Blackmailing the Taxman, from Davos to Sydney
Editorial 05-02-2010Blackstone Chairman Stephen Schwarzman has warned Australia of a foreign investment "chill" following that country's efforts to collect taxes on a windfall deal from private equity giant TPG.
TEKEL workers continue their protest for 50 days and counting….
News 02-02-2010
TEKEL - former state-owned tobacco company - workers from all over Turkey converged on Ankara on 15 December 2009 to protest against the government's snap decision to close their workplaces.
Subcontracting Practices at Danish Crown's Oldenburg Slaughterhouse Stoke Union Concerns
News 01-02-2010The German public prosecutor and tax authorities are examining serious allegations concerning world's largest pork exporter Danish Crown in Germany.
In December 2009, a large number of subcontracted Romanian workers received only partial or no pay at all for their work at the slaughterhouse.
Strong Participation in Strike at Inalca JBS Castelvetro Slaughterhouse
News 01-02-2010
FLAI-CGIL and UILA-UIL meat workers walked out on January 29 for 8 hours for the first in a series of strikes at Inalca-JBS Castelvetro (Modena) slaughterhouse in Italy.War of the Poor in Southern Italy Exposes the Harsh Reality of Farmworker Exploitation
Editorial 29-01-2010On January 7 a group of migrant - mostly African - farmworkers rioted in the Southern Italian (Calabria) town of Rosarno.
IUF Responds to Company Misinformation on ABI/SAB Miller South African Strike
News 29-01-2010As the strike by over a thousand FAWU members at ABI in South Africa enters its sixth week, the company has begun responding with false allegations and deliberate misinformation to the messages sent to the company by trade unionists around the world calling on it to enter into good faith negotiations with the union.
