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April 16, 2011
Support US Labor Rights

 

The Employee Free Choice Act would allow for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation.

 

According to American Rights at Work, 94% of employers resist workers’ efforts to form unions, 49% illegally threaten to shut down the worksite. Intimidation is common, recourse rare. The EFCA allows for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation. See www.freechoiceact.org.

April 16, 2011
Support US Labor Rights

 

The Employee Free Choice Act would allow for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation.

 

According to American Rights at Work, 94% of employers resist workers’ efforts to form unions, 49% illegally threaten to shut down the worksite. Intimidation is common, recourse rare. The EFCA allows for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation. See www.freechoiceact.org.

April 14, 2011
Blogging for Nonviolent Social Change

Blog emphatically and empathetically. Only you can write this blog entry.

To Post or Not to Post, That is the Question

Image courtesy of Cox & Forkum

April 2, 2011
US Companies Pushed China to Repress Unions More

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and major US and European corporations succesfully lobbied China to reduce workers' rights in proposed labor legislation. These corporations routinely claim corporate investment will encourage democratization. This report indicates the opposite.

 

April 2, 2011
Where there is Oppression, there is Resistance

The Chinese workers in a Danish-owned electronic plant defy the factory owners and the official trade union, go on strike for a month, and win. After continued harassment and the firing of union organizers, the United Federation of Danish Workers lends its solidarity.

Excerpted from China Labor Translations, www.clntranslations.org

April 2, 2011
Worker Rights and Labor Protest in China

Independent labor activism in China flourishes despite repression, and despite the official union.

April 2, 2011
Worker Rights and Labor Protest in China

Independent labor activism in China flourishes despite repression, and despite the official union.

February 12, 2011
March for Greater Love in Zimbabwe: WOZA's 9th Annual Valentine's Day Protest is Biggest Ever

On Valentine's Day 2011, Zimbabweans demand a dignified constitution written with love, one capable of mending broken hearts.

One of the contingents arrives in front of the Chronicle.  Image sent to Peacework by WOZA of the 2011 Valentines Demonstration, photographer unkown

January 19, 2011
Peacework’s Final Printed Issue: Testimonials and Reflections

Peacework’s legacy? Never give in, give up, or give out.