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News and Updates
From Around the World
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Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement Covering More Than 230,000 Workers at UPS
30 September 2007: Contract Improves Wages and Significantly Increases Pension and Health and Welfare Contributions to Benefit Funds
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Killings of trade unionists up by 25%
20 September 2007: 144 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights in 2006, while more than 800 suffered beatings or torture, according to the Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations, published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The report details nearly 5,000 arrests and more than 8,000 dismissals of workers due to their trade union activities. 484 new cases of trade unionists held in detention by governments are also documented in the report.You can read the full report online, country by country, in English, Spanish, French and German, here.
This report is required reading for all trade unionists - please spread the word.
Vote to Block Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads
12 September 2007: The Senate voted to ban Mexican trucks from United States roadways, rekindling a trade dispute with Mexico that is more than a decade old. By a 74-to-24 vote, the Senate approved a proposal by Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, prohibiting the Transportation Department from spending money on a North American Free Trade Agreement pilot program giving Mexican trucks access to highways in the United States. Supporters of Mr. Dorgans amendment argued that the trucks were not yet proven safe.
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