The World of Labor
British Union and Cable Channel to Launch Union TV
ILWU Shuts Down Ports in 8-Hour May Day Protest on War in Iraq
Unions Aim to Push Nestlé Out of Russia
Chile to Reopen Copper Mines, Offering a Deal to Strikers
Bangladesh Garment Workers Fight for Overdue Back Wages
Mexican Bottle Makers Face Layoffs for Backing Independent Union
May 3, 2008 — Read Column
Labor Groups Charge U.S. with Violating NAFTA Labor Standards
Guinness Brewery May Face First Strike in 250 Years
Venezuela Nationalizes Giant Steel Company
French Airbus Workers Strike Against Restructuring Sale of Plants
COSATU Mobilizes Against ‘Illegal Zimbabwe Regime’
More Danish Unions Join Strike as Negotiations Remain Deadlocked
April 26, 2008 — Read Column
French Employers and Unions Say Illegal Workers Are Needed
Anti-Riot Police Attack Iran Tire Workers, Arresting over 50
A South Korean Labor Union Marks 300th Day of Strike
Energy Unions to Hold Counter-Summit to North American Meeting
Denmark Braces for Public Sector Walkout
South African Unions Protest Mounting Food Prices
April 19, 2008 — Read Column
Scotland’s Unions Reject Pay Offer for 220,000 Public Employees
Weak U.S. Dollar May Cost Israel the Loss of 15,000 technology Jobs
Giant Dutch Mail Company Threatens Unions with Major Job Cuts
Afghan Children Work in Brick Factories to Pay Off Family Debts
Bauxite Mining Firm Agrees to Make Concessions to Russian Strikers
Indian Workers in Kuwait Say They Haven’t Been Paid for 7 Months
April 12, 2008 — Read Column
Thousands End Strike at Nike Plant in Vietnam
A Strike by Brazil’s Tax Auditors Causes Factory Delays
Norway’s Unions Win Victories on Pensions and Wages
Finnish Construction Unions Win Social Benefits in New National Pact
Postal Service in Seven German States Is Hit by Strikes
Lebanon Teachers’ Strike Is Among ‘Most Successful’ for Union
April 5, 2008 — Read Column
Workers from India Are Trafficked to Work at Mississippi Shipyard
Machinists Call Off Toyota Union Vote in Canada
Renault’¹s Romanian Workers to Strike over Wage Claims.
Egypt’s Doctors Take on Mubarak with Wave of Protests
A New Torch Relay at Olympics in China Will Stress Worker Rights
French Ports Union Calls One-Day Strike to Protest Government Plan
March 22, 2008 — Read Column
GM Europe to Cut 5,000 Jobs in Four Countries
Foreign Investors Balk at Accepting Core Labor Standards in Trade
Polish Teachers Union Calls for Education Services for All Children
Turkish Unions May Strike to Oppose Changes in Social Security Law
ExxonMobil Victimizes Union Staff at Nigerian Oil Fields
ThreeHour Strike by Greece’s Largest Union Causes Disruption
March 15, 2008 — Read Column
The Global Gender Gap on International Women’s Day
North Ireland’s Coastguard Staff Stages 24-Hour Work Stoppage
Swedish Unions Worried About Drop in Membership
16,000 Swaziland Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages
Chinese ‘Barefoot Lawyers’ Defend Workers’ Rights in Court
3,500 Colombian Nickel Miners Strike over Job Contracts
March 8, 2008 — Read Column
Jimmy Hoffa’ Turbulent Career Included Close Links with Israel
Court Injunction in Brazil Wins Truckers a Shorter Working Day
Unions May Strike for Share in Algeria’s Windfall Oil Profits
British Unions Use ‘Cyber Warfare’ Against Anti-Union Employers
Egyptian Workers Strike Against Plan to Reduce Wages by 20%
Historic Strike in Turkish Dockyards Against Worker Homicides
March 1, 2008 — Read Column
European Unions Initiates Major Drive for Higher Wages
42,000 Puerto Rican Teachers Strike after Contract Talks Fail
German Steel Firms Agree to 5.2% Pay Boost, Biggest in 15 Years
Cleaners in Netherlands Win $14.8 an Hour in Negotiated Contract
Milan Airports Are Hit by Strike; 146 Flights Are Cancelled
Australia Welcomes Fatter Postal Workers
February 23, 2008 — Read Column
General Strike in Greece Halts Services
Work Stoppage at Three Units of Mexico’s Wal-Mart
U. S. Writers Union Gains Contract after 100-Day Walkout
1.6 Million Israelis Lived Below Poverty Line in 2007
Toyota Agrees to Japanese Union Demand for Big Bonus
Morocco’s Public Service Workers Stage 1-Day Strike for Reforms
February 16, 2008 — Read Column
