Monday, 22 November 2010

Chinese labour in the global economy

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Prof. Andreas Bieler has been awarded a grant of £275k by the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) for a project on ‘Globalisation,...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

The Con-Dem Budget as a class project

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What attitude should one take towards last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review by the UK government? That all depends on one’s point of vie...
Friday, 8 October 2010

‘No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts!’ – Trade union demonstration in Birmingham on 3 October 2010.

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The coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats is in the process of unveiling its budget cuts in order to address the natio...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010

‘No to austerity. Priority for jobs and growth!’ – Widespread resistance against public sector cuts in Europe.

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Bankers caused the financial market crisis through their mistakes, but it is now the people, who are asked to pay for it. While many banks a...
Thursday, 23 September 2010

Emerging resistance against budget cuts and the problems with New Labour

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On Wednesday, 22 September at 7.30 pm a public meeting took place in Nottingham/UK to discuss and organise resistance against cuts in the pu...
Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Globalisation and Trade Unions: different challenges and a variety of responses.

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Globalisation has put national labour movements under severe pressure due to the increasing transnationalisation of production and informa...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Finnish trade unions in changing times – Part II: an attack on trade union rights?

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Some of the trade union representatives, interviewed in the period of 8 April to 12 May 2010, and here in particular representatives from tr...