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January 2007

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29.01.2007 In September 2006, the forest industry giant UPM, based in Finland, announced its plan to get rid of its remaining 300 forestry workers. They and their union, the Wood and Allied Workers' Union, rejected the plan arguing that it is bad for both the company and its forests, let alone the workers themselves.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland]
29.01.2007 Venäjän viranomaiset ovat alkaneet myöntää työlupia entisistä neuvostotasavalloista tulleille laittomille siirtolaisille. Luvan saajia arvioidaan olevan kuutisen miljoonaa, mutta heidän työnteolleen asetetaan tiettyjä rajoituksia.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Migration] [Politics]
Accessibility for far flung populations is a major consideration for connecting the villages of India through info kiosks
29.01.2007 Eighty-four call centres across the country are answering farmers’ queries related to everything from fungus on brinjals to kisan credit cards and prices of insecticides.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Agriculture] [Poverty] [Economy] [MDGs]
Image: Accessibility for far flung populations is a major consideration for connecting the villages of India through info kiosks
26.01.2007 Bangladeshissä aloittelevan teva-työläisen on tyydyttävä 7,5 senttiin tunnissa. Ompelukoneen käyttöön harjaantuneelle työntekijälle maksetaan kaksi kertaa enemmän, mutta sekin jää pahasti alle vähimmäistoimeentulon rajan. Näin raportoi Britanniasta lähtöisin oleva, maailmanlaajuisesti köyhyyttä vastaan toimiva järjestö War on Want.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [Development] [Economy]
25.01.2007 Las precarias condiciones ambientales y de seguridad personal, extenuantes jornadas de trabajo, malos tratos y acoso sexual, son entre otros, los aspectos que aceleran enfermedades graves en las obreras de la maquila.
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From: Comunicación Comunitaria
Related topics/regions: [Honduras] [Human rights] [Gender]
Maailman sosiaalifoorumi 2007
23.01.2007 Nairobissa meneillään olevassa Maailman sosiaaliforumissa julkistettiin eilen maailmanlaajuinen "Kunnollinen työ, kunnollinen elämä" (Decent Work, Decent Life) -kampanja. Sen tavoitteena on tehdä "kunnollisen työn" takaamisesta ydinasia johdonmukaisesti niin kansallisessa, EU:n kuin kansainvälisessäkin kehitys-, talous-, kauppa-, rahoitus- ja sosiaalipolitiikassa.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Politics] [Globalisation]
Image: Maailman sosiaalifoorumi 2007
22.01.2007 Asiantuntijat odottavat työelämän monimuotoisuuden Suomessa kasvavan nykyisestä vuoteen 2020 mennessä. Maahanmuuttajien määrän kasvaa ainakin kaksinkertaiseksi nykyisestä eli 300 000:een. Valtaosan odotetaan muuttavan työn perässä ja tulevan entisen Neuvostoliiton alueelta ja uusista EU-maista. Kuitenkin myös muualta muutetaan Suomeen.
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From: Väestöliitto, kansainväliset asiat
Related topics/regions: [Finland] [Race Politics] [Culture]
19.01.2007 La Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA) convoca al III Certamen de Ensayo y Periodismo Investigativo: Análisis del perfil de las trabajadoras de maquila y sus alternativas de empleo. Se premiarán trabajo en las ramas de ensayo, televisión, radio y prensa escrita
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From: Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas (ORMUSA)
Related topics/regions: [El Salvador] [Human rights] [Information & media]
18.01.2007 For incense sticks (agarbattis) sold at Rs.100 in market, a homebased worker rolling them receives a meager Rs.2.30 only!