Ford Workers at Russian Plant Agree to Management’s Wage Offer
Mexican Jean Factory Closes to Punish Pro-Union Workers
Argentina Unions Stage 1-Day Strike over Workplace Safety
Bahamas Unions Negotiate Deal with Five-Star Restaurant
French Supermarket Workers Strike over Wages
Hungarian Railway Workers Continue Open-Ended Strike
February 9, 2008 — Read Column
Polish Miners End 48-Day Underground Strike with Contract
German City Votes ‘No’ to All Privatization
Dutch Cleaners Conduct Unusual Campaign for Higher Wages
Striking Dockers Will Join Talks on Sale of Greek Ports
Russian Railway Workers Win Pay Raise and Package of Benefits
Berlin Paralyzed by Union-Led Strikes over Pay Increases
February 2, 2008 — Read Column
Workers Will Suffer Most in Global Credit Crisis
France’s Civil Servants in New Protest Against Job Cuts
Brazil’s DuPont Strikers Are Pledged Support by U.S. Steel Union
British Police Stage a Demonstration over Delayed Pay Rise
Strikes Spreading in Ho Chi Minh City
World’s Largest Cell Phone Maker to Close German Factory
January 26, 2008 — Read Column
Microsoft Seeks Patent for Office ‘spy’ Software
New ‘VW Law’ Gives Workers a Veto over Many Company Decisions
600 Strike at Guyana Electric Power Company
Strike at Spain’s Abortion Clinics for Better Legal Protection
Bulgarian Unions Want Departure of Indian Steel Owner
Latin American Youth Who Neither Work or Study
January 19, 2008 — Read Column
Sarkozy: Companies Should Pay One-Third of Profits to Employees
German Unions Expect a Year of ‘Mega-Wage Deals’
Four U. S. Presidential Candidates Each Win One State
In Turkey, Husbands May Be Fired in Cases of Domestic Violence
Zimbabwe Teachers Demand $526 Million Salaries per Month
Mexico’s Campesinos Join Fight Against NAFTA
January 12, 2008 — Read Column
Obama Wins Democratic Presidential Race in Iowa’s Caucus
British Bus Drivers Stage 24-Hour Strike over Working Hours
Bumpy Road for Canada’s Ailing Auto Industry
Law Gives Chinese Workers New Rights
Teachers at India’s Medical Colleges Plan a Relay Hunger Strike
500 Zambian Copper Smelter Workers Strike to Air Their Complaints
January 5, 2008 — Read Column
British Union Settles 25,000 Equal Pay Claims for Women Workers
Qantas Airways Plans to Hire Scabs to Replace Striking Engineers
Mine Company Challenges Chile’s Subcontracting Hiring Laws
Bahrein Oil Workers Threaten Action for Pay Increase
Pakistani Labor Mourns Death of Benazir Bhutto
Polish Miners Will Spend Christmas Underground in Protest
December 29, 2007 — Read Column
Polish Coal Miners Are Ready for Major Strike on Jan. 7
After a 24-Day Strike, Russia's Ford Workers are Back on Job
Swedish Unions Lose in E.U. Landmark Court Case
Namibian Unions Demand Rights for Police and Prison Staff
Zimbabwe's Magistrate Strike Paralyzes Judiciary System
1,700 Engineers to Strike Qantas Airline, Starting Jan. 9
December 22, 2007 — Read Column
Global Labor Summit Will Plan How to Fight Multinationals
Greek Unions Stage 24-Hour National Strike over Pension Reform
Kuwaiti Labor Has Traditionally Fought for Right to Strike
London Bus Drivers Plan Series of Strikes for Better Pay
3,000 ‘Guest’ Workers Strike in Jordan, Sewing Clothes for Wal-Mart
Australian Port Workers Block Shipments of Lead over Safety Issue
December 15, 2007 — Read Column
South Africa’s Miners Strike over Faulty Safety Measures
Teachers from 7,000 Czech Schools in One-Day Strike
Toyota and Nissan Are Building Plants in Russia
Australian PM Hails ‘Hero’ Who Won Billions for Sick Workers
Egyptian Real Estate Tax Collectors Stage Sit-In Before Cabinet
Dutch Unilever Workers End Strike after Job-Cut Deal
Histadrut Sues over Employees’ Right to Sit While Working
December 8, 2007 — Read Column
450,000 Children Forced to Work in Uzbek Cotton Fields
Vietnamese Strike for Higher Pay at Company Making Nike Shoes
Australian Labor Hails Victory on Worker Rights
Italy Faces Transport Chaos as Unions Plan One-Day Strikes
South Korea Arrests Migrant Trade Union Leaders
Independent Union Wins Vote at Mexican Jean Factory
December 1, 2007 — Read Column
French Rail Workers End Their Nine-Day-Old National Strike
Japanese Workers Strike U.S. Military Base over Cuts in Benefits
