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International Employment Relations Network List
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A Miscellany of International Employment Relations News
Miscellany 1, 2014
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Contents
Main Stories
Australia: Royal commission on unions possible
Bangladesh: 40pc garment units fail to pay new wage
Europe: Alternative Dispute Resolution
USA: Private-Sector Union Membership Grows in 2013
In Brief
China: Hitachi sacks worker activist who lobbied for trade union
USA: Wage Theft Runs Rampant in Lower-level Food Court of Union Station;
Walmart Illegally Disciplined and Fired Employees after Strikes and Protests for
Better Pay
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What the Unions Say
Canada: Response to the Proposed Regulatory Changes Amending the
Immigration and Refugee Act as it Relates to the Temporary Foreign Worker
Program
South Africa: COSATU condemns DA march to ANC HQ
Publications
Journals, Conferences, Seminars, Symposia
Other Sites
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Main Stories
Australia: Royal commission on unions possible
IR/Australia/Trade Unions/Corruption/Government
The Australian, 28 January 2014 at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/union-
hit-by-corrupt-deal-reports/story-fn3dxiwe-1226811644107
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott may establish a royal commission to examine the behaviour of
unions, partly in response to new allegations of corruption in the construction industry.
Mr Abbott went to last year's election promising a judicial inquiry into an Australian Workers
Union slush fund but the government is considering expanding the scope of that in the wake
of the new corruption allegations.
A joint ABC-Fairfax Media investigation claims union officials are making corrupt deals to
help companies linked to organised crime secure construction contracts.
Victoria's desalination plant and the Barangaroo development in Sydney are among a number
of projects that companies connected to major crime figures are reportedly involved in.
"We made a commitment pre-election that there would be a judicial inquiry into union slush
funds and a royal commission is, in fact, a judicial inquiry," Mr Abbott told reporters in
Canberra on Tuesday.
But he would not give a time frame for when any inquiry might take place, saying the
government would make announcements "in due course".
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The prime minister said the new reports of bribery and kickbacks demonstrate the need for
the re-establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) as a
"strong cop on the beat".
When he was John Howard's workplace minister Mr Abbott established the Cole Royal
Commission into the construction industry, which led to the ABCC being set up.
The former Labor government dumped it in favour of a Fair Work inspectorate and now is
joining with the Australian Greens to block legislation re-establishing the ABCC.
"When the ABCC was operating ... we got a much stronger observance of the ordinary law of
the land in the commercial construction industry," Mr Abbott said.
"Once you've got a strong cop on the beat, the whole culture of an industry improves.
"That's the tragedy of this particular industry over the last couple of years with the ABCC
emasculated then abolished."
Master Builders Australia also wants the ABCC brought back, although it noted the
commission didn't have powers to directly act against criminal behaviour.
Labor says police are best placed to deal with corruption or crimes anywhere and it's not
necessary to spend taxpayer money setting up new bureaucracies.
"If there's anything of a criminal dimension in this sector then that should be investigated by
the police, not by public servants or by new bodies," opposition workplace spokesman
Brendan O'Connor told AAP.
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) national secretary Dave Noonan
also wants a full police investigation of any allegations.
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Bangladesh: 40pc garment units fail to pay new wage
ER/Bangladesh/Sweatshop/Wages
The Daily Star, 28 January 2014 at http://www.thedailystar.net/40pc-garment-units-fail-to-
pay-new-wage-8226
Nearly 40 percent of the garment factories in Dhaka and its adjacent areas could not
implement the new wage structure from December 1 last year as agreed, a BGMEA survey
found.
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“It will take another two to three months for full implementation of the wage structure as the
garment sector is passing through testing times,” said Shahidullah Azim, vice-president of
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
The survey conducted between January 10-22 covered 596 factories in Dhaka and its adjacent
areas and 350 in Chittagong.
Only 5 percent of the factories in Chittagong have implemented the new salary for garment
workers so far.
The reason for the low implementation in port city, Azim says, is that most of the factories
there are vulnerable ones. “The factories in Chittagong are not as capable as the ones in
Dhaka.”
As things stand now, most of the non-implementing factories have assured the workers that
the new wage board would take effect within next few months, due to which there have been
no reports of labour unrest yet, he said.
