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NUMSA Calls for National Strike
SOUTH
AFRICA - The National Union of
Metalworkers of South Africa appeals to all trade unionists,
community organisations and social movements to join the protected
general strike Numsa has called, under Section 77 of the Labour
Relations Act, in protest against the Employment Tax Incentive Act
(ETIA) and in support of genuine polices to create jobs for young
people on 19 March 2014.
Read more..http://business
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Between 2010 and 2012, Pace of Job Creation was
Slowest in a Decade
INDIA -
A sea of young people on a Delhi Metro last week offered a glimpse
into the despair within young India.
Read more..http://www.hindusta
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Solidarity Call for February 25 People's Strike in Korea
SAN FRANCISCO -
There has been an international call for action in support of Korean workers who are organizing a
general strike on Feb 25.
Read more..http://www.indybay
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How Amazon Crushed the Union Movement
MIDDLETON
- Amazon.com, like many big businesses,
isn't a fan of labor unions. In contract negotiations, organized
workers demand higher wages, layoffs by seniority and sometimes
threaten to strike.
Read more..http://business
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VW Reconsiders Expansion In South After no UAW in Chattanooga
USA -
Last Friday, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga voted against having
UAW represent them. This was a shock to many because
initially the workers supported it.
Read more..http://www.dailykos
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Innovation, Optimism and Jobs- Is Digital Technology
Destroying Middle-class Jobs?
NEW YORK -
Is digital technology destroying middle-class jobs? Does it
exacerbate income inequality?
Read more..http://www.nytimes
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When is the Far-right Acceptable to the West? When
it's in Ukraine
KIEV - The
‘progressive’ Western political elites and the
establishment journalists who act as PR agents for them would like
us to think that they are unequivocally opposed to neo-Nazism,
homophobia, racism and far-right political extremism.
Read more..http://rt.com
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After Yugoslavia,
Ukraine?
US - Public
opinion in Western Europe is wrong
to regard the Ukrainian crisis as a showdown between Westerners and
Russians.
Read more..http://www.voltaire
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Nevermind Thuli, Long May Hlaludi Reign
SOUTH AFRICA - The
controversy-plagued SABC acting chief operating officer, Hlaudi
Motsoeneng, is going nowhere if his boss – the only person
who can fire him – has her way.
Read more..http://mg.co.za
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Oxfam Report Reveals Extreme Inequality Along with
Poverty Worsening
AUSTRALIA - A new report from Oxfam sheds
light on rapidly growing extreme inequality and how it worsens
poverty around the world...
Read more..http://www.oxfam
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Shops Can track Your Phone
WASHINGTON -
Should shoppers turn off their smartphones when they hit the mall?
Or does having them on lead to better sales or shorter lines at the
cash register?
Read more..http://www.news24
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Please join
the list of supporters for the Justice4PinkyMosiane
Campaign.
Pinky
Mosiane was raped and murdered on February 6th
2012 at
Anglo-Platinum’s Khomanani
Mine, where she’d been working underground for 3 months.
About this group
The Justice4PinkyMosiane
Campaign advocates justice for Pinky, mobilises action to
address the crisis of violence against women in South Africa
and raises the plight of women mineworkers.
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