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What is to be done?

tanglad wrote 1 week ago: The appalling work conditions at the Cavite Export Processing Zone are, unfortunately, not unique to … more »

Tags: Philippines, Globalization, Human Rights, Women, Social Justice, Current Events, Export-Processing Zones, Unions, Coalition

Who are you fighting for?8 comments

tanglad wrote 1 week ago: LaToya at Racialicious challenges us to remember who we are fighting for. Here’s my roundabout … more »

Tags: Women of Color, Philippines, Globalization, Human Rights, Women, Social Justice, Current Events, Cavite, Cavite Export Processing Zone

US: Obama's pitch to the working class

vittorio wrote 3 weeks ago: By Howard Kurtz THE AD: “He worked his way through college and Harvard Law. Turned down big-mo … more »

Tags: america, Governments, workers, afl-cio, Barack Obama, hillary clinton, us election, US working class

What if the Sunday papers included information like this? Links for June 23-28, 2008

professor what if wrote 3 weeks ago: As I appreciate so many of the links and read-a-rounds of the bloggers I read, I have decided to do … more »

Tags: Links for the week, Feminism, racism, mcain, sugar workers, trader joe's, Bikini Wax, feminist blogosphere, activism

AFSCME Rally, June 4th

cluesb wrote 1 month ago: CLUE SB sent Eric Bailey to represent us at the AFSCME workers’ rally at UCSB on June 4th. CLU … more »

Tags: Labor, AFSCME, Get Involved, Attending Events, AFSCME, Volunteering

US: Domestic workers demonstrate against violence

vittorio wrote 1 month ago: By Cara Buckley and Annie Correal The women’s stories seemed to come from a backward country, … more »

Tags: america, workers, Abuse, Domestic workers, Foreign worker, harassment, Migrant Worker, Violence, Working Women

USA readers: the sixth Ask a Working Woman survey

tigtog wrote 2 months ago: I received an email about this over a week ago and neglected to post it earlier: my apologies. The s … more »

Tags: Announcements, family work, Solidarity & Sisterhood, Ask A Working Woman, election years, survey

US: Young workers, positive about unions, face economic squeeze

vittorio wrote 2 months ago: By James Parks, AFL-CIO Two new reports show today’s young workers are being squeezed by high … more »

Tags: workers, Governments, Reports, america, Unemployment, Young workers, costs of living, low wages, US Recession

Madonnas and Whores

hysperia wrote 2 months ago: Sex trade and trafficking in Australia: IT WAS probably one of the more mixed audiences that Austral … more »

Tags: Law, Mainstream media, Australia, Exploitation, Slavery, High Court, Nuns, Sex Trafficking, Sex workers

Hindi Sila Mananahimik

krguda wrote 2 months ago: Here is the editorial that I wrote for this issue’s Pinoy Weekly: Hindi Sila Mananahimik Gusto … more »

Tags: Etc, pinoy weekly, University of the Philippines, Graduation, Call Center

May Day: An International Fight for Worker's Rights

autonomieproject wrote 2 months ago: So now that you’ve devoured your scrumptious vegan cheesecake from yesterday’s post, you … more »

Tags: May Day, International Worker's Day, Labor Day, Workers' rights

Local Organizations with Global Impact

Kat wrote 3 months ago: Whenever I take a political science course, I am always frustrated by all of the world’s seemi … more »

Tags: bananas, del monte, Costa Rica, Pesticide, Foro Emaus, Community Organizations, Central America, union

What kind of job do you have to pay just to go to work?1 comment

Jessica Land wrote 3 months ago: Many of us know this song and dance all too well. Dancers at Queens Club Claim Wage Violations If th … more »

Tags: sex work, stripper, New York, New York Times, Jackson Heights, Urban Justic Center

Torch of Freedom2 comments

autonomieproject wrote 3 months ago: There’s nothing like a billion-dollar, media-happy, corporate-sponsored international event li … more »

Tags: Human Rights, Current Events, Olympics, Protests, tibet, China, Sweatshops, Olympic Torch

The Crandall Canyon Disaster and Market "self-correction"15 comments

Derek Staffanson wrote 3 months ago: In responding to my last post “The Triangle Waistshirt Fire,” one commentor assured me that the … more »

Tags: Economics, Human Rights, Labor, corruption, Government Regulation, free market, Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Crandall Canyon Disaster, free-market idolatry

Industrial Revolution and Child labor

FormaeMentis wrote 3 months ago: Child labor is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. This practice is … more »

Tags: Global, Child Labor, Industrial Revolution

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 6 comments

Derek Staffanson wrote 3 months ago: Just a few days ago, we passed the anniversary of a seminal tragedy. On March 25 1911, a fire tore t … more »

Tags: Human Rights, Labor, Feminism, Sweatshops, Workplace Safety, Unions, Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Government Regulation

SWOP East Internet Radio Show!!!!

Jessica Land wrote 4 months ago: Repost Authorization Granted and Encouraged! XBN SWOP East Broadcast Network Friday 3/28/2008 11:00 … more »

Tags: Human Rights, sex work, Politics, activism, SWOP-East, Sex Worker's Rights, technology, Maxine Doogan, Internet Radio

Humans as test monkeys2 comments

Kat wrote 4 months ago: I was reading a friend’s blog about legalizing marijuana the other day, and I was upset to le … more »

Tags: bananas, Insecticides, Costa Rica, Monkeys, nematocides, Pesticides


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