Portugal: Socialist government takes power with Left support
Antonio Luis Santos da Costa of the Socialist Party, forms a government with the support of the Communist, Ecologist (Green) and Left Bloc deputies in the national parliament.
Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle
In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.
Scotland: In the wake of referendum "No" result
Scots voted No to independence by 55 per cent to 45 per cent, but the referendum debate energised a people determined to strike a blow against a pampered Westminster elite.
TPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific
Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.
In Mexico, independent glassworkers' union fights for members
It takes courage and persistence to be a member of a democratic union in Mexico, to fend off exploitative bosses, repressive officials and corrupt labor "leaders" as shown by the struggle of the SUTEIV.
Iraq: The struggle for new labor and trade union laws
Progress on enacting a new trade union law in Iraq is still stalled.
Puerto Rican phone workers join forces with OPEIU
SAN JUAN, P.R. (PAI)-Members of a union representing 2,000 Puerto Rican telephone workers voted by a 10-1 margin to merge into the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU), the two unions announced on August 14.
British postal unions slam privatization plan
There's a big bus trundling around London this week, manned by British postal workers - and they're not doing it for fun or to show sights to tourists
Overseas Filipino workers deserve better protection
Philippines embassy personnel and labor officials from the Philippines Overseas Labor Office are currently under investigation for the alleged sexual exploitation of overseas Filipino workers.
Oaxacan teachers challenge the test
The testing regime in Mexico is as entrenched as it is in the United States, and its political use is very similar - undermining the rights of teachers, and attacking unions that oppose it.
