It seems that “politicking” and bureaucratic manoeuvring is taking charge instead of politics, and  that is a bad sign; a sign of political immaturity, a sign that the working class still has to overcome the legacy of the old political system. by Jean-Pierre Daubois Jean-Pierre Daubois is long time union activist and socialist who began [...]

“We call this new unionism social justice solidarity,” and contrast it with “pragmatic solidarity,” which sees alliances only in terms of what they can offer to help unions win immediate battles. “social justice solidarity begins with an important assumption — that unions are workers’ organizations engaged in class struggle (whether they like it or not) rather [...]

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.”— A. Philip Randolph An important debate has commenced within the ranks of organized labor regarding the future of the movement. From our experience we know that the ‘top-to-bottom’ approach [...]

Tens of thousands of people in Haiti are estimated dead, and millions have been affected by the January 12 earthquake. Many estimates expect deaths to go over 100,000. The toll is much worse because of the refusal of the U.S. and other imperialist governments to carry out immediate emergency relief efforts in working-class areas hardest [...]

Six union confederations in Turkey have announced that they will go on a general strike if the government does not respond to the Tekel workers’ demands by 26 January 2010.  The hunger strike mentioned below is now on hold pending the government response by the deadline. Worker Ya?ar from the Tek G?da-?? union: “The workers [...]

Thousands of Tekel workers called for a general strike in Ankara after another protest march on Suday. The workers occupied the Türk-?? building after the unions federation executives had not made the expected announcement regarding a full scale strike. Tekel workers, struggling for their rights since middle of December, surged to the platform and called [...]

Migrant workers s across the globe have demonstrated that they are not waiting to take control of their economic futures. They are pushing for the legal and economic reforms that will make migration a choice and not a necessity for economic survival. The global economic crisis has devastated workers around the world, none more than [...]

FINAL DECLARATION – Responding to the call of the World Federation Trade of Unions and the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), the 1st International Conference of Young Workers was held in Lima, on November 18-20 2009, year of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. 32 trade union organizations from 25 countries took [...]

“You have to resist if you don’t want to perish” by Binayak Sen [A body mass index] below 18.5 is regarded as chronic subnutrition.  33% of our adult population, one third of the country, have a body mass index below 18.5.  For me this is a shocking figure. . . .  We find that, in [...]