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Updated 1/5/2004; 10:50:26 AM

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Global: Trade union rights are human rights, say world's unions. Trade unions around the world are today commemorating International Human Rights Day by focusing international attention on the violations of fundamental human rights for working people. LabourStart headline - Source: ICFTU [LabourStart]
2:41:47 PM

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GCC Summit to Focus on Economic Issues. Major economic issues such as the GCC monetary union, the unified currency, the power grid project and the joint oil pipeline will top the agenda of the upcoming GCC summit in Kuwait, according to the group’s secretary-general. Arab News, Pro-government, English-language daily of Jidda, Saudi Arabia [Breaking News Headlines from Around the World, Powered by Worldpress.org]
2:39:00 PM

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B.C. ferry union goes ahead with illegal strike. A full-scale strike has begun on the B.C. ferry fleet. Members of the B.C Ferry and Marine Workers Union began hauling out their picket signs shortly after noon PST Wednesday. The Globe And Mail, Centrist daily of Toronto, Canada [Breaking News Headlines from Around the World, Powered by Worldpress.org]
2:30:27 PM

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America's Hidden Human Rights Problem. Unions, the folks that brought us the weekend, are fighting for their basic right to exist. That was the conclusion of a 213-page report by Human Rights Watch, one of the world's largest human rights organizations, written three years ago. And it keeps getting worse. Tens of thousands of workers are fired each year for joining or attempting to organize a union, in violation of U.S. law. But the penalties for employers are so slight that they have what Human Rights Watch calls "a culture of near impunity." [AlterNet]
1:59:18 PM

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Wal-Mart Workers Case Going to Grand Jury (AP). AP - A grand jury in Pennsylvania is to convene Thursday to consider a case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in which the world's largest retailer is accused of using illegal workers to clean floors in its stores. [Yahoo! News - Business]
1:56:14 PM

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Global economy shows increasing signs of recovery – UN survey But there are marked regional variations, with the United States remaining the main engine of global growth and Western Europe far behind in the international business cycle, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) says in its newly released Economic Survey of Europe [UN News Service]
1:54:21 PM

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