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When Blair became prime minister in 1997, he sought to remedy Britain’s rusty socialist state, incurring the wrath of the powerful labor unions. He resisted pressure from the Trades Union Congress—whose members constitute a significant chunk of the Labour party—for repeal of anti-union laws. Union workers demanded that Blair lift prohibitions on secondary picketing, whereby people picket venues unrelated to their protest, such as the private homes of a company’s management; but Blair did not bend...
...treaty and then remained quiet on climate change for years. In contrast, The Observer reported this past January that a month after speaking with Blair about climate change, Bush announced his plan to cut U.S. consumption of oil by 20 percent in 10 years in his State of the Union. Blair, because of his close relationship with the President, was able to influence his position on global warming, an area where they disagreed. Blair has never been Bush’s poodle...
...don’t pay workers trash”—and unsubstantiated allegations. Without offering any concrete evidence, the campaign has accused AlliedBarton of “a rash of [retaliatory] terminations,” “de facto union busting,” and other such nefarious deeds. Other SfS complaints include the security guards’ “low morale” and “stress” resulting from the company’s “aggressive” negotiating tactics. SfS’s response? Bringing protesters to meetings...
...carefully at France. There are some (minor) factual errors in your stimulating piece in support of Sarkozy, but when you talk about “France’s demographic decline” you are making a serious mistake. France has actually the highest fertility rate of the European Union in 2005, even ahead of booming Ireland. Yet, Eurobarometer polls show that French are the most pessimistic of all Europeans with regards to their future. The French paradox, if ever there was one, lies here: how come so many people making so many babies can be that pessimistic about their...
Pressuring the University to intervene in stalled contract negotiations between subcontractor AlliedBarton and the security guards’ union, the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) called a “hunger strike,” and organized daily rallies in Harvard Yard. After two participating students had been hospitalized, the leaders abruptly ended this ritualistic nine-day forced-starvation last Friday, citing that the University had consented to “two key student demands.” In a vain attempt to save face, SLAM greeted these so-called concessions—to audit AlliedBarton and subsequently to meet...