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2008 China labor laws – part two the union ACFTU
The All China Federation of Trade Unions ACFTUReport july 2008The enhanced role for China’s union the ACFTU with new legal powers is important. The ACFTU is the one union allowed by law, organised nationally and in industry unions and hierachically in each region, local area and city. Article 11 of the Trade Union Law states: ‘the establishment of…
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Provoking Construction and Building Workers 2005 Senate submission
˜The right of workers to leave their jobs is a test of freedom. Hitler suppressed strikes. Stalin suppressed strikes. But each also suppressed freedom. There are some things worse than strikes, much worse than strikes “ one of them is the loss of freedom.” US Republican President Eisenhower. ˜WE WON’T take away the right to…
Chris White 