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Fighting for a living wage in Nicaragua

Oct 30, 2012 

Garment workers in Nicaragua producing high-quality apparel are earning barely 40 per cent of the government’s ‘basket of goods and services’. Let’s take the case of Veronica.

EVENT: Training Women in Indonesia

Training Women in Indonesia

Oct 21-23, 2012 

A course for training women only was held in Serang, Indonesia from 21 to 23 October in the framework of the MNC project. This project is sponsored by LO/TCO and fnv and aims to train workers in the use of international standards to promote workers’ and trade union rights.

Pay rise for Austrian metalworkers

Nov 1, 2012 

Under difficult circumstances Austrian metalworkers win a pay rise of up to 3.4 per cent for 180,000 workers in this year’s bargaining rounds.

UK workers paid less than living wage

Nov 1, 2012 

5 million workers in the UK are paid less than a living wage, according to research by KPMG, on 29 October 2012

European unions protest against Ford plant closures

Nov 1, 2012 

Unions mobilize in response to Ford Motor Co.'s bitter news last week that almost 6,000 workers in Belgium and the UK are to lose their jobs in the coming years as part of its announced restructuring of European operations.

Violent eviction at La Platosa mine in Mexico

Nov 1, 2012 

Workers and community landowners supporting the Section 309 of the National Miners’ Union had set up a protest camp for the last three months outside the La Platosa mine entrance to demand freedom of association. The union is demanding an end to company violence and a solution to the dispute.

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