September 27, 2007 On September 27, 2007, the world experienced its first virtual strike. In response to a wage dispute, IBM workers in Italy organized a picket outside their company’s “corporate campus” based in the 3-D virtual world of Second Life. According to a report in the Guardian, workers “marched and waved banners, gate-crashed… Read More »
OBSTACLES TO GLOBALIZING THE LABOR
September 24, 2007 Once employers were mostly local; so were unions. When local companies became national corporations, unions too had to go national. Now capital has gone global. Today, there is little disagreement in the labor movement that unions now have enter the global arena. But this is easier said than done. In order… Read More »
AN ARMY OF NONE
August 29, 2007 Army of None is a manual for opponents of the Iraq war who want to cut off its supply of cannonfodder. It presents how- to guides, hot tips, and successful examples of counterrecruitment strategies in schools and communities around the U.S. It argues that such actions can be a critical part… Read More »
CHINA’S NEW LABOR CONTRACT LAW
July 11, 2007 China’s new Labor Contract Law was enacted by the National People’s Congress on June 29th. It will go into effect on January 1, 2008. The law was enacted with an unusual amount of debate and controversy both in China and worldwide. GLS has written extensively about the attempts by foreign corporations… Read More »
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