http://www.fpif.org/issues/labor FPIF Issues: Labor Sat, 25 May 2013 08:34:44 -0400 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/BJ6EQgG4uf8/tunisias_labor-led_siliana_uprising_honors_the_memory_of_labor_leader_farhat_hached http://www.fpif.org/blog/tunisias_labor-led_siliana_uprising_honors_the_memory_of_labor_leader_farhat_hached Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:00:35 -0500 Tunisians protested against massive youth unemployment and low wages.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/BJ6EQgG4uf8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/tunisias_labor-led_siliana_uprising_honors_the_memory_of_labor_leader_farhat_hached http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/k7Mi_8r1fhQ/hunger_striking_for_labor_rights_in_colombia http://www.fpif.org/articles/hunger_striking_for_labor_rights_in_colombia Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0400 GM gave its disabled Colombian workers a choice: to die of starvation or to die waiting for a solution.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/k7Mi_8r1fhQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/hunger_striking_for_labor_rights_in_colombia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/n_19yXTirgY/remembering_alexander_cockburn http://www.fpif.org/articles/remembering_alexander_cockburn Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0400 Cockburn was famously fierce and could be absolutely scathing to those who disagreed with him, but his politics were always coherent and deep-seated.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/n_19yXTirgY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/remembering_alexander_cockburn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/oAe0fnvhlD4/destroying_the_commons_how_the_magna_carta_became_a_minor_carta http://www.fpif.org/articles/destroying_the_commons_how_the_magna_carta_became_a_minor_carta Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:24:11 -0400 Dr. Chomsky analyzes how the Magna Carta has become largely irrelevant in the world as the document nears its one thousandth birthday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/oAe0fnvhlD4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/destroying_the_commons_how_the_magna_carta_became_a_minor_carta http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/9ETFdPt-TuE/corporate_accountability_in_liberia_gets_a_fresh_look http://www.fpif.org/blog/corporate_accountability_in_liberia_gets_a_fresh_look Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:01:00 -0400 IPS' Foreign Policy In Focus hosted two of Liberia's premier civil society leaders for a briefing on extractive industries and land grabs -- and an honest assessment of President Sirleaf.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/9ETFdPt-TuE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/corporate_accountability_in_liberia_gets_a_fresh_look http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/66jGpMbVlc4/free_trade_agreement_ignores_colombian_history_of_violence_against_trade_unions http://www.fpif.org/blog/free_trade_agreement_ignores_colombian_history_of_violence_against_trade_unions Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:59 -0400 Colombia is widely regarded as the world's most dangerous place to be a trade union member.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/66jGpMbVlc4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/free_trade_agreement_ignores_colombian_history_of_violence_against_trade_unions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/NRPpAwQlsv4/labor_trafficking_modern-day_slave_trade http://www.fpif.org/articles/labor_trafficking_modern-day_slave_trade Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400 Migrant workers are the slaves of the modern world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/NRPpAwQlsv4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/labor_trafficking_modern-day_slave_trade http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/PFcjsOItr-g/true_lies_about_apple_and_foxconn http://www.fpif.org/articles/true_lies_about_apple_and_foxconn Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:26:37 -0400 The Mike Daisey saga has shown that melodrama and sentimental fiction cannot alone change the world, but they have a place in progressive politics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/PFcjsOItr-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/true_lies_about_apple_and_foxconn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/l4U6Mna0644/when_kony_met_daisey http://www.fpif.org/articles/when_kony_met_daisey Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:21:18 -0400 Should we let the truth get in the way of a good story?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/l4U6Mna0644" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/when_kony_met_daisey http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~3/puzJ2VQfKi0/beating_china_corporate_style http://www.fpif.org/articles/beating_china_corporate_style Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:20:56 -0500 Why should anyone believe that catering to the interests of U.S. corporations located in or returning from China will make American workers any better off?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/Labor/~4/puzJ2VQfKi0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/beating_china_corporate_style