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Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party

Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation’s annual party.
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Victory for Evergreen strikers

Victory for Evergreen strikers | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Striking student support workers at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., won their first-ever contract.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in electoral climbdown as he agrees to push back date of vote from end of July

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in electoral climbdown as he agrees to push back date of vote from end of July | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Robert Mugabe has acceded to regional pressure and agreed to push back the date for elections in Zimbabwe. The 89-year-old president had risked a constitutional crisis by using special powers to announce polls on 31 July.
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Some members of The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) have staged a sit-in protest in Istanbul

Some members of The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) have staged a sit-in protest in Istanbul | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Some members of The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) have staged a sit-in protest in Istanbul
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Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike

Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
LISBON (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers across Portugal walked away from final exams held at secondary schools on Monday to protest against planned spending cuts in education, leaving many pupils unable...
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Co-op Bank's stock market future

Co-op Bank's stock market future | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
The Co-operative Bank is to be floated on the stock exchange as part of its £1.5bn rescue - which will be seen, not quite accurately, as an ending of its mutual status.
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People's Assembly - Provisional Schedule

People's Assembly - Provisional Schedule | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it

Speakers to be confirmed

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Labour calling for UK airlines to introduce ‘speedy boarding’ for members of UK Armed Forces

Labour calling for UK airlines to introduce ‘speedy boarding’ for members of UK Armed Forces | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Jim Murphy MP, Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary, has written to 22 airlines proposing that they offer this special service but none agreed. Labour is urging them to think again and...
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Violent Protests Over Bus Fare Hike Spread Across Brazil

Violent Protests Over Bus Fare Hike Spread Across Brazil | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
A Rise in Bus Fares has Sparked a Series of Anti Government Protests in Brazil.
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Liverpool Mayor attacks his own party over Bedroom Tax

Liverpool Mayor attacks his own party over Bedroom Tax | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Called upon Labour's national leadership to commit themselves to scrapping the Bedroom Tax
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Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security

Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Business is slow in Okinawa’s biggest red-light district. Touts stand idle beneath neon signs advertising “soap-land” brothels, where prostitutes lather male clients for money.
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Incredible edible: Guerrilla gardeners are planting veg for the masses in West Yorkshire

Incredible edible: Guerrilla gardeners are planting veg for the masses in West Yorkshire | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Welcome to Todmorden: the only town in Britain to attract vegetable tourists.
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New Labour Party formed in St Kitts-Nevis

New Labour Party formed in St Kitts-Nevis | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Regional news archives from Caribbean News Now!: The source for the latest news throughout the Caribbean
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ZANU PF primary elections set for Monday next week

ZANU PF primary elections set for Monday next week | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
On Monday next week the former ruling ZANU PF party will stage its primary elections in just one day. This comes amid reports that many of its senior
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China Stimulated Its Economy Like Crazy After The Financial Crisis ... And Now The Nightmare Is Beginning

China Stimulated Its Economy Like Crazy After The Financial Crisis ... And Now The Nightmare Is Beginning | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Another in China's laundry list of problems.
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UPDATE: Culture Minister pledges Bradford's National Media Museum will not close

UPDATE: Culture Minister pledges Bradford's National Media Museum will not close | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Bradford’s threatened National Media Museum has been saved from possible closure, delighted MPs said tonight.
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 "An open letter from concerned Green Party members"

 "An open letter from concerned Green Party members" | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Dear Jason Kitcat We are fellow members of the Green Party from all over the country who have been watching events in Brighton & Hove with growing concern. We have watched as  you persuaded Green...
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Hunger strike against school closures begins in Philadelphia

Hunger strike against school closures begins in Philadelphia | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
The fight over public education in Philadelphia escalated Monday when two local parents and two school district employees initiated a hunger strike to protest the closure of 23 schools and firing of 3,783 education professionals.
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Sign our statement: For a Labour Assembly Against Austerity

Sign our statement: For a Labour Assembly Against Austerity | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it

Next Generation Labour has launched the Labour Assembly Against Austerity to strengthen the voice in the party campaigning for an alternative.

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Caroline Lucas: ‘The People’s Assembly offers hope’

Caroline Lucas: ‘The People’s Assembly offers hope’ | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Mischa Wilmers speaks to MP Caroline Lucas about the public response to the anti-austerity movement and her optimism on what it can achieve.
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Labour must take seriously the need to expand collective bargaining

Labour must take seriously the need to expand collective bargaining | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
In the coverage of Ed Miliband’s recent speech at Newham Dockside, the sections of the speech on employment sadly received scant media coverage. The press focused instead on welfare and benefits.
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The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets

The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
It’s been a good month for the English Defence League. Before the renewed wave of anti-Muslim bile after the horrendous murder of Lee Rigby, the EDL seemed to be staring into the abyss.
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Nearly 300 Cambodian Garment Makers Fired Over Strikes

Nearly 300 Cambodian Garment Makers Fired Over Strikes | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it

Police officers block Boeung Kak Lake residents during a protest along a street in Phnom Penh June 17, 2013. The residents of Boeung Kak Lake have been embroiled in a long-running land dispute with a real estate development firm in the capital, and are also appealing for the release of another resident, Yorm Bopha, from prison

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Labour to let all schools choose curriculum, not just free schools and academies, Stephen Twigg to pledge

Labour to let all schools choose curriculum, not just free schools and academies, Stephen Twigg to pledge | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Every state school in the country will be able to choose its own curriculum and lengthen term times if Labour wins the next general election, the shadow Education Secretary, Stephen Twigg, will pledge.
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Elite universities taking fewer state-educated pupils than a decade ago

Elite universities taking fewer state-educated pupils than a decade ago | Trade unions and social activism | Scoop.it
Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago.
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