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December 2006

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29.12.2006 Efforts to develop cooperation between six industrial trade unions have advanced to a new phase. In mid- December the unions chose SAK’s bargaining department head, Lauri Lyly, to examine the options for future relations between the six unions. The main alternatives lie between a full merger and closer cooperation.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland]
28.12.2006 The site compiles comprehensive write-ups on the tsunami that inform about aid and assistance after the disaster, its social effects and the environmental lessons learnt from it.
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Related topics/regions: [South East Asia] [South Asia] [Aid] [Oceans] [Corruption & transparency]
Empowering child labourers
20.12.2006 Employment of children is a criminal offence under Section 14 of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986. The employer can be jailed for not less than 3 months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than Rupees ten thousand but which may extend to Rupees Twenty thousand or both
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Children] [Education] [MDGs]
Image: Empowering child labourers
Raccolta della frutta in Val di Non - da Terre di mezzo
19.12.2006 "Già un solo lavoratore immigrato sfruttato per caporalato sarebbe troppo, ma ritengo comunque che il fenomeno del lavoro irregolare nelle nostre campagne sia poca cosa. Non per questo dobbiamo abbassare la guardia. Ma occorre anche trovare modalità per poter disporre, in modo legale, di un numero sufficiente di immigrati da impiegare nel lavoro" - ha affermato Gabriele Calliari di Coldiretti al dibattito su "Caporalato in Trentino?" organizzato ieri a Cles, da Migra (Osservatorio sulla discriminazione degli immigrati nel lavoro). Con meno enfasi anche Antonio Rapanà della Cgil è d'accordo. Ma ha aggiunto: «Sull'immigrazione, comunque, la nostra Provincia non ha messo in cantiere politiche di accoglienza all'altezza».
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Related topics/regions: [Migration] [Justice and crime]
Image: Raccolta della frutta in Val di Non - da Terre di mezzo
19.12.2006 GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina, Dec 18 (IPS) - With a nativity scene and a big Christmas tree set up on the highway to the nearby bridge leading to Uruguay, residents of the Argentine town of Gualeguaychu plan to continue blocking traffic between the two countries until a pulp plant being built on the other side of the river moves elsewhere.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [South America] [Argentina] [Uruguay] [Environment] [Environmental activism] [Pollution] [Rivers] [Health] [Civil society]
19.12.2006 Declining fertility rates have changed the age structure of India’s population, resulting in a “bulge” in the working age-group. This “demographic dividend” has improved the dependency ratio leading to the hypothesis that the bulge in working population will lead to an acceleration in growth argues C P Chandrasekar, Jayati Ghosh and Anamitra
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Youth] [Health]
18.12.2006 Kiinassa valmistellaan uutta työlainsäädäntöä. Huhtikuussa julkistettu lakiluonnos lisäisi työntekijöiden oikeuksia. Työsuojelu ja vähimmäispalkkojen toteutumisen valvonta tehostuisivat. Lisäksi työntekijöiden mahdollisuudet rajoittaa irtisanomisia paranisivat ja viikkotyöaikojen enimmäismääriä rajoitettaisiin.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [China] [Economy] [Politics] [Law]
18.12.2006 The UN General Assembly has adopted a landmark disability convention, the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century and one that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said represents the "dawn of a new era" for around 650 million people worldwide living with disabilities.
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Related topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [Education] [International cooperation]
15.12.2006 Il 18 dicembre, in occasione della Giornata mondiale dei diritti dei migranti, L'Osservatorio Migra intende portare all'attenzione il problema dello sfruttamento del lavoro migrante in Trentino. Per questo terrà a Cles, nella Valle di Non (TN) un Convegno su "Caporalato in Trentino?" al quale interverranno Gabriele Calliari (Coldiretti), Antonio Rapanà (CGIL), Gianni Tomasi (UIL) e il giornalista Walter Nicoletti. Il fenomeno è emerso dopo che nelle scorse settimane dieci persone, tra cui alcuni titolari di aziende agricole della Valle di Non (Trento), sono state arrestate al termine di un'operazione condotta dalla Polizia contro la tratta di esseri umani e il caporalato. Le indagini della squadra mobile di Trento hanno consentito di individuare una presunta organizzazione criminale transnazionale, operante tra il Marocco e l'Italia, che in cambio di compensi faceva giungere numerosi extracomunitari in Trentino dove venivano utilizzati come lavoratori in nero per la raccolta di mele.
