City

The challenges of organizing were explored from February 16 to 24 by union members and organizers from three countries: six from UE, eight from the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT), and four from Quebéc’s confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN). Several national leaders and senior staff also took part in the Organizers Institute, which coincided with a global week of action in solidarity with Mexico’s independent unions.

UE rank-and-file participants included Pauline Wilson, president of Sub-local 60...    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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April, 2013:

Mexican Teachers' Rebellion Against Gov't Education Reform

Normalistas Block Highways, Seize Buildings

Chiapas: Thousands March for Release of Schoolteacher

Five Students Seize UNAM Tower; Peaceful Solution Sought

Honda Workers' Strike Wins Modest Gains

Mexican Gov't Misrepresentation During the Days of Action

Hundreds in Jalapa, Mexico City Protest Journalists' Murders

Labor Outsourcing Rises in Mexico

LABOR SHORTS: UFCW Canada/CNC Pact; Mexico Cheaper than China; Remittances Fall

The Mexican Labor Year in Review – 2012

 
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Monitoring the Venezuelan Election

Last October I participated in a delegation of members of the National Lawyers Guild who monitored the presidential elections in Venezuela. Following the death of Hugo Chávez, new elections were called and I was again invited to join the Guild in monitoring the elections. We were part of an...    Read on

 

 

 

 

 
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