Mexican Government Intervention in Strike – Cananea Miners Update This alert was originally published by LabourStart. Some 1,200 members of Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union, or Los Mineros, have been on strike since July 2007 at the Cananea mine over health and safety and other contract violations. Grupo Mexico – the mining giant which…
Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Action alerts, Haiti, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Haiti devastated by earthquake! Take action now!
Two members of the Alliance for Global Justice staff returned from a delegation to Haiti a few days before the earthquake hit. The people they met with and all the victims of the quake are in their thoughts as Haiti confronts this devastating crisis. In this action alert you will find: 1) Information about where…
Action alerts, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
A Beacon of Hope for 2010! Support the Jubilee Act for Debt Relief for Poor Countries!
Just before the holidays, Congressional leaders put aside partisan differences to stand together in support of the world’s poorest. After months of anticipation, the Jubilee Act (HR 4405) was reintroduced by Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), along with Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL), and seven more Republican and Democratic…
Action alerts, Labor, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Support REAL Trade Reform!
In what appears to be one of the most promising efforts toward trade reform in recent memory, both the Senate and the House have a progressive new trade bill before them. The bill is gathering momentum, and in the House it already had 127 co-sponsors!