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Thu Oct 9

• Progressive Voter Guide to the Economy | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet

Thu Sep 25

• Concerning the Export of Capital: by William L. Anderson at Mises Institute

Wed Sep 24

• Cyber Picket Line: Cyber Picket Line is intended as a service to the international trade union community. It's purpose is to assist direct communications between union activists around the world. The main area of the site is the World Trade Union Directory. Over 2000 links to international union organizations, national unions, locals and union resource sites. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy & Society, vol. 40, no. 3, Jul. 2001.
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions: The International Confederation of Free Trades Unions (ICFTU), located in Brussels, is a clearinghouse for information-sh aring across international boundaries. This web site makes many research papers available online (often in full text). It also offers users a broad array of its policy statements on work issues, which are helpful in studying developing economies. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy & Society, vol. 36, no. 3, July 1997.
• 88-06.pdf (application/p df Object): ACCI CONDEMNS TRADE UNION SCAREMONGERING ON SKILLED MIGRATION

Tue Sep 23

• Al Jazeera English - Americas - Colombian trade unions fight on: Left point of view. Check out the sources.

Sun Sep 14

• The Myth of Deindustrializ ation - WSJ.com

Thu Sep 11

• SWAZILAND BORDER BLOCKADE PLAN: The trade union group COSATU is to stage a border blockade of Swaziland to protest against the undemocratic election taking place in the kingdom next week The Congress of South African Trade Unions announced this week that it wants ?to bring to a total stop the tendency by Swaziland' ;s royal family regime to get away with conducting undemocratic and illegitimate elections, yet still be accepted as a legitimate government?. The election will be held even though political parties are banned and the parliament that is elected has no real power. The Prime Minister and many cabinet ministers are selected by King Mswati III. The present Prime Minister of Swaziland, Themba Dlamini was selected by the King, even though Dlamini had not been elected to Parliament.

Wed Sep 10

• Violence Against Union Members Escalates in Colombia (AFL-CIO Now): In the past eight months, 41 Colombian trade union members have been murdered, more than in all of last year.

Thu Aug 21

• National Industrial Relations and Local Bargaining Power in the US and German Telecommunicat ions Industries -- Doellgast 14 (3): 265 -- European Journal of Industrial Relations: This article compares the process and outcomes of collective negotiations over the outsourcing of call centre jobs in US and German telecommunicat ions firms. In the USA, the Communication Workers of America relied on coalitions with politicians and other organizations to lead successful public campaigns; while in Germany, ver.di used coordinated bargaining with works councils to leverage their strong codeterminatio n rights. Variation in access to resources between countries helps explain differences in the unions' ability to negotiate strong collective agreements on outsourcing and to influence restructuring decisions.

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