Tell Fyffes to respect workers’ rights in Honduras
3 May 2012
The melon industry in Honduras employs an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 workers, most of whom are women employed on short term temporary contracts. For instance, on one plantation owned by Sur Agricola de Honduras (SURAGRO), the largest melon producer in the country, only 600 employees are permanent while 5,000 are temporary. Field workers are normally [...]
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Some thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Native Land Act in South Africa.
Food security, peasant movements and the G8
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- By Walton Pantland Today is the 100 year anniversary of the passing of the Native Land Act in South Africa. At the time the brilliant South African intellectual Sol Plaatje, the first general sec…
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- By Walton Pantland Today is the 100 year anniversary of the passing of the Native Land Act in South Africa. At the time the brilliant South African intellectual Sol Plaatje, the first general secretary of the organisation that would become the ANC, wrote: “Awakening on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native [...]
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‘It’s wonderful, it feels like it gives you power, it gives you a voice, it protects you. We’ve never had that before – it’s empowering.’ Nicole, OUR Walmart organiserOn ‘Black Friday’ last year, the busiest shopping day of the year, Walmart workers staged their first nationwide strike. 500 members…
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Protests in Turkey and Brazil, the UK’s banks, and land rights in South Africa. Watch the video: Or download the podcast: Download Protests in Turkey are ongoing and the international trade union movement has called for days of action against the Turkish government on Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd of June. [...]
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