Headlines: 25 November - 2 December 2008
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- Large companies are increasingly outsourcing to super exploit workers in South Africa

- South African Education sector threatened by lack of teachers

- Chinese workers left stranded as employers continue to skip the country without paying workers


Headlines: 18 November - 25 November 2008
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- Thousands of workers lose their job due to economic crisis

- FAWU outraged by lack of respect for workers' lives

- Turkish company prevents workers from unionising


Headlines: 11 November 2008 - 18 November 2008
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- Railways are to come to a stand still as workers threaten to strike

- COSATU condems arrest of Swazi activists

- Zimbabwean workers and economy face a bleek future


Headlines: 4 November 2008 - 11 November 2008
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- Is ANC split likely to affect COSATU

- Xenophobic attacks continue in Mdantsane

- A victory for New York City restuarant workers

Headlines: 28 October 2008 - 4 November 2008
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- Trade Unions not taking environmental pollution seriously

- Militant Durban bus trike ends with victory for workers

- At least 2.7 million factory workers in southern China could lose their jobs soon

Headlines: 21 October - 28 October 2008
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- SAFPU outraged by soccer bosses big bonuses

- SADTU to protest against exploitation of temporary teachers

- Child labour rife in Ghana

- Sirius Satellite Radio in Korea faced workers' anger after abusing over 200 women workers

Headlines: 14 October - 21 October 2008
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- Report vindicates the poor on the states' housing policies

- Durban Solid Waste workers' struggle continues as 100 is fired

- Columbia government and employers use police brutality to fight workers

Headlines: 7 October - 14 October 2008
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-The struggle for union recognition at Woolworths continues

- Durban Solid Waste workers win right to permanent employment

- India's Bollywood workers win demands after mass strike

Headlines: 30 September - 7 October 2008
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-Engen, Shell and BP to face legal action

- About 800 workers to lose jobs at Ford motor company

- Disgruntled workers kill CEO in India

Headlines: 23 - 30 September 2008
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-Trade Unions mourn while workers continue to die in South Africa's mines

- Blacks still marginalised in the workplace

- Privatisation destroyed Kenyan workers lives

Headlines: 16 - 23 September 2008

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-Johannesburg mayor challenges pro poor landmark court judgement

- Swaziland trade union plans to sue police for workers' injuries

- Textile factory abuses workers in China

Headlines: 9 September - 16 September 2008
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- The wage gap between the rich and the poor continue to widen

- VW South African supplier refuses to meet workers demands

- Calls for support for workers in Palestine

Headlines: 2 September - 9 September 2008
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- Shack dwellers face jail for illegalling connecting to electricity

- Farm workers at the mercy of their bosses

- And airconditioning company victimises workers in Venezuella

Headlines: 26 August - 2 September 2008
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- SATAWU vows to stop Aravia Sale

- eThekwini privitisation deal turns sour

- Workers strike in India brings the country to a stand still


Headlines: 19 - 26 August 2008
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- COSATU to boycott Zimbabwe and Swaziland goods

- NUM calls for bigger fines on negligent mining bosses

- Iranian government brutality against workers and trade unions continues


Headlines: 12 - 19 August 2008
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- The battle between Woolworths and SACCAWU continues

- Working class outraged by the pending closure of Centre for Civil Society

- Firestone workers in Liberia reach a milestone agreement

- Speedo viciously abuses workers in China

Headlines: 5 - 12 August 2008
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- POPCRU opposes private prisons

- SACCAWU on strike against retail giant Pick and Pay

- Repression against trade unionists continues in Zimbabwe despite political negotiations

Headlines: 29 July - 5 August 2008
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- Workers at Klipdrift Wine Cellar fired for joining trade union

- Mining Industry ignores sick migrant workers

-WTO NAMA proposals could close companies and threaten jobs


Headlines: 22 - 29 July 2008
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- CCMA fines textile company 17 million rand

- African Labour Movement unites to fight against autocracy

- ZCTU supports targeted sanctions against Zanu-PF regime in Zimbabwe


Headlines: 15 - 22 July 2008 - to be uploaded soon


Headlines: 8 - 15 July 2008
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- Food Industry in price fixing scandal again

- Calls for workers to stop cashing in their pensions

- Thousands of Australian workers to lose jobs

Headlines: 1 - 8 July 2008
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- Government & Labour working on retirement fund to cover all workers

- NUM vows to get better wages for workers at De Beers

- Turkey shipyard employers boost profits at the expense of workers health & safety

Headlines: 24 - 1 July 2008

TO BE UPLOADED SOON....


Headlines: 17 - 24 June 2008
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- COSATU gears up for mass action against electricity crisis

- Kougama Community supports workers on strike

- Zimbabwean government tortures & kills poor people who want political change


Headlines: 10 - 17 June 2008
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- Calls for the closure of Soetwater Refugee camp as humanitarian crisis hits Cape Town

- Numsa institutes corruption charges against Energy SETA officials over mismanagement of funds

- Swazi trade Union to sue police for workers’ injuries


Headlines: 3 - 10 June 2008
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- Pain & Scars of Xenophobic attacks haunt displaced survivors

- Police brutality against workers in Gauteng continues

- Iran Government forbids independant unions & tortures leaders


Headlines: 27 May - 3 June 2008
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- Revolt of the poor targets African Refugees & Migrant Workers in Xenophobic attacks

- Security companies owe workers millions

- Workers in Fiji fired for exercising their rights