金融危機

Community group says pay workers, not banks By Abayomi Azikiwe (Editor, Pan-African News Wire, Detroit) Source: Workers' World. Aug 26, 2009

Fremont, Calif. Source: Workers' World. Aug 31, 2009

It had to happen sooner or later. The first bill on nationalization has been submitted to the State Duma. That such a bill would appear in Russia only after similar legislation was introduced in Britain and the United States might seem paradoxical, at least at first glance. After all, Moscow officials would rather die than be accused of an attempt to revive communism. This is especially true of senior government officials in the "economic bloc" whose job is to please investors. In recent years, the less liberal Moscow's political regime has become, the more effort officials have had to make to demonstrate Russia's supposed adherence to economic liberalism.

Source: TIME magazine. Thursday, Jun. 11, 2009

Source: Workers World. Jul 3, 2009

Perhaps more than any other U.S. high-technology company, IBM Corp. has been subjected to intense media scrutiny in the aftermath of a string of recent under-the-radar layoffs. Much of that unwanted attention is a direct result of union activism that has taken on a decidedly "we're mad as hell and we're-not going to take it anymore" tone. Following an IBM shareholder meeting last week, fighting words like "greed" were being lobbed like hand grenades.

Fear of unemployment is rising in France as recession takes hold. Strikes, riots and social unrest have gone to extremes as workers feel they are running out of options and, even worse, they have nothing to lose.

Source: Workers' World. Jun 3, 2009

It's not for people and workers to pay for the crisis, the capitalists should pay! April 3, 2009, Strasbourg The next European elections will be held during the worst crisis capitalism has known since 1929.

Representatives from five trade unions and workers group petitioned the government on 25 April 2009. They presented their demands for termination of out-sourcing cleaning work and employ more public employees to do the jobs.