Trade Unions

David Cockcroft: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:34:00 +0100

Egypt: sweeping reform needed to protect workers’ rights

MaryAlex — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:52:27 +0000

Amnesty International urges the Egyptian authorities to lift restrictions on the creation and functioning of independent workers’ unions, and to set up a system which guarantees an adequate minimum wage.

Source: Egypt: sweeping reform needed to protect workers’ rights

Human tv.. youtube channel.

protectthehumanatshoreditchchurch2010 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:38:04 +0100

Interesting interactivity. showing protect the human project.

Source: Human tv.. youtube channel.

G20 RAW - Trailer

PieNMashFilms — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:30 +0000

Protest for Gambian journalists 3 July 2009

Kaymer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:33:34 +0100

Iran Demonstration - 26 June 2009

SamSam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:19 +0100

Iran Demonstration - 26 June 2009

SamSam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:26:00 +0100

'This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender': Pete Seeger at 90

Patrick Corrigan — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:14:17 +0100

He’s “outlasted the bastards” said Springsteen in a moving tribute at the gig, “a stealth dagger through the heart of our country’s illusions about itself.”

Seamus Heaney wrote this dedication for Seeger’s nine-decade milestone:
"Pete Seeger's singing has fulfilled the high classical expectation that poetry be both sweet and helpful. His art managed to take the strain of his activism, the banjo in his hand was his hammer of justice, and his music was more than equal to the music of what happened."

I’ll put it more simply. Pete Seeger is a human rights hero. Happy Birthday.

Source: 'This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender': Pete Seeger at 90

Amnesty Blogs: Belfast and Beyond : Shadow of the gunman lengthens

Patrick Corrigan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:52:25 +0000

Now, we need to put an end to complacency and realise that the job of making peace and ensuring justice is not yet finished, nor perhaps will be for a generation and more.

I'll be standing in determined silence with my Amnesty colleagues and thousands of other ordinary citizens on Wednesday at the peace rallies called by the ICTU. If you're in Belfast, I hope to see you there.

Source: Amnesty Blogs: Belfast and Beyond : Shadow of the gunman lengthens

RIGHTS: Cuba Passes U.N. Review with Flying Colours

Wily Fox — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:17:47 +0000

The report, adopted by the UPR on Monday, awaits final ratification by a plenary session of the HRC in June. It summarises the opinions of delegates from 60 countries who participated in the debate on Cuba on Thursday, Feb. 5.

Source: RIGHTS: Cuba Passes U.N. Review with Flying Colours

Amnesty at the Belfast march & rally for peace in Gaza (Jan 10 2009)

Patrick Corrigan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:31:19 +0000

ITUC-CSI-IGB - International Trade Union Confederation

Wily Fox — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:32:16 +0000

Brussels, 3 December 2008: The ITUC strongly condemns and protests against the arrest of more than 48 and assault on a large number of ZCTU (Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions) leaders and members, including the arrest of Secretary General Wellington Chibebe.

Source: ITUC-CSI-IGB - International Trade Union Confederation

No Way Out: A report on the human cost of China’s economic miracle | CLB

krease chan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:11:54 +0100

A new report by China Labour Bulletin and Canada’s Rights and Democracy reveals how the lives of millions of workers were thrown into turmoil during the wholesale, shock therapy-style privatization of China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Source: No Way Out: A report on the human cost of China’s economic miracle | CLB

Protect the Human week facebook

Corinne — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:21:43 +0100

A fun place to find out more about Protect the Human week

Source: Protect the Human week facebook

China Tells Businesses to Unionize - NYTimes.com

krease chan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:52:41 +0100

Some of the world’s biggest corporations are facing intense pressure from China to allow the state-approved union to form in their Chinese plants and offices. But many companies fear admitting the unions will give their Chinese employees the power to slow or disrupt their operations and will significantly increase the cost of doing business here.

Source: China Tells Businesses to Unionize - NYTimes.com

Free Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

Wily Fox — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:05:31 +0100

We urge the Cuban authorities to guarantee all Cuban citizens their due rights of liberty, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and right to peaceful assembly, as laid out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.

Source: Free Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

International Trade Union Confederation

OldGreg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:40:07 +0100

It has been the historic role of trade unionism, and remains its mission, to better the conditions of work and life of working women and men and their families, and to strive for human rights, social justice, gender equality, peace, freedom and democracy.

More than ever in its history, confronted by unbridled capitalist globalisation, effective internationalism is essential to the future strength of trade unionism and its capacity to realise that mission.

Source: International Trade Union Confederation

International Trade Union Confederation

Aggy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:38:23 +0100

Source: International Trade Union Confederation

LabourStart

OldGreg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:33:29 +0100

LabourStart is an online news service maintained by a global network of volunteers which aims to serve the international trade union movement by collecting and disseminating information -- and by assisting unions in campaigning and other ways.

Its features include daily labour news links in more than 20 languages and a news syndication service used by more than over 700 trade union websites. News is collected from mainstream, trade union, and alternative news sources by a network of over 500 volunteer correspondents based on every continent.

Source: LabourStart

YouTube - Mansour Osanloo - Freedom Will Come (ENGLISH)

OldGreg — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:28:53 +0100

Campaign film to free Mansour Osanloo an Iranian trade unionist, held prisoner in Iran

Source: YouTube - Mansour Osanloo - Freedom Will Come (ENGLISH)

YouTube - Mansour Osanloo - Freedom Will Come (ENGLISH)

Aggy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:26:49 +0100

Campaign film to free Mansour Osanloo an Iranian trade unionist, held prisoner in Iran

Source: YouTube - Mansour Osanloo - Freedom Will Come (ENGLISH)

International Trade Union Confederation

Aggy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:23:49 +0100

Source: International Trade Union Confederation