March 11, 2007 For generations, workers in the United States and other countries around the world have fought for the right to organize, bargain collectively, and strike. These rights have been increasingly contested in the era of neoliberalism. In response, some in the labor movement have been seeking new ways to ground these rights…. Read More »
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 »
IRAQI UNION OFFICES RAIDED AFTER UNIONS OPPOSE NEW OIL LAW
February 23, 2007 Last week we ran a review of the documentary MEETING FACE TO FACE: THE IRAQ-U.S. SOLIDARITY TOUR describing a visit by Iraqi trade unionists to visit trade unionists and allies in the U.S. Now Labourstart reports that U.S. and Iraq forces have raided the head offices of the General Federation of… Read More »
U.S. WORKERS MEET IRAQI WORKERS: THE MOVIE
February 21, 2007 Modern labor movements developed in national contexts. They are often dependent on national governments for legal rights and political favors. Workers are a patriotic segment of many societies. Governments often lean hard on worker organizations that don’t support their foreign policies. For all these reasons, labor movements often support – reluctantly… Read More »
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