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February 29th, 2008 by sd300bn
29 Feb 2008 More and more foreign investments into Vietnam during the past 2 years since Vietnam has joined into WTO on end of Nov 2006. The economic of Vietnam has rapidlly booming, especially in the estate investment. A house bought in 2006 which cost US$ 300'000, and which has worst US$ 700'000 in year 2008. The government has lost control in the commodity price, oil, rice, cooking oil, bean and etc. Resulted the people in Vietnam is getting poor. | |
Scotland faces more council strikes after local government employers refused to increase a 2.5% pay offer.
A short account of the South Korean strike wave of 1987 known as the Great Workers' Struggle. Affecting most major industries and involving over a million workers, the strikes and militant tactics used won significant gains in pay and conditions for many.
With updates in 2001, this article outlines the story of the widespread resistance and near-mutiny within the US Army, Navy and Air Force during the Vietnam War. This resistance was a major factor in the eventual withdrawal of US troops.
First issue of an irregular workers' bulletin put together by users of the website, libcom.org. This issue focuses on the 2008 pay dispute over sub-inflation pay offers.