Echoing with the views of Azim, Amirul Haque Amin, president of National Garment
Workers Federation, said workers are lodging complaints every day but few can be resolved
through discussion with the owners.
“According to our preliminary estimates, about 50 percent of the factories could implement
the new wage structure and the remaining 50 percent failed because of various problems.”
Nazma Akter, president of Sammilito Garment Sramik Federation, a garment workers'
platform, reiterated Amin's words. “Many are also not receiving salary with the right grades.”
In November last year, the government finalised a minimum wage of Tk 5,300 for garment
workers, a raise of 77 percent to be implemented from December 1.
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Europe: Alternative Dispute Resolution
IR/EU/ Dispute Resolution/Mediation/Labour Law
FeDee, accessed 28 January 2014 at http://www.fedee.com/labour-relations/european-social-
dimension/
Key facts: Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) allows the parties to resolve their differences
without resorting to formal litigation.
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Collective labour disputes are usually handled in different ways than individual disputes. The
first line of resolution for individual disputes is usually via internal company disciplinary
procedures – which, in countries such as the UK, usually include a grievance clause.
In France and Poland labour inspectors often adopt the role of conciliators for enterprise-level
disputes. In fact, the Polish Collective Disputes Settlement Act specifically requires
employers to notify the regional labour inspectorate about any dispute and inspectors often
help resolve matters during their subsequent inspection.
Germany does not operate a state mediation service and the Labour Ministry does not have
the power to impose mediation. This is largely because there is a well established tradition for
parties to reach agreement through several collective bargaining rounds, whilst individual
disputes are generally handled quickly through a system of local labour courts. Courts have a
system of pre-hearings before a single judge. These are generally organised to take place
between 2 and 4 weeks after a submission has been made and by far the majority of disputes
are settled at this stage.
In the Netherlands mediation is a typical feature of the collective bargaining system and
around 25% of collective agreements have dispute resolution clauses.
The most controversial form of intervention is mandatory mediation or arbitration to resolve
collective abour disputes. Many countries either operate a no-strike clause for essential public
services or have a facility to impose mediation or a cooling off period on the parties. In
Norway there is a well establidshed system of compulsory mediation in which a state
mediator (Riksmekleren) will be appointed if parties fail to come to agreement during
collective bargaining. The Norwegian parliament also has the power to impose compulsory
arbitration in exceptional circumstances. In the Czech Republic no strike may be called
unless a dispute has been discussed in the presence of a mediator. If this does not lead to a
settlement then the parties must select a mediator from a list held by the Ministry of Labour.
State regulated labour relations conciliation and mediation services exist in many European
states. These include The Fedederal Court of Conciliation in Austria, Conseil National du
Travail in Belgium, Statens Forligsinstitution in Denmark, National Conciliators Office in
Finland, Conciliation bureaux of the Conseil des prud’hommes and Conciliation commissions
in France, OMED in Greece, the Labour Relations Commission in the Irish Republic, Advies
en Arbitrage Commissie in the Netherlands, Riksmeklingsmannen in Norway, Instituto de
Desenvolvimento e Inspecçao das Condiçoes de Trabalho – IDICT in Portugal, Unidades
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Territoriales de Mediacion, Conciliacion y Arbitraje and Interconfederal Mediation and
Arbitration Service in Spain, The National Mediation Office in Sweden and ACAS in the
UK.
Related topics/terms: Ombudsman, Mediation, mandatory mediation, , conciliation
arbitration, management review boards, pre-court hearings, grievance procedures,
compromise agreements, cooling off periods, impartiality, conflict of interest, cooperation
committees (Denmark), Modes Alternatifs de Règlement de Conflicts (France), bemiddelaars
(Netherlands), Paritaire Comités (Belgium).
Relevant EU actions:
At an international level the first measures to introduce ADR standards were the ILO
Voluntary Conciliation and Arbitration Recommendation, 1951 (No. 92) and ILO
Examination of Grievances Recommendation, 1967 (No. 130).
In 2001, the European Commission set up a group of experts to study national experiences of
conciliation, mediation and arbitration arrangements in the field of labour relations. However,
the principal focus of the European Union has been on consumer protection mechanisms.
* Council Directive 2002/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-
border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid and other
financial aspects of civil proceedings
* In July 2004 the Commission organised the launch of a code of conduct for mediators.
* Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on
alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No
2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/E
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USA: Private-Sector Union Membership Grows in 2013
IR/USA/ Trade Unionism/Membership
AFL-CIO, 24 January 2014 at http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Private-
Sector-Union-Membership-Grows-in-2013
Public-sector workers remain under attack; Unions grow in the South;
Total percentage of workforce unchanged
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In 2013 the total number of workers in unions rose by 162,000 compared with 2012, led by
an increase of 281,000 workers in private-sector unions. There were strong gains in
construction and manufacturing, against a background of strike actions by low-wage workers
in the private sector. But destructive, politically motivated layoffs of public-sector workers
continued to hurt overall public-sector union membership, leaving the total percentage of the
workforce that is unionized virtually unchanged.
“Wall Street’s Great Recession cost millions of America’s workers their jobs and pushed
already depressed wages down even further. But in 2013, America’s workers pushed back,”
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said of the figures released Friday by the Department of
Labor. “At the same time, these numbers show that as unorganized workers have taken up the
fight for their right to a voice on the job, union employers are hiring—creating good jobs our
economy desperately needs.”
Despite the overall gains of 2013, workers in the public sector continued to bear the brunt of
the continuing economic crisis, weak labor laws and political assaults on their rights on the
job. In Wisconsin, political attacks on public-sector workers’ right to collectively bargain
resulted in bargaining coverage falling. Broadly, federal, state and local governments
continued to lay off needed public workers, leading to an overall loss of 118,000 union
members.
“Make no mistake, the job of rebuilding workers’ bargaining power and raising wages for
the 99% has a long way to go,” said Trumka. “Collective action among working people
remains the strongest, best force for economic justice in America. We’re building a stronger,
more innovative movement to give voice to the values that built this country. From Walmart
workers to fast food workers to homecare workers, the rising up of workers’ voices against
inequality – both inside and outside of traditional structures – is the story of 2013.”
Key trends include:
The total number of private-sector union members rose by 281,000, while the total number of
public-sector union members fell by about 118,000. There are now more private-sector union
members than public-sector members.
Industries with the biggest growth include construction (up 95,000), hospitals and
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Sectors hit hardest include social assistance and administration and support services.
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Union membership rates did not change in any meaningful way by gender: 10.5% of women
and 11.9% of men were in unions.
States with the largest union membership rate growth include: Alabama (1.5 percentage
points), Nebraska (1.3 points), Tennessee (1.3 points), Kentucky, (1.2 points), New York (1.2
points), Illinois (1.2 points) and Wisconsin (1.1 points).
States with the largest union membership rate declines include: Louisiana (-1.9 percentage
points), Oregon (-1.8 points), Utah (-1.3 points), Wyoming (-1.0 points) New Hampshire (-
0.9 points), Montana (-0.9 points) and Texas (-0.9 points).
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In Brief
China: Hitachi sacks worker activist who lobbied for trade union
IR/China/trade unionism/victimization
China Labour Bulletin, 24 January 2014 at http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/hitachi-sacks-
worker-activist-who-lobbied-trade-union
Zhu Xiaomei, a worker activist at the Hitachi Metals factory in Guangzhou who lobbied for
the establishment of a trade union at the enterprise has been sacked, just a few days after the
company started to recruit union members.
After the factory ignored numerous formal and informal approaches by Zhu and her
colleagues, she got several workers to write a letter to factory’s parent company in Japan
demanding payment of social insurance premiums.
She then continued to push, with the help of the district and municipal trade union, to
establish an enterprise trade union. On 3 January 2014, the factory finally put out a notice to
recruit union members. Ten days later, Zhu Xiaomei was sacked.
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USA: Wage Theft Runs Rampant in Lower-level Food Court of Union Station;
Walmart Illegally Disciplined and Fired Employees after Strikes and Protests for Better
Pay
IR/USA/ Service Workers/Pay
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Change to Win, 16 January 2014 at http://www.changetowin.org/news/wage-theft-runs-
rampant-lower-level-food-court-union-station-walmart-illegally-disciplined-and
In the heart of Washington, D.C., Union Station is right under the nose of the federal
government, but that doesn't mean laws are necessarily obeyed and enforced. Yesterday, 60
people working in the lower-level food court of Union Station filed a complaint with the U.S.
