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robbie_dee
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posted 05 June 2005 08:19 PM      Profile for robbie_dee     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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For the past thirty years, the class struggle has been a pretty one-sided affair, with capital delivering a severe beating to labor around the globe. When economic stagnation struck most of the world’s advanced capitalist economies, beginning in the mid-1970s, capital went on the offensive, quickly understanding that the best way to maintain and increase profit margins in a period of slow and sporadic economic growth was to cut labor costs. Governments and global lending agencies such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund began to implement policies that made workers increasingly insecure.

Fernando E. Gapasin and Michael D. Yates, Labor Movements: Is There Hope? MONTHLY REVIEW vol. 57 no. 2, June 2005

Actually the whole June issue is dedicated to labour and I'd highly recommend it. The article above and Jonah Gindin's article about Venezuela are the only ones available online right now.

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posted 06 June 2005 12:58 AM      Profile for forum observer   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Is there a model that can be developed that puts perspective back where it should be?

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