16 August 2010
CLASS NEPAL starts
English Language CLASS for Workers' Leaders in Kathmandu, Nepal
From 30th August 2010, Centre for Labour and Social Studies Nepal (CLASS NEPAL) has started a 40 hours ( 5 weeks) special English Language Classes to workers leaders, under its capacity development program for workers' leaders. There are 20 workers leaders among them 7 are women. Participating workers' leaders are from Financial Institution Employees' Union, Public Sector Employees' Union, Telecom Union, Hotel, Tourism, Restaurant and Casino Workers' Union, UNI Nepal Liaison Council, Nepal Trade Union Congress Independent, Musicians and NGO workers.
26 August 2010
The August 29th
edition of the Solidarity Report is now available.
Military used in South Africa public sector strike. Thousands protest labour
law changes in New Zealand. 64 workers in Cambodia fired for organizing a union.
Postal union attempting to break Israel mail blocade. Union activists in Kazakhstan
suffer repression. And more.
16 August 2010
Ditsela Workers’ Education
Institute launches the first formal qualification in trade unionism in South
Africa
On Sunday 22 August 2010, Ditsela launched the beginning of a pilot learnership
programme for fifty trade unionists and unemployed youth. At the end of the programme
participants will receive a nationally recognized certificate in Trade Union
Practice registered at Level 4 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
under the auspices of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
16 August 2010
Draft Resolution
5: The Social Solidarity Economy
that in most countries of the world, categorized as underdeveloped or developing
countries, the lack of jobs is increasing at an alarming levels as a result of
the adverse economic and market policies imposed for decades by the global neoliberal
system, forcing between 30 to 70 percent of its economically active population
to seek occupation in what is known as the Informal Economy Sector, for example
as street vendors or self-employed workers.
16 August 2010
CONGRESS DECLARATION
StreetNet International has held its Third International Congress from 10 – 12
August 2010 in Cotonou, Benin. 78 delegates from 33 of our 35 affiliates
mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, representing a paid-up membership of
353 988 assembled for three days to chart the way forward in the continuing effort
to strengthen our organisation and the international struggle to promote the
organisation of street vendors, informal market vendors and hawkers as part of
the international movement of workers in the informal economy. The International
Congress will be followed by a two-day international meeting on 13 & 14 August
on the theme of “World Trade and Informal Traders” for further deliberation around
this theme.
16
August 2010
August 13th
edition of "The Solidarity Report"
The August 13th edition of RadioLabour's Solidarity Report is now available.
You can find it on our website (www.radiolabour.net), Facebook (search for "RadioLabour"),
and iTunes.
09
August 2010
Where's the Freedom
for Workers in Bangladesh?
You may have seen the shocking media images of children beaten by the police
in Bangladesh in efforts to crack down on garment worker protests. Workers are
demanding the minimum wage be raised to $72 per month, which would allow them
to pay for basic needs and live with dignity.
03
August 2010
Please register for the
Clean Clothes Campaign International Forum
The International Forum is intended to energize and better-equip our network
for the ongoing multi-faceted struggle to improve conditions in the global garment
industry and to empower workers. The programme will consist of approximately
150 workshops, created by participants, taking place over 4 days.
Year: 2010
African workers. This book is essential
for African workers and trade unions confronting the challenges associated with
Chinese investments and trade on the continent. 
An essential
tool for anyone working towards the recognition of domestic workers’ rights. 
