View allAll Photos Tagged workers
Migrant worker society's labour camp visit
Dental & Mental Hygiene program, Muharraq 31-07-2010.
the need to be hygienic
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.
Much like the farm workers, the communist industrial workers would walk around in pairs, with one indicating the fabulous plenty (certainly no shortages of hair gel) and opportunity, with a sweep of his arm. Throughout the Soviet occupation, people used to stare ahead of them with determination, either through being inspired by communist ideals, or because they needed glasses.
Garment workers in Sukoharjo, Indonesia.
Copyrights: ILO/Siswanto
Supported by:
INSIGHT II: www.ilo.org/jakarta/whatwedo/projects/WCMS_751714/lang--e...
UNIQLO Project: www.ilo.org/jakarta/whatwedo/projects/WCMS_736748/lang--e...
Timorese worker at the site of the future Foreign Affairs office by Dili beachfront road. Photo by UNMIT/ Martine Perret .5 September 2007
"Sometimes I suffered from diarrhea from eating spoiled food. The company did not provide any refreshment." --Abdul Halim, 26.
This photo is of Anne Murphy (left) and a co-worker in the packing room at Newberger's Towel Factory in Totowa, New Jersey (Library of Congress). The contributions of Irish women have been vast, and often, unrecognized. Like their counterparts, Irish women were often unskilled and unprepared to work in demanding environments. Due to the famine, however, Irish women were forced to participate in the exodus from Ireland, sometimes by themselves. Employment was limited in the United States, but Irish women struggled to do their part. Servant girls would often send money back to Ireland to their families; mothers would work odd jobs as well as raise families. When their husbands were injured, it was often up to Irish-American wives to provide the majority of the household income. As sweatshops and factories became more prevalent, women were hired as employees due to their nimble hands and decreased wage-rates. During the second World War, women from across the United States, to include Irish-Americans, participated in the war effort, often taking over dangerous and hard work that had usually been done by men. (McCaffrey 1992). In present society, Irish American women continue to exude the Irish work-ethic that has become a staple of the Irish-American culture.
CITATIONS:
McCaffrey, L. J. 1992. Textures of Irish America. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press.
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/service/afc/...
ADDITIONAL LINKS:
workers sneaking a cigarette in an underpass near waterloo station. loved the way the pink of their uniform t shirts jumped out of the gloom
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)
visit the Trust online: www.croptrust.org