Department of Labor alleging wage theft. Some employers are accused of paying their
workers well below the minimum wage.
Wage theft is more rampant and common than most people think. And it's happening in U.S.
government buildings right in our nation's Capitol. Labor law victims working in the lower-
level food court of Union Station are owed $3 million in back pay and damages according to
a complaint filed by Good Jobs Nation. Some of the workers in the complaint were paid well
below minimum wage and forced to work 60 to 70-hour work-weeks without overtime pay.
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What the Unions Say
Canada: Response to the Proposed Regulatory Changes Amending the
Immigration and Refugee Act as it Relates to the Temporary Foreign
Worker Program.
Canadian Labor Congress, 21 January 2014 at http://www.canadianlabour.ca/news-
room/publications/response-proposed-regulatory-changes-amending-immigration-and-
refugee-act-it-
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is seriously broken. The proposed
regulatory changes do not go far enough to address the TFWP shortcomings.
The programs have grown to epic proportions with no meaningful oversight or authentic
measures to hold employers, labour brokers or immigration consultants accountable.
The program is serving as a wage suppression and displacement tool, negatively affecting
both migrant workers and members of the national workforce.
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) recently released research analysis drawn from the
Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey and from Citizenship and Immigration Canada data
shows roughly 75% of the new jobs created in Canada in 2010 and 2011 were filled by
employers accessing temporary work permits despite 1.4 million Canadian residents being
unemployed. Clearly, the national workforce is being displaced from available job
opportunities.
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Planned government reforms, announced at the end of April intended to address flaws
inherent with the TFWP, will not be adequate nor genuinely address the scope of the
problems associated with granting of temporary work permits to employers, labour brokers or
immigration consultants.
The federal governments unchecked expansion of the TFWP into all sectors of the labour
force—particularly in what are termed the “low-skilled” occupational categories—National
Occupational Classifications (NOC), Codes C &D—is enabling employers to pursue a low
wage agenda and displacement strategy that negatively affect the labour force and our
economic recovery.
In addition, and for too long, far too many temporary migrant workers have been subject to a
wide array of abuses, inadequate workplace protections and exploitation at the hands of
labour brokers and employers eager to take advantage of an unchecked system.
The situation is untenable for all workers, no matter where they come from. Comprehensive
and dramatic policy change is needed immediately.
The CLC calls for an immediate end to the growth and abuses within the TFWP and related
pipelines that are displacing workers and enabling a low wage agenda that benefits employers
and hurts communities and workers-no matter where they come from.
We acknowledge there will be situations of skills shortages; however, we must have a
transparent and objective method in place to verify the need to issue temporary work permits.
Proven methodologies exist and have been applied to the Canadian labour market in the
past—they must be utilized now.
Given demographic trends of an aging population/declining birth rates and global
competition for newcomers, we call for an urgent transition toward enhanced annual intake of
immigrants (i.e. 400,000/year) and more robust pathways for migrant workers to obtain
permanent resident status rather than maintaining temporary migration schemes.
Given that over 1 million Canadians are currently unemployed and more than 3 million are
underemployed, it is evident that employers claims that so-called “low-skilled workers”
(NOC, Codes C & D) are in short supply is unjustified.
The TFWP has tripled in size over a short period with employers returning year after year and
in increasing number. The largest increases have been in the low-skilled occupations—
sectors where workers have the least protections and lowest wages. The addictive and
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repetitive pattern of employers’ accessing the TFWP/low-skills programs indicates these are
not temporary jobs.
We call for the end of employers’ access for temporary work permits in the “low- skills”
categories (NOC, Codes C & D), excluding the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
(SAWP) and Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP). The phase-out of this program must begin
immediately. At the same time, we are demanding the government expand pathways to
permanent resident status for migrant workers currently in these streams.
We recognize that migrant workers in the SAWP and the LCP are categorized as “low-
skilled” under the NOC system and that there are valid reasons to challenge the classification
of caregiving, for example: as being ‘low-skilled’.
Both of these temporary migration streams within the TFWP have a long history and
persistent problems.
For example, seasonal agricultural workers are tied to one employer; denied a pathway to
permanent resident status despite annually returning to Canada, in some cases for decades;
and in most cases, denied the right to unionize.
Reforms are required to this stream, including reinstatement of access to social service
provisions which these workers pay for. In addition, seasonal agricultural workers must be
provided the option of a path to permanent resident status.
