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The management of Mandiri Bank in Timor-Leste had dismissed three Union leaders Bro Joaquim Gonzaga, Brother Helder do Rego Barreto and Brother Leonardo Bele Bau Amaral. The decision of dismissal was made arbitrarily by Mohamad Yani, General Manager of Mandiri Bank on November 30, 2011 and December 12, 2011.

Mexico: Support electrical workers union

Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

On October 10, 2009, police and military forces forcibly removed over 44,000 electrical workers from over 400 workplaces across the central Mexico region. The workers are represented by the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME, Sindicato Mexicano de Electrisistas) and worked for the electrical company Luz y Fuerza del Centro.

We are currently living through an extraordinary phase of history - an ever deepening financial crisis, produced by an unregulated financial system, similar in many respects to the Great Crash of 1929.  In 1929, there was a political response to the crisis that led to a tight regulation of the financial system.

SIGTUR Congratulates  FSPMI and Lomenik In This Victorious Struggle

After more than a year-long bitter struggle, the Indonesian labour movement won the fight to reform the social security system, under the banner of the Social Security Action Committee (KAJS).

INDONESIA: October 28 will be engraved into the history of the Indonesian labour movement as a victorious day in the fight to protect Indonesian workers and grant them social security. On the late evening of this day the Indonesian House of Representatives finally passed the Social Security Provider Bill into law, allowing for full health and job protection for all citizens.

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