Friday, July 14, 2006
[IWS] ILO: FIGHT POVERTY--ORGANIZE! [online 12 July 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILO
Workers' Activities
Labour Education 2005/1-2
No. 138-139
Fight Poverty Organize! [online 12 July 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/138/
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/138/138.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Contents
Editorial V
Rich in poverty the African challenge 1
Fighting exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean 11
Asia the inequality challenge 23
Poverty amidst plenty: Europes unions fight for fairer shares 33
Appendix.
Conclusions of the International Workers Symposium on The role of trade unions in the global economy and the fight against poverty (Geneva, 17-21 October 2005) 43
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
Workers' Activities
Labour Education 2005/1-2
No. 138-139
Fight Poverty Organize! [online 12 July 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/138/
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/138/138.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Contents
Editorial V
Rich in poverty the African challenge 1
Fighting exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean 11
Asia the inequality challenge 23
Poverty amidst plenty: Europes unions fight for fairer shares 33
Appendix.
Conclusions of the International Workers Symposium on The role of trade unions in the global economy and the fight against poverty (Geneva, 17-21 October 2005) 43
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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