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Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global

By Paul Mason

Live Working or Die Fighting is a two-hundred year story of the global working class and its many struggles for justice. The stories in the book come to life through the voices of remarkable individuals: child labourers in Charles Dickens' England, visionary women on the barricades of Paris, gun-toting railway strikers in America's Wild West, and beer-swilling German metalworkers who tried to stop the First World War.

Blending exciting historical narrative with reporting from today's front line, Paul Mason links the lives of nineteenth-century factory girls with the lives of teenagers in a giant Chinese mobile phone factory. He tells of how mass trade unions were form in London's Docklands and how they’re being reinvented by the migrant cleaners in skyscrapers that stand on the very same spot.

It is a story of urban slums, self-help cooperatives, choirs and brass bands, free love, and self-education by candlelight. And in the developing industrial economies of the world, it is still with us.

The author is an award-winning journalist with the British Broadcasting Corp. and the author of Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed. 305 pages paperback

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Cambodia Construction company KC GECIN takes stubborn stand abusing Freedom of Association [BWI] ActNOW! 2010-09-03

South Africa COSATU suspends solidarity strike [COSATU] 2010-09-02

Turkey / Global Trade Unions Worldwide Show Their Solidarity with Sacked Turkish UPS Workers [ITUC] For more info ActNOW! 2010-09-02

South Africa Unions reject gov't wage offer - strikes continue [Bloomberg] 2010-09-02

USA / Europe Human Rights Watch: European companies undermine workers' rights in their US operations [HRW] 2010-09-02

USA Obama To Address AFL-CIO On Labor Day [Huffington Post] 2010-09-01

Iraq / USA Is U.S. Pulling Plug on Iraqi Workers? [Labor Notes] 2010-09-01

Turkey / Global UPS Action Day - Breaking News No.1 [ITF] For more info ActNOW! 2010-09-01

Egypt Military court acquits 3 workers, suspends sentences of others who had been protesting about workplace safety [Al Masry Al Youm] 2010-08-31

Sri Lanka / Saudi Arabia VIDEO: Surgeons Remove 16 Metal Nails From Maid Tortured by Saudi Boss [Sky News] 2010-08-31

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Africa SADC women trade unionists urged to put pressure on governments [Mmegi] 2010-09-01

Australia / Northern Territory Union speaks up for NT asylum detention centre staff [ABC] 2010-09-02 15 more labour news stories from Australia today

Bangladesh Rioting garment workers [War on Want] 2010-09-02

Cambodia High-rise construction workers strike over new shifts ActNOW! [Phnom Penh Post] 2010-09-02 2 more labour news stories from Cambodia today

Canada / Saskatchewan Capitalism vs State Capitalism and Potash [PEF] 2010-09-02 23 more labour news stories from Canada today

Chile Solidarity with the mine workers of Chile [BWI] 2010-09-02 4 more labour news stories from Chile today

China Unions' role evolving [Xinhua] 2010-09-02 6 more labour news stories from China today

Costa Rica Progress is being made with the unionisation of migrants in Costa Rica [ITUC] 2010-09-01

Egypt Military Court acquits 3 civilian workers, suspends sentences of 5 who led strike to protest poor safety conditions [Daily News Egypt] 2010-09-01 1 more labour news stories from Egypt today

Finland SAK's Lyly proposes a common minimum pay rise demand for the new bargaining round [Trade Union News from Finland] 2010-09-01 1 more labour news stories from Finland today

France Energy workers to join pensions strike [Reuters] 2010-09-01

Ghana TUC not frustrating government's policies - Secretary General [GNA] 2010-09-01 1 more labour news stories from Ghana today

Guatemala / Canada Migrant Workers Protest at Canada's Embassy in Guatemala [UFCW] 2010-09-02

Guyana 'GLU imposed strike action not ordinary – City Mayor' [Kaieteur News] 2010-09-02 1 more labour news stories from Guyana today

Hong Kong Commission seeks minimum wage deal [BBC] 2010-09-01

India / Delhi Report alleges rampant violation of labour laws at Games sites [Hindu] 2010-09-02 14 more labour news stories from India today

Indonesia / Malaysia Stop sending Indonesian workers to Malaysia: Legislator [The Jakarta Post] 2010-09-02 2 more labour news stories from Indonesia today

Ireland Protests over newspaper closures in midlands [RTÉ] 2010-09-02 22 more labour news stories from Ireland today

Israel / South Africa COSATU backs WFTU global protests against Israel [TULIP] 2010-09-02 7 more labour news stories from Israel today

Jamaica 'Nurses summoned to emergency meeting' [Jamaica Observer] 2010-09-01

Korea Entertainers’ union, KBS reach agreement [K. Times] 2010-09-01 2 more labour news stories from Korea today

Latin America Press freedom threatened in LatAm: Unions warn [Buenos Aires Herald] 2010-09-01

Maldives Kurumba resort workers intimidated into ending strike after police intervene and arrest 19 [AFW-IUF] 2010-09-01

Mexico The Assault on Labor in Cananea, Mexico [Dollars and Sense] 2010-09-01

Mozambique Troops clear barricades in Mozambique as workers riot over soaring bread prices [SABC] 2010-09-02

New Zealand Radiographers in talks with DHB [NZPA] 2010-09-02 5 more labour news stories from New Zealand today

Pakistan More Aid Needed as Flood Disaster Affects 17 Million [ITUC] 2010-09-01

Palestine / Jordan Jordanian unions red light King’s Palestine peace stance [TULIP] 2010-09-01

Papua New Guinea Bank South Pacific workers end strike [PNG Post-Courier] 2010-09-01

Poland Trade union membership plummets [Polskie Radio] 2010-09-02 7 more labour news stories from Poland today

Singapore / China Trade unions in Singapore and China pledge closer ties [Xinhua] 2010-09-01

Slovakia Strike in textile firms continues and striking women invite MPs to support them [The Slovak Spectator] 2010-09-02

South Africa Unions to announce decision on latest govt offer on Monday [SABC] 2010-09-02 29 more labour news stories from South Africa today

Spain General strike called for September 29 [AFP] 2010-09-01

Swaziland International Solidarity Actions around Independence Day [ITUC] 2010-09-02 3 more labour news stories from Swaziland today

Trinidad and Tobago 'Fitun hopes for minimum wage hike in 2011 budget' [Trinidad Guardian] 2010-09-02

Turkey / Global Global action sends home protest message on UPS dismissals in Turkey ActNOW! [ITF] 2010-09-02 9 more labour news stories from Turkey today

UK / England Trade unionists from across North East and Cumbria are now meeting to decide how to respond to the Government's planned spending cuts [TUC] 2010-09-02 19 more labour news stories from UK today

Ukraine Trade unions do not accept IMF pressure on workers rights [BWI] 2010-09-01 1 more labour news stories from Ukraine today

USA / California L.A. civic leaders urge LAUSD, union to revamp teacher evaluations [LA Times] 2010-09-02 24 more labour news stories from USA today

Yemen IFJ Accuses Yemen of Broken Promises as Journalists are Held Without Charge [IFJ] 2010-09-02

Zimbabwe POSA was unlawfully used on Trade Unions- Museka [Zim Eye] 2010-09-01 0 more labour news stories from Zimbabwe today