February 1, 2008 (First of a series) A Federal court in Virginia ruled on January 29th that Smithfield Packing could proceed with a civil lawsuit filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against the United Food and Commercial Workers, Jobs With Justice, and others. At issue is a corporate campaign spearheaded… Read More »
BEYOND CHINA’S NEW LABOR CONTRACT LAW
January 10, 2008 China’s new labor code went into effect on January 1. It could have important consequences for workers in China and in the rest of the world. The Financial Times on January 2 reports that, Employers in China fear that a new labour contract law that took effect on Tuesday will intensify… Read More »
LABOR AFTER BALI
December 18, 2007 (first in a series) Like an oil tanker hurtling toward a shoal, the world, the U.S., and the labor movement are being forced to make a radical change of course by the emerging threat of global warming. The recent UN conference on climate change, held in Bali last December, showed representatives… Read More »
CHINA’S EMERGING LABOR MOVEMENT
December 13, 2007 Trade unionists in the US and elsewhere have long argued that there is no labor movement in China. They rightly point out that Chinese workers lack even the most basic human rights protections, including the rights to strike and join an independent union. But there’s more to the story: Ten years… Read More »
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