The economic circumstances of the world's working class

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The history in general of the world's working class

Trade Unions from industrialised countries call on governments to take new initiative to halt growing insecurity for workers: ICFTU Online..., 23 June 1998. Government needs to ensure that public systems and social concerns are an integral part of all social policy, says the Trade Unions Advisory Committee (TUAC) in a statement they are presenting to OECD Ministers.
World labor needs independence and solidarity: By David Bacon, 4 March 2000. Around the world, workers have been fighting for over two decades to keep the social gains they won in the years following World War Two. These struggles dramatize the new problems workers face in the global economy, as well as their refusal to passively accept its new (or not-so-new) priorities.
Unions to investigate alleged South African racket: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Monday 11 November 2002. Slave labor racket. All workers who come to Australia are entitled to be treated and paid in exactly the same way as other Australian workers, not exploited, not made to be slave labour.
Dire working conditions in computer production: CAFOD Report, Monday 26 January 2004. A new CAFOD report, Clean Up Your Computer, exposes the dire working conditions in computer production in the developing world. Electronic workers in Mexico, Thailand and China suffer harassment, discrimination and intolerable working conditions.
Competing to Supply Retail Giants: By Kirstin Downey, Washington Post, Tuesday 10 February 2004. Multinational retailers and grocery chains are driving down wages and lengthening work hours for millions of female workers around the world as competitive pressures spread.
Sportswear firms to investigate Oxfam sweatshop claims: By Felicity Lawrence, The Guardian, Thursday 4 March 2004. Sportswear made by Puma, Umbro, Fila, Adidas, Reebok, Nike and ASICS is being produced by workers around the world whose rights are being regularly violated.