United States unemployment continue to rise
The unemployment rate in the United States was 9.4% in December 2010, and economists expect to rise to 9.5% in January.
The unemployment rate in the United States was 9.4% in December 2010, and economists expect to rise to 9.5% in January.
UNI Global Union offered its strong support for Egyptian workers on strike today to call for democracy and human rights in the country.
Security guards and cleaners are taking to the streets across Tunisia to demand decent work and fair pay.
AOKI Group Union, affiliated to UI ZENSEN is faced with systematic union busting, forcing workers to disaffiliate from the union under the direction of Hironori Aoki, Chairman of AOKI Holdings Inc.
A mission to Washington DC will be carried out in the beginning of March, with the participation of Deputy General Secretary Christy Hoffman, Jim Sauber and Raul Requena.
With their focus on public sector cuts and business-friendly deregulation, it remains to be seen how sincere the World Bank and the IMF can be in their ambitions to help workers.
Nordic countries Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden continue to demonstrate the greatest equality between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2010.