Live-in caregivers are required to live in their employer’s residence for the term of their
contracts subjecting them to workplace exploitation and sexual abuses. The proposed
regulatory changes do not address this long standing policy shortcoming. Rather than persist
in requiring a live-in residence obligation for live-in caregivers, we recommend the
regulations be amended to allow live-in caregivers to live independently of the employer’s
residence with accommodation support being provided by the employer as part of the
employment contract.
While there is a pathway to permanent resident status, under this program it is not a fair or
just route. These workers are also prevented from taking educational training and
development opportunities. This too is unjust.
Fundamental and far reaching changes are overdue for both of these program streams; hence,
we demand that a meaningful consultation process with stakeholders be established that will
lead to the implementation of requisite changes.
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Summary
Labour and our allies are demanding comprehensive policy change in three-key areas.
The entire TFWP must be immediately scaled back in scope and there must be an end to
employers access to “low-skilled” occupations streams (NOC, C&D), excluding the SAWP
and LIC. Strong new eligibility requirements for employers seeking temporary work permits
must be established and accountability and punitive measures to address violations must be
strengthened. A meaningful consultation process must be established that will lead to the
implementation of needed and wide-ranging reforms.
Comprehensive investments are needed immediately in job training and apprenticeship
programs.
Return to a robust national policy of permanent immigration that contributes to nation
building.
Comments on the proposed regulatory amendments
It is noteworthy that the impact statement accompanying the proposed regulatory changes
acknowledges the TFWP was designed to contribute “to Canada’s economic development by
allowing employers to hire foreign workers to meet their short-term labour and skills needs
only when qualified Canadian citizens or permanent residents are not readily available.”
This mandate is reiterated a number of times in the background paper. For example, the
backgrounder also states, “When labour shortages are acute, the TFWP should be a last resort
for businesses so they can continue to grow and create more opportunities for Canadians.”
There is abundant evidence that with the rapid expansion of the TFWP since 2006 these
criterions (see bolded sections) have not been upheld in a rigorous manner.
Royal Bank of Canada/iGATE being granted temporary work permits for over forty workers
who were being trained by workers already employed and who would have been displaced,
stand as one prominent example. There is good reason to believe that this is not an isolated
incident. Media reports have revealed that a number of the big banks have been maintaining
this practice for some time.
The release of a 475 page document obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour
documenting thousands of employers who successfully obtained Accelerated Labour Market
Opinions (ALMO) and temporary work permits for high-skilled workers to staff convenience
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stores, fast food restaurants and gas stations raises questions as to the integrity of the program
rules are being followed.
In addition, the Globe and Mail revealed that over 33,000 employers had successfully applied
for LMO’s in the period from 2010-2012. A review of the employers listed in this data set
adds yet more doubt to the integrity of the TFWP.
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South Africa: COSATU condemns DA march to ANC HQ
COSATU, 24 January 2014 at http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=8360
The Congress of South African Trade Unions joins its allies in condemning the plan by the
Democratic Alliance to march on Luthuli House on 4 February 2014.
Every political party has the constitutional right to protest and march, and COSATU will
always defend that right. The DA’s march however is just an election stunt, an act of pure
opportunism, which will achieve absolutely nothing for the young workers on whose behalf
they claim to be demonstrating.
The DA is, always has been, and always will be, the party of big business, speaking for the
rich and powerful who still dominate our economy. Their policies are diametrically opposed
to the interests of the workers and the poor and if ever implemented would make life worse,
not better, for the young unemployed.
When the same party marched to COSATU House in 2012, the issue was supposed to be their
support for what was then the Youth Wage Subsidy (YWS), which COSATU strongly
opposed. In our view is would not create more jobs but just hand over millions of rands of
tax-payers’ money to the DA’s friends, the big employers, to incentivise them what they
should be doing anyway – employing and training more young workers.
The irony is that the DA, to our regret, has got its way on this issue, with the passing of the
Employment Tax Incentive Act (ETIA), which is fundamentally the same as the YWS,
except that the employers get their millions through a tax rebate rather than a direct subsidy.
But the principle is the same; it is still just as wrong for employers to pocket tax-payers’
while displacing workers for whom they do not get the rebate and giving no training to those
they take on.
