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Colombia/Philippines Human rights call from UNI Management Committee [UNI] 09-May-2008

Peru Gmsterdam airport to suffer delays due to baggage handlers' strike [The Mining Journal] 09-May-2008

USA/Colombia Tell Your Member of Congress to Oppose the Colombia Trade Agreement [LNN] 08-May-2008

Guyana 'GPSU calls for 25% interim salary hike' [Stabroek News] 08-May-2008

Peru Unions say ready for nationwide mining strike [Reuters] 07-May-2008

Venezuela Labor Movement at the Crossroads [Venezuela Analysis] 07-May-2008

Chile Subcontractors to end Chile copper strike -union [The Guardian] 07-May-2008

Suriname 'Ten percent pay rise for public servants in Suriname' [Caribbean Net News] 07-May-2008

Suriname 'Suriname to take legal action against striking teachers' [Caribbean Net News] 06-May-2008

Colombia/USA Colombia Workers Brutalized at May Day Protests [streaming radio link appended] [Building Bridges Radio] For more info 06-May-2008

USA/Colombia Building Bridges Radio: Colombian May Day Brutality and West Coast Dockers Shut Ports [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 05-May-2008

USA/Colombia Building Bridges Radio: Colombian May Day brutality and West Coast dock shutdown [BuildingBridgesRadio] For more info 05-May-2008

Chile Codelco Workers May End Strike as Production Falls [Bloomberg] 05-May-2008

Chile Strike halts giant Chile copper mine [The National Post] 05-May-2008

Bolivia Bolivia takes over telco, foreign gas companies [NZPA] 04-May-2008

Chile Copper mines reopen after strike proposal [Reuters] 04-May-2008

Venezuela Labor Day Rally Attracts Hundreds of Thousands, Wages Raised by 30% [Venezuela Analysis] 03-May-2008

Suriname Government to introduce collective agreement for contract labour [Caribbean Net News] 03-May-2008

Chile Codelco to reopen copper mine, proposes strike deal [The Guardian] 03-May-2008

Canada/Colombia Large Unions in Canada Officially Back Campaign to Stop Killer Coke [Campaign to Stop Killer Coke] For more info 02-May-2008

Venezuela "This Year May Day is Very Special" [Venezuela Analysis] 02-May-2008

Colombia A dangerous place to be a trade unionist [The Guardian] 01-May-2008

Chile Angry rhetoric suggests copper strike could worsen [Mineweb] 28-Apr-2008

Chile Codelco Strike Goes On; Leader Asks Arellano to Quit [Bloomberg] 28-Apr-2008

Chile Two mines still shut in 12th day of copper strike [Reuters] 28-Apr-2008

Chile Unions strike work for a day in protest against abortion ruling [Women's eNews] 25-Apr-2008

Chile Teniente copper mineers again on strike [The Guardian] 24-Apr-2008

Venezuela Sidor steel nationalized after union demands not met [The Guardian] 23-Apr-2008

Chile Copper strike shuts third Codelco division [The Guardian] 22-Apr-2008

Chile Copper mine workers' strike in day 5, two divisions shut [Reuters/Guardian] 21-Apr-2008

Chile Contract Workers Hobble Codelco's Copper Mines [ICEM] For more info 21-Apr-2008

Chile Codelco Contract Workers Extend Strike for Third Day [Bloomberg] 19-Apr-2008

Venezuela Chavez names Communist to labor-minister post [Reuters] 19-Apr-2008

Finland/Colombia Leader of the SAK and SASK supported project: The Columbian trade union movement must make room for youth [Trade Union News from Finland] 03-Apr-2008

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