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Related topics/regions: [Migration] [Civil rights]
Arkkipiispa Jukka Paarma ja SAK:n Lauri Ihalainen
14.12.2006 Kun SASK perustettiin 20 vuotta sitten, maailma oli melko lailla toisenlainen. Espanja ja Portugali liittyivät Euroopan yhteisöön ja Renny Harlinin elokuva Jäätävä polte laitettiin Suomessa ulkopoliittisista syistä esityskieltoon, muisteli SASKin hallituksen puheenjohtaja Jarkko Eloranta SASKin 20-vuotista taivalta juhlistaneessa seminaarissa Helsingissä.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland] [Development] [International cooperation]
Image: Arkkipiispa Jukka Paarma ja SAK:n Lauri Ihalainen
Pakistanilaistytöt puuvillapellolla
13.12.2006 Vaatealan yrityksillä olisi paljon parannettavaa, mitä tulee sosiaalisen vastuun kysymyksiin niiden tuotantomaissa. Tiistaina julkistetussa esiselvityksessä haastateltiin 13 suurinta suomalaista vaatealan yritystä. Ainoastaan kahden yrityksen, Stockmannin ja samaan konserniin kuuluvan Seppälän, tehtaissa tehdään tällä hetkellä minkäänlaisia ulkopuolisia tarkastuskäyntejä.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland] [Development] [Trade] [Ethics & value systems]
Image: Pakistanilaistytöt puuvillapellolla
12.12.2006 On the occasion of December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Serbia invited all relevant social actors, especially the state institutions, to contribute to the fight against poverty through protection and strengthening of human rights culture.
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Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Poverty] [Social exclusion]
11.12.2006 A number of factors have led to a steady increase in the use of children as soldiers. Technological developments and the proliferation of weapons, especially small arms, have made semi-automatic rifles light enough to be used and simple enough to be stripped and reassembled by a 10-year-old child.
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Related topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [Children] [Human rights]
Srilankalainen matontekijä kauppaliiton lipun edessä.
08.12.2006 Euroopan komissio haluaa tuleviin kahdenvälisiin kauppasopimuksiin määräyksiä työelämän kansainvälisten perusnormien kunnioittamisesta. Näin kertoi tiistaina Brysselissä EU:n kauppakomissaari Peter Mandelson. Hänen mukaansa komissio aikoo edistää kahdenvälisten kauppasopimusten avulla paitsi säällisiä työehtoja myös muita kestävän kehityksen vaatimia asioita.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Economy] [Trade]
Image: Srilankalainen matontekijä kauppaliiton lipun edessä. © Panos London
07.12.2006 Israelissa kymmenille tuhansille kunnantyöntekijöille ei ole maksettu palkkaa kuukausiin. Heidän työnantajansa ovat pahasti velkaantuneita ja kassakriisissä, eikä valtio suostu siirtämään surkeasti hoidetuille kunnille maksuosuuksiaan. Heikoimmassa tilassa olevat kunnat maksoivat työntekijöilleen palkkaa viimeksi vuoden alkukuukausina.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Israel] [Poverty] [Governance]
06.12.2006 MSB, a company based in Gdansk in Northern Poland, is seriously in breech of labour legislation rules in regard to its work sites in Finland in what amounts to dumping working conditions. Polish electricians have been paid only 5 hours per hour, a third of the hourly rate laid down by the Finnish collective agreement.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Poland] [Finland]
06.12.2006 Ann Selin, president of the Service Union United, is not satisfied with the government's goal in narrowing the pay gap between women and men. In 2004, the average pay for women was 80 per cent of the average pay for men making the gap even wider than it was in 1999.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland] [Gender]

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