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national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 13:36 by cooleyboy
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CESAR BLANCO Moreno was on his way from work last month when he was shot dead in the street. The unknown gunmen made their escape. Everyone in the town knew why Cesar had been killed.He worked at the Ecopetrol oil refinery in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga. And he was the leader of the USO oil workers' trade union branch in the city. Cesar was the 68th trade unionist to be murdered in Colombia so far this year. The South American country is the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 13:32 by Rob Hoveman, SA National Secretary
As anger rises over benchmarking in Ireland, unions return centre stage in Britain with national strike day of action. Wednesday 17 July is set to see the biggest one day strike in Britain for many years. Over one million local government workers in Unison, GMB, and T&G are set to strike over low pay, and in London additionally over London weighting. ISTC members have been called out on the same day over pensions. Tube workers in London will strike from 8pm on Wednesday against tube privatisation. In South East London some NUT members have voted not to cross picket lines (thereby taking unlawful secondary action). ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 13:11 by scalanews
Today in Global Observer http://globalobserver.blogspot.com you can find a comment from David Grossman about peace in Israel and articles about US-EU relations and financial scandals (Enron, Worldcom..) ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 12:33 by Blisset
Berlusconi's Mousetrap: Genoa one year on A look back at Genoa and details of Dublin film screenings to mark a Year since the Genoa protests which saw an unprecedented amount of Irish people participating in an international protest. 300 + is my estimate. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 10:47 by Pat C
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This has yet more civil liberties implications. It could also be used against peace activists who hack military sites. Pat ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 17, 2002 - 02:48 by red
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Joe Higgins TD made the following speech in the Dail pouring scorn on the attempt by the Irish government to cover-up big-business scandal in the country. ... read full story / add a comment |
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