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03 Nov 09

Undocumented workers strike for their rights in France|7Nov09|Socialist Worker

  • They are hired on a temporary basis, by agencies. They work as cleaners, they do maintenance work and they act as security guards. The bosses and the agencies that do the hiring treat them like dirt.
06 Apr 09

International Socialism: Migration, migrant workers and capitalism

  • Consider these two scenarios. The first is in Ireland in December 2005 when 100,000 Irish, Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian workers demonstrated together against attempts by bosses to recruit migrant workers on worse pay and conditions than Irish workers. The second is in the UK in January 2009 with hundreds of workers taking industrial action under the slogan of “British jobs for British workers”. The former reflects the possibility of solidarity and a rejection of “divide and rule”. The latter is an alarming situation in which fearful workers turn on “foreigners” as the UK economy haemorrhages jobs and plunges into a deepening crisi
  • Migrant workers play a distinct role in capitalism both as a “reserve army of labour” and as a means of raising the rate of exploitation.
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01 Mar 09

وفاة عامل مصري أصابته صاعقة في قبرص - بوابة الشروق

  •  توفي عامل مصري في الثامنة والعشرين من عمره يوم الخميس عندما أصابته صاعقة أثناء عمله في حقل قرب العاصمة القبرصية ، كما أفادت الشرطة.
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