Mulig jeg forteller dere noe mange av dere allerede vet -- men dette
nettstedet ser ut til å være en utmerket kildet til alt slags stoff!
----- Forwarded message from Bob Olsen <bobolsen@interlog.com> -----
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 11:44:19 -0400
To: mai-not@flora.org
From: Bob Olsen <bobolsen@interlog.com>
Subject: General Strike: Norway, South Africa and India, May 11, 2000
From: Dave Bleakney <DBLEAKNEY@CUPW-STTP.ORG>
Subject: stopftaa: FW: Three countries completely shut down - and how the
media covered it
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 17:07:16 -0400
-----Original Message-----
From: LabourStart [mailto:ericlee@labourstart.org]
Sent: May 12, 2000 8:42 AM
* forwarded to you by redscares27@yahoo.com, NOT by author *
"...there was no mention of a strike which involved
literally millions of workers."
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"Norway, South Africa and India were all shut down
by increasingly militant trade unions. The wide
geographic diversity of the strikes -- and the common
ground of all of them -- could not have failed to
escape the attention of our readers."
+++
LabourStart - http://www.labourstart.org
This morning I woke up to discover that millions of Indians heeded a trade
union call and held one of the largest general strikes in history
yesterday. I didn't find that out in my morning newspaper or on TV -- I
learned it from the extensive coverage that was prepared last night by
volunteer LabourStart correspondents in the Asia-Pacific region.
When I went to check on Yahoo's "Business and Labor News" page, which is
updated daily by their paid, professional staff, there was no mention of a
strike which involved literally millions of workers. There was, however,
some coverage of the actors strike in the USA, which has halted production
of television commercials.
When I saw that, I understood a fundamental difference between the work we
are doing on the LabourStart project and how the mainstream media work.
Our network of more than 60 correspondents has created something which has
never existed before in the trade union movement: a global online news
service, continuously updated 24 hours a day.
This week we saw three extraordinary examples of one of labour's most
powerful tools at work: the general strike. Norway, South Africa and
India were all shut down by increasingly militant trade unions. The wide
geographic diversity of the strikes -- and the common ground of all of
them -- could not have failed to escape the attention of our readers.
For comprehensive coverage of all three strikes, check out:
http://www.labourstart.org/india/
http://www.labourstart.org/southafrica/
http://www.labourstart.org/norway/
If your country isn't covered in this way, perhaps you should step forward
and offer to become a LabourStart correspondent. Let me know by writing
to ericlee@labourstart.org.
Finally, we're pleased to announce this week's Labour Website of the Week
-- a terrific example of regional and global solidarity coming out of
Trinidad, in the Caribbean. See the front page of LabourStart today for
details.
Have a good weekend, everyone.
Eric Lee
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:04:20 -0700
From: Sid Shniad <shniad@sfu.ca>
Subject: MILLIONS OF INDIANS STRIKE AGAINST LIBERALISATION PLANS - AFP
Agence France Presse May 12, 2000
MILLIONS OF INDIANS STRIKE AGAINST LIBERALISATION PLANS
New Delhi - - Millions of Indian workers went on strike Thursday disrupting
businesses and transport links in a protest against the Hindu nationalist
government's march towards financial liberalisation.
K. L. Mehendra of the powerful All India Trade Union Congress said 20
million employees boycotted work and said the strike totally disrupted the
financial sector, with Indian and foreign banks shutting down for the day.
"The strike was total in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura
and Kerala and partially successful in other states," Mehendra said as the
day-long strike ended.
[ resten klippet. jis ]
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Bob Olsen, Toronto bobolsen@interlog.com
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