Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: After the Andizhan and Pakhtabad massacres
Despotic Karimov regime remains a tinder box. 4,200 words.
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Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Largest union backs fight against water charges
Public sector union conference supports non-payment campaign
Pakistan
Pakistan: Historic Victory for Pakistan Telecommunications workers
Ten day strike forced the Government to retreat – Pakistan Telecommunications privatisation postponed for an indefinite period
Europe
Europe: Protesters picket Pakistan embassies in support of striking telecom workers
Members of the CWI in Austria handed in a letter of protest to the Pakistan Embassy, in Vienna, and the CWI held a protest at the Pakistan Embassy in New York.
Netherlands
Netherlands: Dutch give overwhelming ‘No’ to EU Constitution
Voters ignore arrogant Establishment and punish right wing government
Germany
Germany: Political turmoil follows regional elections
Left winger leader, Oskar Lafontaine, leaves ruling social democrats and calls for new left alliance
Pakistan
Pakistan: “Struggle or death’
Pakistan telecoms workers fight privatisation
France
France: 56% vote no in the referendum on the EU constitution
The European Union and the French economic, financial and political establishment plunged into crisis as France voted last night against the proposed EU constitution.
France
France: French workers say ‘NON’ to the European constitution and the establishment
"We’re voting no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition, profits, the market and capitalism. We are against all that; we are communists. There […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: STOP PRESS – Telecommunications Trade Unions pull out of negotiations
The Pakistani Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) Trade Union Action Committee has decided to boycott negotiations with management in a meeting which finished late during the night of 29 May.