Archive for February 28th, 2008

China: training subsidies for migrant workers

More than 160,000 migrant workers in Shenzhen will receive government-subsidized vocational training starting April, city officials said early this week. The subsidies range from 100 to 800 yuan (14-111 U.S.dollars), confirmed Liu Xionghua, vice chief of the training department of the Shenzhen Municipal Labor and Social Security Bureau. Continue reading ‘China: training subsidies for migrant workers’

US: who knew NAFTA had so many enemies?

By Jonathan Tasini

I passed on watching the debate last night (it’s just not that interesting, frankly) but, after hearing that NAFTA was attacked by both candidates, I had to go back and read the transcript. My conclusion: neither Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama understand the issue of trade, or they will be unwilling to make the break from so-called “free trade” that we need. Continue reading ‘US: who knew NAFTA had so many enemies?’


LABOUR RIGHTS TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) has designed the training course 'Communicating labour rights' calling the attention of journalists and other media professionals to the direct relevance of International Labour Standards.Applications: http://ilsforjournalists.itcilo.org/

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