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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996)
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Ousmane Sembène
Sembène spent his early years as a fisherman on the Casamance coast. He studied at the School of Ceramics at Marsassoum and then moved to Dakar, where he worked as a bricklayer, plumber, and apprentice mechanic until he was drafted into the French army in 1939. In 1942, during World War II, he
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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom
In the wake of worldwide efforts to call out systemic racism, Black business organizations are speaking out against the restrictions that AB 5 has placed on African American entrepreneurs in
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Cameroon: Cushioning Covid-19 Shocks - Social Dialogue Encouraged in Workplace
[Cameroon Tribune] The Minister of Labour and Social Security made the call during the opening of the 26th and 27th sessions of the Social Dialogue Consultative and Follow-up Committee on November 4, 2020.
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Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in
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A. Philip Randolph Institute
The A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) is an organization for African-American trade unionists. APRI advocates social, labor, and economic change at the state and federal level, using legal and legislative
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Nigeria: Buhari Can Keep AGF Despite Attaining 60 - Ngige
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has not contravened any law by reappointing Mr Ahmed Idris as the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF).
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Cameroon: COVID-19 - Unions Oppose Plan to Reopen Schools
Yaoundé — A group of trade unions in Cameroon's education sector has opposed the government's plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination
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Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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The Gantt Report: Protest Pimps
The people in Black communities that are hurting and mourning are not impressed by protest clowns that come to town to deliver phillipic rants and raves that were choreographed and orchestrated by red necks, hillbillys, conservatives and closet
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Unions push back at lay-off extension lobby
Intense lobbying by the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) to have the 120-day cap on lay-offs extended is likely to run into gusty headwinds, with trade unions pushing back at the move. The...
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Unions reject SAA rescue plan over job cuts
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Namibia: Bosses Fight Job Cut Ban
Two organisations representing Namibian employers have launched a High Court case against the president, the government and trade unions to have the suspension of parts of the Labour Act during Namibia's Covid-19 state of emergency declared
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Seattle to ban tear gas use for next 30 days
SEATTLE, United States (AP) — The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George
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Keep off Jubilee, Duale tells Atwoli
Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale has told Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli to keep off Jubilee Party affairs after the trade unionist called for his
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Seattle Civic Unity Committee
The Seattle Civic Unity Committee was formed by Seattle Mayor William F. Devin in 1944 in response to rising racial tension in the city.  During World War II Seattle, like other west coast cities, received an influx of African Americans raising its black population from 3,789 in 1940 to over 10,000
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Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World (1920)
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Nigeria: Many Wanted Labour's Strike As Revenge for 2012 Occupy Nigeria Protests - Presidency
[Vanguard] The Presidency has said detractors were going to use the strike suspended by Organised Labour to take revenge over the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests, which forced the administration of then-President Goodluck Jonathan to U-turn on subsidy.
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Massive savings for 2-in-1 election
TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections
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Global trade unions rally behind ZCTU
By Miriam Mangwaya THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set aside tomorrow, September 23, for global mass protests in solidarity with the poorly-paid Zimbabwean workers. In a statement, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo said affiliates of the
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Chicago schools reopening uncertain as union talks continue - Black News Channel
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A plan to reopen Chicago schools remained in limbo as last-minute negotiations over COVID-19 safety measures with the teachers' union stretched into Sunday, amplifying the possibility of a strike. Roughly 62,000 students and about 10,000 teachers and
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Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West
In the article below historian Robin Dearmon Muhammad discusses the growth of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) or the Garvey Movement in the American West, with particular emphasis on its influence in black working-class organizing in the San Francisco Bay Area after World War
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Richardson, Laura (1962- )
Born in Los Angeles on April 14, 1962, to a black father and white mother, Laura Richardson is currently congresswoman for the 37th congressional district, serving her first term. Her mother, Maryann Richardson, who was a member of the Teamsters labor union, raised Richardson by
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Smith, E. June (1900-1982)
E. June Smith, a prominent leader in Seattle’s civil rights movement, was born in Cairo, Illinois in 1900 and worked as a secretary in St. Louis.  Smith came to Seattle with her husband Roscoe O. Smith, a railroad porter, in 1941.  Soon after her arrival, she worked as an insurance agent and, in
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Zimbabwe: Workers' Miseries to Follow Them Into 2021 - ZCTU
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has lamented the continued impoverishment of employees saying workers will face a gloomy festive season with their miseries set to spill over into 2021.
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Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957
Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Nigerian health workers in new strike over hazard pay | News24
Nigerian health workers launched a strike Monday over pay, Covid-19 bonuses and inadequate facilities, union leaders said, in the latest work stoppage in the West African country.
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Ruddy Spencer hospitalised after suffering stroke
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) campaign co-chairman Rudyard Spencer has been hospitalised.  The Gleaner understands that Spencer, who represented the constituency of Clarendon South Eastern for 18 years, suffered a stroke yesterday.  The JLP...
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Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs
Civil rights group demonstrated at Harlem construction sites to Protest discrimination in building trades unions. Demonstrations and marches were held in metropolitan areas in June, July and August to dramatize discontent over housing, school and job discrimination.
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