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Kirsten Newitt

Shenzhen trade union promises more direct elections | China Labour Bulletin - 0 views

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China trade unions

shared by Kirsten Newitt on 15 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Direct elections at enterprise trade unions will become increasingly commonplace in Shenzhen, the deputy head of the city’s trade union federation, Wang Tongxin, predicted following the highly publicised election of a new trade union chairman at the Omron electronics factory in Shenzhen this weekend.
  • Although relatively few enterprise trade unions have direct elections at the moment, Wang said, the union federation would heavily promote direct elections so that in the future such events “will not be news, nor pioneering, but rather just normal work practice.” The union is already targeting some 163 enterprises in the city, each employing upwards of 1,000 workers, for direct elections over the coming year, he told the Southern Metropolis Daily.
  • The election came about as a direct result of a strike by several hundred workers at the plant two months earlier on 29 March demanding better pay and benefits as well as a more representative and effective trade union at the plant.
Steve Gibbons

Indonesia: Historic Pact Today Strengthens Sportswear Workers' Union Rights - ITUC-CSI-IGB - 0 views

www.ituc-csi.org/nesia-historic-pact-today.html

indonesia olympics freedom of association

shared by Steve Gibbons on 07 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Steve Gibbons on 07 Jun 11
     
    Historic agreement has been signed regarding trade union rights in factories in Indonesia. The pact was signed by Indonesian textile, clothing and footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike and Puma.
Kirsten Newitt

Egypt's new labour movement comes of age - 0 views

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Egypt trade unions

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  • Kirsten Newitt on 01 Feb 12
     
    Ben Moxham blog on the current state of trade unions in Egypt.
Stuart Bell

Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights - ITUC-CSI-IGB - 0 views

www.ituc-csi.org/ey-of-violations-of,11418.html

ITUC 'freedom of association'

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  • Stuart Bell on 07 Jun 12
     
    ITUC's annual country-by-country survey of the state of trade union rights
Kirsten Newitt

Mexico passes radical labour reforms | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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Mexico labour law

shared by Kirsten Newitt on 14 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Mexico's senate has approved a wide-reaching labour reform bill in the biggest shakeup of the country's job market in more than four decades.
  • The bill, which the government said will create up to 400,000 jobs a year, contains a raft of measures, including changes that would make it easier for firms to hire and fire workers and shorten labour disputes. However, parts of the bill that sought to make unions more transparent were cut back.
  • Under the new measures, work contracts will be more flexible, enshrining trial periods and initial training contracts in labour laws. Regulations will be tightened on outsourcing of personnel, while the minimum wage will rise from an hourly to a daily rate.The reform strengthens the rights of working women, including outlawing gender-based discrimination and helping mothers plan their work schedules. Unions will have to publish their regulatory statutes on the ministry of labour's website, but many of the tougher measures – including rules to force them to show how they manage members' fees – were dropped.
Kirsten Newitt

New Report from Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Conditions in South Africa's Fruit and... - 0 views

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HRW South Africa agriculture labour standards

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  • Kirsten Newitt on 24 Aug 11
     
    Human Rights Watch report, Aug 2011. Workers in Western Cape province who help produce South Africa's renowned wines and fruit are denied adequate housing, proper safety equipment, and basic labor rights, HRW said in a report released today. The government of South Africa, along with the industries that employ these laborers, should take immediate steps to improve their working and housing conditions, HRW said. The 96-page report documents conditions that include on-site housing that is unfit for living, exposure to pesticides without proper safety equipment, lack of access to toilets or drinking water while working, and efforts to block workers from forming unions. While the Western Cape's fruit and wine industries contribute billions of rand to the country's economy, support tourism, and are enjoyed by consumers around the world, their farmworkers earn among the lowest wages in South Africa. The report also describes insecure tenure rights and threats of eviction for longtime residents on farms.
Stuart Bell

China's main union is yet to earn its job - 1 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...na-trade-union-global-movement

China freedom of association

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  • Stuart Bell on 29 Jun 11
     
    Han Dongfang from the China Labour Bulletin looks at new directions for the ACFTU
Stuart Bell

Accord on fire and building safety in Bangladesh - 1 views

www.industriall-union.org/...ing_safety_in_bangladesh_0.pdf

Bangladesh garments

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  • Stuart Bell on 17 May 13
     
    Text of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
Stuart Bell

ITUC 2013 Report on Violations of Trade Union Rights - 0 views

www.ituc-csi.org/untries-at-risk-2013-report-on

freedom of association ITUC

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  • Stuart Bell on 14 Jun 13
     
    Annual ITUC global survey, with country by country analysis
Stuart Bell

AFL-CIO issues critique of social auditing - 0 views

www.aflcio.org/...sponsibility-Outsourced-Report

'social auditing' 'supply chain labou'

shared by Stuart Bell on 23 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Stuart Bell on 23 Apr 13
     
    "This report digs underneath the façade of social auditing and certification schemes to reveal a deeply disturbing abdication of responsibilities on the part of both governments to protect human rights at the workplace and of companies to respect these rights by exercising due diligence regarding the impact of their business activities and their business relationships."
Stuart Bell

Indonesian agreement could be the start of a 'sweat-free' London Olympics says TUC - 0 views

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supply chain labour Olympics Indonesia

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  • Stuart Bell on 05 Jul 11
     
    TUC welcomes the agreement between Indonesian unions and major sportswear brands
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