September 3, 2015

This is Our Time

Transportation Developments Usher In Change Fort Lauderdale, Fla – Over a five-day period, 600 delegates to the 2015 IAM Transportation Conference heard of organizing victories, the promise of real change in the Canadian political landscape, the implications of contract flipping as well as the need to do more. But at the end of the week, delegates left knowing that “This is Our Time.”

Inde : Des dizaines de millions de personnes en grève pour défendre les droits du travail

Plusieurs dizaines de millions de travailleurs indiens ont participé à une grève nationale aujourd’hui à l’appel de dix grands organismes syndicaux. Il s’agit sans doute d’une des grèves les plus importantes de l’histoire du pays. Les syndicats protestent contre les plans annoncés par le Premier ministre Modi qui vont priver de larges proportions de la main-d’œuvre indienne de la protection qu’offre le droit du travail, sur l’ordre des investisseurs locaux

Tens of Millions Strike in India to Defend Labour Rights

Tens of millions of Indian workers have joined a national strike called by ten major trade union bodies today, in what may be the largest strike in history. The unions are protesting at plans announced by Prime Minister Modi to deprive large segments of India’s workforce of labour law protection at the behest of local and foreign investors.   Workers from manufacturing, mining, the public sector, transport and other sectors,