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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008It’s August here in Washington during a presidential election year. Not much is getting accomplished. Zip, nada.
However, quivering in the empty halls of Congress is the Colombia-U.S. Free trade Agreement, full of hope for passage, its anxious parents in Bogota and Washington twisting arms like an angry mom at a kids soccer game. “Let him play [...]
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SEIU Targets Private Equity in CA & WA
Monday, August 18th, 2008For the past couple years, SEIU has led the fight for greater transparency and improved governance at private equity firms. Now the union is taking the fight directly to key funders of PE firms - large state pension funds on the west coast.
Earlier this year, SEIU backed a bill in California that would have challenged [...]
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What are the ILO Conventions?
Friday, August 15th, 2008For almost anybody who follows labor issues, the ILO Conventions are mentioned in the context of labor rights. However most people - myself included - have little understanding about what the Conventions are in any detail. In this post, I hope to clear this up.
The importance of these standards for individuals concerned about human rights cannot [...]
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Petrobras: People vs. Profit
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Why does it seem that extractive industry companies are always the ones being picked on? After all, they have to make a profit too? Why should their operations be scrutinized ever more so than those of other industries? At the risk of generalizing, the history of extractive industries justifies such scrutiny—especially in regards to community [...]
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Barack, Gore, ExxonMobil & the Niger Delta - See Where I’m Going With This?
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Today I am wearing a bright yellow sticker that reads People Before Profits . I am back from a rally on the steps of the Capitol that took place on an equally bright day in downtown Denver. The young, active, activist vibe in this city seems amplified as banners announcing the impending Democratic National [...]
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