Greece: going under | by Michael Roberts

The Greek prime minister George Papandreou’s call for a referendum on the bailout package agreed with the EU leaders and the IMF sounds like a move towards democracy.  The Greek people are apparently going to be asked whether they want to accept or reject massive cuts...
Adcorp and CDE wrong about productivity decline

Adcorp and CDE wrong about productivity decline

Press statement from AIDC, 14 September 2011 Arguing for cutting workers’ wages, Adcorp and Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) mislead media and the public. The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) and the labour broker Adcorp continue to argue...

The key to ending the race to the bottom

A spectre starting to haunt the international labour movement — a spectre of a descent into barbarism. It is the image of a possible future, reflected in signs such as South Africa’s Olympians marching proudly in London in national colours, made in China, and in the...