Russian Auto Workers Still Pressing Ford for Pay increases
Tens of Thousands of Iranians Demonstrate in the Capital
Ukraine Suffers Worst Mining Disaster in its History
Hungarians Protest Against Privatization of Health Care
November 24, 2007 — Read Column
Egyptian Tax Collectors Wage General Strike
French Unions to Meet with Sarkozy While Strike Spreads
Unilever’s Pakistan Plant Fires Masses of Casual Workers
Huge Protests in South Korea Against U.S. Trade Deal
Mozambique Company Ordered to Pay 11 Years of Overtime
Israeli Police Arrest Hundreds of Palestinian Workers
November 17, 2007 — Read Column
40,000 in Dubai on Strike at World’s Tallest Building
Court Rules That Russian Strike at Ford Be Postponed 20 Days
$22 Million for Australian CEO; Workers Get $800 Pay Cuts
Thousands Join Peru’s Striking Miners to Protest Free Trade Pact
Poland’s Gdansk Shipyards, Home of Solidarity, is Being Sold
La Scala Cancels Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ Due to Orchestra Strike
November 10, 2007 — Read Column
Afghan Women Workers Get Poverty Pay and Health Risks
800 striking Asian Workers Still in Custody in Dubai
A Dispute over Light Bulbs Hits Irish Hospitals
WTO Dusts off Hidden Collection of Workers’ Art
Court Makes It Harder for UK Businessmen to Shut Factory Gates
Sick Leave Protest in Thailand Wins Pact for Railway Workers
November 3, 2007 — Read Column
Office Workers' Strike at 7 Firms Hits Finland's Technology Sector
Workers’ Deaths Cast Shadow over Political Celebrations in Beijing
Britain Stops Claims of Victims of Asbestos-Related Conditions
Canadians Say Korean Trade Deal Could Kill 33,000 Jobs
Senegal’s 72-Hour Strike to Make Government Fulfill Its Promises
Union Protests at Opera Premiere in Netherlands
October 27, 2007 — Read Column
Huge Transport Strike Creates Showdown with French Government
Five Guatemalan Union Leaders Murdered Despite U.S. Trade Deal
Korean Metalworkers Union Embraces Migrant Workers into Its Ranks
Foot-Dragging in Israeli Teachers’ Strike
Strike over Safety at Italy DHL Wins Airline Pledge to Negotiate
New German Rail Strike Causes Chaos for 10 Million Passengers
October 20, 2007 — Read Column
British Union Furious at Government Offer of 2% Raise over 3 Years
Dutch Want Smaller Differences in Income
Bulgarian Teachers Continue Strike over Wage Demands
Kurds’ Minister Supports Iraqi Oil Unions
Canadian Labor Urges Government to Protect Workers’ Pensions
Migrant Indonesians Who Work as Maids in Malaysia Face Dilemma
October 13, 2007 — Read Column
Teachers and Doctors Must Do 'Yard Work' to Keep Their Jobs
Unilever Calls on Police As Pakistan Unions Resist Outsourcing
Thousands of Trapped South African Miners Rescued
A French Oil Firm Accused of Complicity with Military in Burma
Japan's 'Scheme' Abuses Foreign Workers
Sugar Cane Workers in Southern Iran Go on Strike
October 6, 2007 — Read Column
World Labor Denounces Myanmar Military Violence
Canadian Auto Workers to Resist GM Deal
Workers in ‘Strike Bike’ Campaign Run German Bicycle Plant
Strike by 27,000 Egyptian Textile Workers
Turkish Pharmaceutical Strike Continues After One Year
Week-Long Auto Strike Ends in Brazil
September 29, 2007 — Read Column
New ITUC Report Reveals Worldwide Murder of Trade Unionists
French President Announces Huge Job Cuts
Strike at Australia’s Largest Printing Company
Seafarers Stranded in Spain Win Back Wages
Russians Won’t Renew Visa of U.S. Labor Organizer
Amsterdam Buying Up Brothels to Curb Sex Trade
September 22, 2007 — Read Column
Labor Disputes Continue to Increase in China
French President in Showdown with Unions over Pension Reform
Major Sugar Strike in Guyana Affects Thousands
Korean Construction Workers End 36-Day Strike with a Pay Raise
10,000 Kenya Tea Workers Strike Plantations
Elderly in Lithuana Go on Hunger Strike over Pensions
September 14, 2007 — Read Column
One-Third of World’s Workers Are Poor and Without Jobs
Moscow’s McDonald’s Officially Recognizes a Russian Trade Union
Hyundai Motor and Korean Union Reach Wage Agreement
Iraq’s Education System in Shambles
Chilean Trade Union Demonstrators Brutally Attacked
Swedish Unions Keep Losing Members
September 8, 2007 — Read Column