Undue Influence: Corporations Gain Ground in Battle over China’s New Labor Law
EGYPT AND THE PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED LABOR MOVEMENTS
March 7, 2007 Two previous posts described an unanticipated wildcat upheaval by 27,000 Egyptian textile workers in Mahala El-Kobra last December and its historical background. This piece looks at Egypt as an example of a wider pattern: How U.S. and other global corporations utilize government-controlled unions created by authoritarian nationalist regimes even as they… Read More »
CHINA’S EMERGING LABOR MOVEMENT
February 7, 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 »
WHAT’S IT GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF TORTILLAS IN MEXICO?
February 3, 2007 Hundreds of thousands of people marched through downtown Mexico City the last day of January protesting the rise in the price of tortillas and other staple foods. The march was filled with housewives beating pots and pans in the kind of “casarolazo” made famous by the resistance movements of Argentina. Supported… Read More »
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