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Saturday, August 9th, 2008For the first four months of 2008, there has been an increase in the number of trade union officials and members in comparison with the same period in 2007. This is the crux of the findings in a report entitled ”WORRYING INCREASE IN ASSASINATIONS AGAINST UNIONIZED WORKERS IN COLOMBIA,” which was published by the Escuela Nacionale Sindical [...]
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Unions in China: An Offer WalMart Can’t Refuse
Friday, August 8th, 2008As noted in an earlier post on this subject (”A Union Even Wal-Mart Can Love”) Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, has reconfigured its operations around the world, even pulling out of some markets altogether. But, in a reflection of just how different operating conditions are in China, Walmart signed collective-bargaining agreements with workers in two provinces [...]
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China-Congo Investment Deal – Who’s getting the Short Stick?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008China signed a $9 billion deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year to allow China access to the African country’s mineral resources. In return, China plans to invest (by way of Chinese contractors) in a new transportation network—a 1,000-mile road from the Zambian border to northeastern Congo. Infrastructure improvements such as this [...]
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Zimbabwe Update: A Postcard from Mugabe’s Paradise
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008I am reprinting verbatim a post in “Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe” a blog I follow with some interest. Those of us following the goings on in Zimbabwe must remind ourselves of the daily struggles for survival in Zimbabwe, which this post does rather well unfortunately:
With inflation recording 2,2 million percent and economists like Erick [...]
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Zimbabwe Will Fall: It’s the Economy Stupid!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008In today’s BBC News Africa, there is an interesting article about the economic crisis in ZImbabwe and its ultimate impact it will have on the Mugabe government. It points out that with the inflation rate in Zimbabwe at 15 Million percent, 256 Billion Zimbabwe dollars gets you a loaf of bread. Zillionaires are starving in [...]
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