Unions

Bangladesh relaxes ban on trade unions (AlertNet)

7 Sep 2008

Source: Reuters DHAKA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's army-backed interim government on Sunday relaxed emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity, after transport workers threatened to go on strike over ...

Mboweni pay hike appals unions (Pretoria News)

7 Sep 2008

Unions and opposition parties have slammed Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni as being a remarkably fat cat for accepting a massive 28 percent salary hike while pushing ordinary South Africans to tighten their belts in the face of inflationary pressures on the economy.

In another era, climate would seem ripe for unions (Seattle Times)

7 Sep 2008

An American teleported from the 1950s to now might think this would be a golden moment for labor unions. After all, the wages of most Americans remained stagnant through the most recent expansion, a modern first even though productivity rose 11 percent. The country shed more than 400,000 jobs in the first half of 2008 after weak job creation for seven years. Many who have jobs worry about their ...