By Dean Baker
The New York Times had an article today that inadvertently revealed a huge amount about how wages are set in the US economy ("US Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations," 5-24-06; A1). We all know the official story - wages are supposed to be set by the market, our old friends supply and demand. When certain skills are in short supply, the wages for workers with these skills are bid up. This leads more people to acquire the skills and may also reduce the demand. Eventually, (…)
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Rising Wages for Nurses? Nanny State to the Rescue
28 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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CHAVEZ IN LONDON : ABOUT THE WORKER’S MOVEMENT IN EUROPE
20 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe workers’ movement of Great Britain is an example for the world By National Radio of Venezuela Wednesday, 17 May 2006
During the opening speech given to representatives of the British trade unions, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias reiterated that the main reason for his visit to London was to give thanks for the gestures of solidarity that have been organised by the different social organisations in Britain, the TUC prominent amongst (…) -
The Roots of May Day: Today’s marchers are liberals’ best hope.
8 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
By Nelson Lichtenstein
Today’s May Day marches are putting hundreds of thousands on the street and have politicized more people than anything since the height of the civil rights movement. Like every other massive social protest in American history, the events have generated their share of fear. Democrats and some leaders of D.C.-based immigrant groups worry that the call to boycott work and shut down Latino-dependent businesses will generate a backlash. Republicans and nativists see them (…) -
VENEZUELA : Inflation and Unemployment fall, Minimum Wage Rises in Venezuela
5 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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Inflation and Unemployment fall, Minimum Wage Rises in Venezuela
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Venezuela’s economic boom has continued into the first part of 2006, with consumer inflation and unemployment down, and a 10 percent minimum wage hike.
Consumer inflation, which in Venezuela is measured in Caracas, was 0.6 percent in April, less than half that of the same month last year, and down from last month according to number released yesterday (…) -
A day without all-stars?
1 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
By Dave Zirin, DAVE ZIRIN is the author of "What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States" and a columnist for Slam magazine.
MAY DAY 2006 is being called the "Great American Boycott" or "A Day Without Latinos."
Across the country, Latinos and their allies say they will neither work nor shop Monday to protest what they consider anti-immigrant legislation before Congress.
Although many industries and work sites may be affected, one multibillion-dollar enterprise (…) -
Worker-to-Worker Solidarity Committee to AFL-CIO: Cut All Ties with NED
1 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
by Kim Scipes
On March 6, over 50 union members from several unions and activist allies picketed the headquarters of the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC., to demand that the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center immediately break off all ties with the misnamed National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
The NED is a leading component of the US Government’s efforts to maintain the US Empire, and the Solidarity Center is one of the NED’s four "core institutes," along with the international wings of the (…) -
The Story of Carl - On Workers Memorial Day
1 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
by Thom Hartmann
Carl loved books and loved history and, after spending two years in the army as part of the American occupation forces in Japan immediately after World War II, was hoping to graduate from college and teach history, perhaps even at the university level if he could hang on to the GI Bill and his day job in a camera store long enough to get his Ph.D. It was 1950, and he’d been married just a few months, when the surprise came that forced him to drop out of college: his wife (…) -
Lessons of a Left Victory in France
20 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
by Rick Wolff
France’s leading bureaucrats, from President Jacques Chirac on down, have been defeated. French neo-liberalism — the dismantling of its welfare state in favor of business — has suffered a serious blow. A powerful alliance of high-school and university students and of organized labor achieved the victory against the government’s law that undercut job security for workers under 26 years of age. The alliance forced Chirac to annul the law — exactly what he and the other (…) -
Anger at Peugeot decision to quit Britain
20 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Anger at Peugeot decision to quit Britain
· Unions blame weak labour laws for loss of 2,300 jobs · Workers hear of closure on the news before being told
Mark Milner and Paul Lewis Wednesday April 19, 2006 The Guardian
Britain’s hard-pressed manufacturing base received a new blow yesterday when the French carmaker PSA Peugeot-Citroën said it was pulling out of the UK, closing its Ryton car factory at Coventry in the West Midlands with the loss of 2,300 jobs.
The news, which threatens (…) -
Resistance: the Remedy for Fear By RON JACOBS
19 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
The Antiwar Movement Needs to Take a Look Around
Resistance: the Remedy for Fear
By RON JACOBS
The French students and workers force the repeal of a law that would have provided employers complete control over the work lives of French youth. Immigrants and their supporters maintain a growing series of protests across the United States to oppose proposed legislation that would criminalize the existence of any US residents without the proper papers and those that assist them. On a (…)