May 16, 2007 Global warming is becoming a huge issue – perhaps the greatest single threat facing humanity. It is forcing escalating reconsideration on every institution, from government to business, to religion. How has the labor movement in the U.S. and around the world responded, and what challenges does the issue of global warming… Read More »
A CLARION CALL
May 13, 2007 The reality of global warming and its catastrophic consequences are today beyond debate. But American labor is caught in an internal stalemate among those who fear job loss from efforts to deal with global warming, those who have not considered global warming an important union issue, and those who see the… 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 »
THE GLOBAL BATTLE OVER NEW RIGHTS FOR CHINESE WORKERS
April 21, 2007 Editor’s Note: GLS has taken the lead in exposing the role of U.S. corporations in opposing the proposed Chinese labor contract law. Here’s an update on the campaign of the “sweatshop lobby” – and the response by labor worldwide. In a historically unprecedented visit, the influential Chinese scholar and labor law… Read More »
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