ron's blog
PepsiCo's sick version of "Big Brother" - or how to get your fellow worker kicked out of the house! 15-11-2011
In Sao Paulo, Brazil PepsiCo has introduced a perverse practice effectively running its workforce like a sick parody of the flagging TV show "Big Brother".
Public Private Partnerships - privatizing the ILO? 11-10-2011
In March 2008 the ILO govering body decided to open the door to what are called "Public Private Partnerships" (PPP's). Quite why is not clear but presumably there was consensus that such things would be useful both in themselves and also for the ILO itself. Presumably it was also felt that they could do no harm.
Turkish unions - just competitive unionism or something else? 07-10-2011
Last month global Unions Federations have just spent two days with affiliates in Istanbul talking about the major challenges facing Turkish workers and their unions. As ever many of the presentations were descriptive and a mixture of encouraging successes and challenging onging struggles. Struggles in the public sector have been going on for years and the brutality of the Turkish private sector employers are already well known.
China: ACFTU representing workers’ interests on ILO governing body – that cannot be serious! 10-08-2011
In June 2011 the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) was elected by the ILO workers’ group to the ILO Governing Body.
Before taking up the issues arising from the presence of the ACFTU on the ILO Governing Body (on which it presumably now sits as a representative of workers' interests and defender of workers' rights), I have to reiterate my fundamental belief that any action that legitimates the ACFTU needs to be seriously questioned.
