From: Workers' World Media Productions [mailto:Lynn=wwmp.org...@mail180.wdc02.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of Workers' World Media Productions Sent: 26 September 2014 12:58 PM To: nrkgag...@gmail.com Subject: WWMP E-Newsletter 26 September 2014/"Workers World" weekly labour show on SAFM this week and more labour news <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/a7ed4ae8-565e-47fd-a2d0-958ad4a354ca.jpg> E-NEWS BULLETIN FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 Labour news you cannot afford to miss <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/f8864bc5-4f93-4f3e-8776-9f559c043258.jpg> "Workers on Wednesday" on SAfm Bargaining Council Wage Agreements We look at the extension of bargaining council agreements. Over the past several years there have been objections to this practice by certain employers, particularly small businesses who view it as unfair and harmful to them. GUESTS 1. Trenton Elsley - Director; Labour Research Service 2. Leon Louw - Executive Director; Free Market Foundation Click here to listen: <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=091fdc1b7c&e=885bfac6a0> http://iono Tune in on Wednesday 1 October for our discussion on Retail and Wholesale workers Decent working conditions? ▶ POLITICS ◘ MIDDLE EAST 1. US police get anti terror training in Israel on privately funded trips 2. The Israeli offensive on Gaza caused full or partial damages to 75 kindergartens and day-care centers 3. Tampa activists protest ZIM cargo lines to showcase Israeli civil rights violations 4. Lipman visits South African Parliament ◘ INTERNATIONAL 1. Turkish President's Allies Increasing Pressure on Times and Reporter 2. Racist SWAT Killings 3. NATO intends to prohibit Russia’s and China’s Development 4. Forum On Richmond Progressive Alliance, Workers And Marxism ◘ SOUTH AFRICA 1. Cyril Ramaphosa's Lonmin tax-dodge headache ▶ LABOUR 1. Washington Post announces cuts to employees’ retirement benefits 2. Project MUNIN aims to make robot ships a reality 3. One Chinese train driver's fight for justice on social media ▶ MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 1. This Time We Say Do Something,Next Time We Say We Want Everything <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/b22bc6f4-db66-4fad-a4a3-f6c82b904648.jpg> US police get anti terror training in Israel on privately funded trips By ALI WINSTON The clouds of tear gas, flurries of projectiles and images of police officers outfitted in military-grade hardware in Ferguson, Missouri, have reignited concerns about the militarization of domestic law enforcement in the United States. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=a6add6111b&e=885bfac6a0> https://bet <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/6efc09e1-1dd3-441b-bcc2-f9a7a02fa039.jpg> The Israeli offensive on Gaza caused full or partial damages to 75 kindergartens and day-care centers The Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center field teams have documented full or partial damages to 75 kindergartens and day-care centers caused during the 51 day Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip this summer. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=a2a04bb752&e=885bfac6a0> http://pal <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/b5ae9ed2-f1d1-4298-a540-fc85ce4db770.jpg> Tampa activists protest ZIM cargo lines to showcase Israeli civil rights violations By DEZEREY LYN In the early hours of Saturday morning, September 20th, activists from nearly a dozen organizations converged at the entrance way to the Port of Tampa to protest the incoming ZIM Alabama as Israel’s largest cargo shipping company. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=dfc543a371&e=885bfac6a0> http://the <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/fe2d1f19-05cd-4e7e-944f-3755499be0a4.jpeg> Lipman visits South African Parliament By GILL HOFFMAN Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman became the first member of Knesset to visit the South African Parliament in more than five years over the weekend. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=ca20453123&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.jpo <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/53cedac3-a26b-4450-99f8-f3c43090297a.jpg> Turkish President's Allies Increasing Pressure on Times and Reporter By RICK GLADSTONE Turkey's president and his supporters have been denouncing The New York Times and one of its Istanbul correspondents with growing furor for the past three days... ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=2cb11fc8c5&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.nyt <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/01ab3290-524f-43f7-8e53-e12242c2b91d.jpg> Racist SWAT Killings The racist murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, is no accident. It is part of what an American Civil Liberties Union report, “The War Comes Home,” labels “The militarization of American policing… ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=61fcf022a3&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.plp <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/49e9bd3c-28bc-4604-ba7e-79d24a0a51f7.jpg> NATO intends to prohibit Russia’s and China’s Development By THIERRY MEYSSAN The glitzy NATO summit in Newport has not publicly announced major decisions but it is likely that they were taken in secret. To prevent Russia and China - but also India - from continuing their development, NATO can count on Terrorism from the Islamic Emirate which it pretends to condemn and fight. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=f27c09a030&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.vol <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/071a04c4-925b-47aa-8f1f-0f91da969ee2.jpg> Forum On Richmond Progressive Alliance, Workers And Marxism By UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS FOR ACTION A forum was held on Sunday September 21, 2014 on the Richmond Progressive Alliance and Marxism with a focus on it's role in labor struggles in the City of Richmond and the bullying of city workers to stop the exposure of corruption... ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=a897bff062&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.ind <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/da4f035a-5977-40a6-8da5-adb5b2e9f372.jpg> Cyril Ramaphosa's Lonmin tax-dodge headache By CRAIG MCKUNE, ANDISIWE MAKINANA Having recently blasted corporate tax evaders, the deputy president now has egg on his face after Lonmin's Bermuda tax avoidance tactics surfaced. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=25e3576c7e&e=885bfac6a0> http://mg <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/3363a4a0-a4b3-4ccc-a6ce-c41a09e65a45.jpg> Washington Post announces cuts to employees’ retirement benefits By STEVEN MUFSON The Washington Post announced large cuts in retirement benefits on Tuesday, declaring that it would eliminate future retirement medical benefits and freeze defined-benefit pensions for nonunion employees. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=78030adc42&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.was <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/34abfe2a-0985-4b13-b12e-e0eadac10c41.jpg> Project MUNIN aims to make robot ships a reality By DAVID SZONDY Earlier this year Rolls Royce outlined a future where giant robot cargo vessels ply the world's sea lanes without a human crew on board. That scenario is now coming closer to reality as the EU project MUNIN looks into the feasibility of robotic freighters and the hurdles they must overcome. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=d651f40c32&e=885bfac6a0> http://www.giz <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/98540734-bd0e-4c25-bfd6-2ec2d9e150f3.jpeg> One Chinese train driver's fight for justice on social media By JENNIFER CHEUNG Li Weijie, a middle-aged former train driver from Henan, northern part of China, is now seeking a 920,000 yuan (around 92,000 pounds) compensation from his former employer. ►read more here... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=d9eec14059&e=885bfac6a0> https://usi <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac/images/a7e1ca44-125b-4963-89a6-da8c56944984.jpeg> This Time We Say Do Something,Next Time We Say We Want Everything By NAOMI KLEIN Naomi Klein, world famous author, writer of "The Shock Doctrine", speaking at Climate Convergence 9/20/2014 ►click here to watch... <http://wwmp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3814ed901507211a779e9b4ac&id=ce859d5c72&e=885bfac6a0> https://www.you Copyright © WORKERS' WORLD MEDIA PRODUCTIONS 2014 All rights reserved. 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