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Gender]
16.01.2007 In 2003 Finnish police registered 910 work place accidents. But this figure is only a fraction of the number of work place accidents registered by Statistics Finland, which recorded up to over 100,000 work place accidents. A sixth of the 910 cases registered by police ended up at the discretion of prosecutors.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland]
08.01.2007 Much hyped in 2005 and launched in 2006, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the country’s most ambitious social welfare programme, must gain momentum in the new year, writes Pamela Philipose
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Related topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [Agriculture] [Poverty]
05.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 5 (OneWorld) - A coalition of more than 60 labor, social justice, and immigrants rights organizations issued a statement Thursday calling for an immediate halt to community and workplace raids aimed at detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Migration] [Business] [Civil rights]
05.01.2007 Joulukuussa Yhdysvalloissa pidätettiin työpaikkaratsioissa noin 1 200 työntekijää aseella uhaten. Alle viisi prosenttia heistä ollaan nyt asettamassa syytteeseen, kertovat ihmisoikeusaktivistit. Yli 60 järjestöä ja aktivistia tuomitsee hallituksen "pelotuskampanjan, joka tekee rikollisia ihmisistä, jotka vain etsivät työtä ja parempaa elämää".
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Migration] [Human rights] [Civil rights]
Image: © Liz Highleyman / Independent Media Center
Immigrati braccianti - da Msf
05.01.2007 A Rosarno come a Foggia: stipati in capannoni senza acqua, luce e bagni, dove alloggiare dopo aver trasportato, ogni giorno, 350 chili di frutta, per guadagnare 25 euro. Sono gli 'invisibili', braccianti agricoli africani, lavoratori in nero senza permesso di soggiorno e senza diritti, che vivono a Rosarno (Reggio Calabria) che a causa delle durissime condizioni di lavoro e di vita in generale sono soggetti a gravi patologie, come spiega Andrea Accardi di Medici Senza Frontiere.
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Related topics/regions: [Migration] [Economy]
Image: Immigrati braccianti - da Msf
In un'azienda rumena - da Commissione europea
04.01.2007 "No agli allarmismi: l’ingresso nell’Unione Europea di Romania e Bulgaria, avvenuto il 1° gennaio, non provocherà un esodo in massa verso le nostre città" - afferma una nota della Caritas Ambrosiana. "L’Italia non deve temere. Tutt’altro: l’apertura delle frontiere porterà alla luce i cittadini invisibili che oggi sono già presenti nel nostro paese e incoraggerà a prosciugare le sacche di lavoro nero alimentate proprio dalla clandestinità". Caritas Italiana stima che nel 2007 arriveranno dalla Romania almeno 60mila persone. Più o meno le stesse che sono entrate l’anno scorso, al culmine di un flusso che si è andato consolidando negli ultimi anni. Un numero, in ogni caso, compatibile con il fabbisogno di manodopera espresso dall’Italia. Considerazione a parte merita la questione dei rom, "minoranza consistente nel paese neocomunitario, che soffre di condizioni di discriminazione e di disagio sociale" - sostiene la Caritas Ambrosiana.
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Related topics/regions: [Migration] [Politics]
Image: In un'azienda rumena - da Commissione europea
YK:n rauhanturvaajia Kongossa
04.01.2007 YK:n työntekijöiden vaarallisimmat asemapaikat olivat viime vuonna Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta ja Libanon, käy ilmi YK:n työntekijöiden ammattiliiton kokoamista tiedoista. Vuonna 2006 surmatuista rauhanturvaajista ja siviilityöntekijöistä yhdeksän oli YK:n palveluksessa Kongossa ja kuusi Libanonissa.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Conflict resolution] [United Nations]
Image: YK:n rauhanturvaajia Kongossa © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
04.01.2007 Indian immigrants are a significant driving force behind the creation of new engineering and technology companies in the United States in the past decade than their counterparts from the UK, China, Taiwan and Japan put together. Of an estimated 73-hundred US tech startups founded by immigrants, 26 per cent have Indian founders, CEOs, presidents or head researchers, a new study says.
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Related topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [International cooperation] [Migration] [Globalisation]
03.01.2007 Finnish legislation does not offer much protection to agency hired labour. Moreover, the handful of agreements with regard to agency hired labour, which have been hammered out by labour market parties, often leave agency hired labour bereft of the benefits which are usually enjoyed by employees with regular jobs.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Finland]

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