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So what is the DA complaining about? The government has waved the magic wand, and
opened its coffers to the employers, which the DA assured us would abolish youth
unemployment; they ought to be cheering the government, not protesting outside Luthuli
House.
The only conclusion we can draw is that they never really believed that the YWS or ETIA
would work, but that it was just a handy campaign slogan. They never seriously thought it
would bring down the high levels of youth unemployment and are now left without any other
policies which could achieve this, and so want to divert public attention from their political
nakedness.
The government and the ANC however do have workable policies though they are being
rolled our too slowly. The solution to youth unemployment is to be found in both the faster
implementation of their existing long-term and short-term policies which the federation fully
supports.
In the long term we have to more speedily complete the 2nd Phase of the Democratic
Transition, and related programmes like the Industrial Policy Action Plan and the
infrastructure development programme in order to restructure our economy from one over-
dependent on the export of raw materials into one based on manufacturing industry.
This is the only way to create sustainable, decent jobs and bring about the transformation of
our economy into one which creates employment for all and distributes the country’s wealth
amongst the people who create that wealth through their labour – the working class.
In the short term we have to quickly implement the many excellent policies in the Youth
Employment Accord, signed last July by government, business and labour, which will create
jobs in such areas as:
Service delivery to poor communities,
Environmental improvement projects such as installing solar heaters,
Expanding home-based care and wellness education as part of the NHI,
Expanding adult literacy training.
Most significantly this Accord did not even mention the ETIA and we are convinced that the
tax-payers’ money which is about to be handed out to employers would be far better spent to
fund all these projects in the Accord. But the DA is silent about these, and has no workable
alternatives of its own.
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COSATU is deeply concerned at the monstrous level of joblessness among young people but
will never pretend that this problem will be solved by gimmicks like the ETIA and certainly
not by a bosses’ party like the DA which supports lowering entry-level wages for young
workers, weakening the laws which protect workers’ rights and attacking the trade union
movement.
If they ever got the chance to govern, they would make life even worse for the workers and
the poor, most especially the young people they pretend to be hypocritically and
demagogically claim to be speaking for.
Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson), Congress of South African Trade Unions
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Publications 2013-2014
The Transformation of Employment Relations in Europe: Institutions and Outcomes in the
Age of Globalization (2013) edited by James Arrowsmith and Valeria Pulignano, Routledge
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Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy (2013) edited by Carola Frege
and John Kelly, Routledge
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Trade Unions in Western Europe: Hard Times, Hard Choices (2013) by Rebecca
Gumbrell-McCormick and Richard Hyman, Oxford University Press.
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Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia (2013) Edited by John Benson,
Howard Gospel and Ying Zhu at http://www.routledge.com/catalogs/asianstudies/1/3/
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Older Workers In An Ageing Society: Critical Topics in Research and Policy, (2013) edited
by Philip Taylor, 288 pp. Hardback 978 1 78254 009 0, Edward Elgar.
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Reflexive Labour Law In The World Society (2013) by Ralf Rogowski, 352 pp. Hardback
978 0 85793 658 5, Edward Elgar
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ILO (2013) World of Work Report 2013: Repairing the economic and social fabric
at http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/world-of-work/lang--en/index.htm
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International Labour Review Vol. 152 (3-4) Informality across the global economy at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/
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International Labour Review Special Supplement – The International Labour Review and
the ILO: Milestones in a Shared History at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/index.htm
As the ILO is approaching its 100th anniversary, so is the International Labour Review. By
way of introduction to this retrospective Special Supplement, which reproduces a number of
articles written for the Review by winners of the Nobel Peace Prize or the Nobel Prize for
economics, the author looks back at the journal’s history, recalling its early days since the
1919 Treaty of Versailles, its subsequent development, broadening international readership
and adaptation to the digital age.
