Flags of Convenience international exploitation, international solidarity
Jane Barrett explains how Flags of Convenience compound seafarers vulnerability and examines SATAWU’s and the International Transport Federation’s campaign against …
Across the Globe
Flexible production: shaping up to globalisation
A recent ILO survey found that South Africa’s labour market is already highly flexible. Malcolm Ray argues that current attempts …
Focus on Brazil: Democratic socialism – new path for the Workers’ Party in Brazil
At its first national congress, held in December last year, the Workers’ Party in Brazil adopted democratic socialism as a …
Fighting Deep Cuts: Largest UK Union Protest Ever
On 26 March about half a million mainly trade unionists came out onto the streets of London to protest the …
Fighting globalisation: the Australian maritime dispute
Rob Lambert explores contradictions in the Australian maritime dispute settlement and argues that the international labour movement needs to consider …
Fighting high finance: US labour experience, South African prospects
Unprecedented debt and uncontrolled speculation have characterised many capitalist economies since the mid-1970s, including South Africa and the United States, …
Filipino Women in Free Trade Zones
Briefings: By International Labour Research.
Firing the Bosses: Can Worker Self-Management Succeed?
The global economic crisis has thrown up some bold experiments. Shawn Hattingh looks at the creation of some worker self-managed …
Fear and loathing in Ramatex’s Namibain factory
The giant Malaysian textile multinational Ramatex is a brutal example of a company hunting down profits across the globe through …
Fewer women in leadership
Although Zimbabwe has made strides in gender equity there were still some gaps such as those found in leadership positions …