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By Alan Wilson (2006)
Sponsored by the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (Ucatt) to commemorate building workers who have died at work.
A tree located in the backyard of the BC Legislature commemorates all workers injured or killed in the workplace, and those who suffer from work-related illness or injury.
I have to admit to not looking forward enormously to visiting the Black Country Museum, but I was completely blown away by the "village" that has been constructed, and many of the buildings in it. This is such a lovely building, I'm in awe of it.
LabourStart partially sponsored the Rebel Music (Latin American political music documentary and live performances) stop in Peterborough Ontario.
AFGE's Women's and Fair Practices Departments host its 2nd Annual YOUNG Summit. This weekend of training focuses on energizing young workers in the labor movement.
Timorese worker at the site of the future Foreign Affairs office by Dili beachfront road. Photo by UNMIT/ Martine Perret .5 September 2007
Greece is in the throes of an economic meltdown. The IMF, EU, and European Central Bank, with the backing of the German government, have imposed severe austerity measures forcing Greeks to pay off a debt incurred by corrupt politicians. The conditions imposed on a bailout have led to massive layoffs, worsening conditions for workers, rampant wage theft, the shredding of the social safety net, and sharp increases in taxes. The cuts have have plunged the economy into a death spiral, forcing unemployment to 27% and climbing.
Much as the Nazis arose in Weimar Germany by exploiting similar economic conditions, Golden Dawn, an avowedly fascist political party, has been rapidly gaining power in Greece. Golden Dawn captured seven percent of the seats in parliament in the most recent election. Armed with government funding and the tacit cooperation of thepolice (many of whom are Golden Dawn members), fascists attack and murder immigrants in the streets, while offering free social services to Greek citizens to build their support base.
It is a bleak picture- but there is hope. Ordinary Greeks are mobilizing to prevent the right-wing takeover of their country. Neighborhood assemblies, Immigrant solidarity groups, labor unions and other civil society organizations are resisting both Golden Dawn and the destructive government policies that created the economic collapse, and increasingly challenging capitalist control of the economy with strikes and workplace occupations. In northeast Greece, workers at Vio.Me (www.viome.org/) have taken over their building materials factory, restarting production without bosses. They join a rising tide of workers control initiatives across the globe, opening the door to another world.
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The oil company workers, oil company workers, belongs to an unknown group. This photograph is from the Peru Ocelot Survey in Northern Peru and is part 1 of 1 in the sequence.
Greece is in the throes of an economic meltdown. The IMF, EU, and European Central Bank, with the backing of the German government, have imposed severe austerity measures forcing Greeks to pay off a debt incurred by corrupt politicians. The conditions imposed on a bailout have led to massive layoffs, worsening conditions for workers, rampant wage theft, the shredding of the social safety net, and sharp increases in taxes. The cuts have have plunged the economy into a death spiral, forcing unemployment to 27% and climbing.
Much as the Nazis arose in Weimar Germany by exploiting similar economic conditions, Golden Dawn, an avowedly fascist political party, has been rapidly gaining power in Greece. Golden Dawn captured seven percent of the seats in parliament in the most recent election. Armed with government funding and the tacit cooperation of thepolice (many of whom are Golden Dawn members), fascists attack and murder immigrants in the streets, while offering free social services to Greek citizens to build their support base.
It is a bleak picture- but there is hope. Ordinary Greeks are mobilizing to prevent the right-wing takeover of their country. Neighborhood assemblies, Immigrant solidarity groups, labor unions and other civil society organizations are resisting both Golden Dawn and the destructive government policies that created the economic collapse, and increasingly challenging capitalist control of the economy with strikes and workplace occupations. In northeast Greece, workers at Vio.Me (www.viome.org/) have taken over their building materials factory, restarting production without bosses. They join a rising tide of workers control initiatives across the globe, opening the door to another world.
Hear the story directly from the involved workers:
Genebank employees at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
Credit: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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Description/Notes: Transported Mexican National sugar beet worker.
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Community health worker Osman S Koroma, 23 years old (yellow t-shirt) washes his hands before heading out to undertake house visits in the village of Kathirie, Safroko Limba chiefdom, Bombali district, Sierra Leone on March 30, 2017.Osman Koroma has been a CHW since 2011. The 23-year-old said he became a CHW because he wanted to help people in his community “I saw that my people needed help. Women were dying due to child birth related issues. Children under the age of five were also dying because they were not getting medical attention early when they fell ill. But I was particularly moved when my sister died whiles giving birth at home,” he said. Osman has made it a routine to look out for sick children and pregnant women to ensure they access medical services at health facilities whenever they need to. He was also very instrumental in controlling the spread of Ebola in his village during the outbreak in Sierra Leone, through surveillance, contact tracing and ensuring that quarantined households adhered to the quarantine procedures.
Garment workers crossing Sitalakhy River by boat to join their work places. Narayanganj, Bangladesh. © Shafiqul Alam / Bengal Pix
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