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Japanese Working Life Profile, January 2013, The Japan Institute for Policy and
Training at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/jwl.htm
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Workplace Bullying and Harassment, 2013 The Japan Institute for Policy and Training
Seminar on Workplace Bullying and Harassment JILPT REPORT No. 12 at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-reports/no.12.pdf
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JIL (2013) Labor Situation in Japan and its Analysis
at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html
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International Labour Review and the ILO: Milestones in a shared history, Special
Supplement
at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/index.htm
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ILO: EuroZone job crisis: trends and policy responses
at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---
dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_184965.pdf
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Singapore: SNEF Employment Practices of Foreign Employees, 2013
Details at http://www.sgemployers.com/public/publication/publication.jsp
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Adapt International Bulletin no. 1/2014 at
http://t.contactlab.it/c/2001165/5397/10511252/116281
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Journals, Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Meetings
CR3+ Conference: CSR Expanding Horizons La Trobe, Australia 2014 at
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/business/cr3-conference
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Irish Acadamey of Management Conference Limerick, Ireland 2014
IAM conference.pdf
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CRIMT 2014 International Conference - New Frontiers for Citizenship at Work - Call for
Papers at https://lists.unisa.edu.au/mailman/private/iern-l/2013-November/000834.html
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Call for Proposals/Papers for the LERA 66th Annual Meeting, May 29-June 1, 2014,
Portland, Oregon, USA at https://lists.unisa.edu.au/mailman/private/iern-l/2013-
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October/000829.html
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E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies at
http://adapt.it/EJCLS/index.php/ejcls_adapt
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Associazione per gli Studi Internazionali e Comparati sul Diritto del lavoro e sulle Relazioni
industriali (ADAPT) Bulletin at
http://www.adapt.it/englishbulletin/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32
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Economic & Labour Relations Review (ELRR) at www.asb.unsw.edu.au/elrr
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Indian Journal of Industrial Relations (IJIR) at http://www.srcirhr.com/ijir.php
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International Labour Review (ILR) at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/m_scripts/index.htm
Manuscripts to: the Managing Editor, International Labour Review, International Labour
Office, 4, route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. Email: [email protected]
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International: The E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies
Find the current issue at http://www.adapt.it/currentissue
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Japan Labor Review at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
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Korea: The Korean Journal of Industrial Relations (KJIR)
Korean Industrial Relations Association at
http://www.lera.uiuc.edu/news/Calls/2007/Korean%20Journal%20of%20Industrial%20Relati
ons.htm
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Korea Labor Review (KLR) at
http://www.koilaf.org/KFeng/engPublication/bbs_read_dis.php?board_no=144
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Labour and Industry at http://www.airaanz.org/labour--industry.html , Correspondence to:
Editors, Labour & Industry, Department of Management, La Trobe University, Bundoora
3086, Australia, or e-mail: [email protected]
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Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
(AIRAANZ) Conference at http://www.airaanzconference2014.com
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Australia: CR3+ New Horizons Conference. Call for abstracts: Gender Equality and CSR,
Melbourne, 26-28 March 2014. Theme Organisers: Kate Grosser, Rosaria Burchielli, La
Trobe University mailto:[email protected]
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Canada: CIRA 2014 in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Theme Borders Without Boundaries.
2014_CIRA_ACRI_Call for Papers_Appel de communications.pdf
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UK: International Labour Process Conference at
http://www.ilpc.org.uk/NewsFeed/tabid/7008/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1147/ILPC-
2014-Call-for-Streams-Papers.aspx
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Ireland: IREC 2014 and ESA RN17 midterm conference, 10 - 12 September 2014,
Dublin, Ireland at http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/events/2014/irec/
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Australia: Labour and Industry Special Issue: Trade Unions and the Making and Re-
making of Community, Work and Family Life. email to [email protected]
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ADAPT International Conference "Work-life Balance and the Economic Crisis: An
Insight from the Perspective of Comparative Law" (Italy, the UK, Germany, Argentina
and Spain) at http://moodle.adaptland.it/course/view.php?id=22
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Other Sites
The International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at http://www.ilo.org/
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International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/iira/
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UK: Working Lives Research Institute at Subscribe to the WLRI mailing list for regular
news updates, WLRI electronic-newsletter, and WLRI press release mailing list
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USA: Industrial Workers of the World at http://www.iww.org/
Industrial Worker - Issue #1762, January/February 2014 Headlines:
Bakers Rising: NYC IWW Bakery Workers Fight For Better Jobs
Starbucks Workers Take Global Action
Police Brutality At IWW Picket In Boston
Features:
Special: Miners’ Struggles & British Syndicalism
Organizing: Life And Labor In The Day Labor Industry
Obituaries: Farewell FWs Justin Vitiello & Mick Renwick
Download a Free PDF of this issue.
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