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 »
CHALLENGING CORPORATE SECRECY IN CHINA
June 22, 2007 It’s hard to get accurate information about what’s really going on in China’s economy or its workplaces. This is a big problem for unions that need information about the companies they bargain with and the industries within which they operate. It’s also a problem for consumers who need to know about… Read More »
GLOBALIZING WORKERS RIGHTS
May 11, 2007 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher This post is based on a contribution to the symposium “‘Neither Slavery Nor Involuntary Servitude’: The Thirteenth Amendment and the Contemporary Struggle for Labor’s rights” that appeared in the March, 2007 New Labor Forum. For generations, workers in the United States and… Read More »
GLOBAL WARMING: MARKETS AND DEMOCRACY
May 13, 2007 This is the sixth in GLS’s series on Labor and Global Warming. The danger of global warming was recognized in the 1960s, and by the 1980s its effects were already becoming apparent. Yet significant action to limit it has only just begun. Meanwhile, the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted into… Read More »
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