Dear friends, European NGOs, Trade Unions and networks held a very productive strategy meeting to prepare the 2011 campaign for the FTT on January 13th. There was consensus that 2011 will be a decisive year for the FTT. A list of concrete activities was agreed as well a measures to …
Jobs Not Deficits Should Be Davos Priority
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 015/260111 Jobs Not Deficits Should Be Davos Priority Brussels, 26 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The union movement has issued a statement for this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos: “Labour’s main message is that policymakers must stay focused on stimulating enough economic demand to …
Washington State Joins Movement For Public Banking
Ellen Brown January 24, 2011 www.webofdebt.com/articles Bills were introduced on January 18 in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving to create public banking facilities. The bills, House Bill 1320 and Senate Bill 5238, propose …
EU’s Silent Revolution in Economic Governance Undermines Democratic Control
http://www.corporateeurope.org/lobbycracy/content/2011/01/corporate-eutopia Brussels, 19 January 2011 – EU member state parliaments look set to lose important powers to control economic and social policy as a result of the EU’s response to the economic crisis according to a new article from Corporate Europe Observatory which analyses the proposals, likely to come into …
Jobs Central to Recovery, Say Leaders Of International Financial
(Washington D.C., 20 January 2011): The IMF Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and World Bank President, Robert Zoellick agreed on the importance of employment, social protection, working with trade unions and broadening the distribution of economic growth in meetings with a 90-strong high-level trade union delegation in Washington D.C. this week. …
Remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka “America’s Choices: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong” National Press Club
Good morning and thank you. I’m honored to stand beside firefighter Stan Trojanowski, who responded to a 9-1-1 call from the World Trade Center moments after the terrorist attacks in 2001. As America grieved, Stan returned to the scene day after day, first in the hopes of rescuing those trapped …
NSFM Participants Submit Comments to UK Government on Fostering a Long-Term Focus
In response to a UK Department for Business Innovation & Skills public consultation on A Long-Term Focus for Corporate Britain, NSFM participants have submitted a comment letter on the impact of short-termism in the financial markets. The NSFM letter suggests exploring changes in asset manager contract mandates, providing additional guidance …
Invitation January 19, 2011: New Rules for Global Finance Annual General Meeting
New Rules For Global Finance Annual General Meeting January 19, 2011 RSVP REQUIRED: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Board Members only: 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Open Meeting of Members: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Venue: Offices of K&L Gates 1601 K Street, NW (16th and K St) Washington, …
New World Bank Report on Global Economic Prospects
INTERNATIONAL TRQDE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC Online Brussels/Washington 13 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has criticised today’s World Bank report on Global Economic Prospects (GEP) http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/0,,contentMDK:22804940~pagePK:51087946~piPK:51087916~theSitePK:538110,00.html for advocating fiscal austerity in the face of high unemployment. However,the report’s call for “the re-regulation of the financial sector” is …
IDB Issues Poverty Reduction Bonds
Supporting better living conditions for new generations in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (rated Moody’s: Aaa / S&P: AAA) and Daiwa Securities Group announce an issuance of the Poverty Reduction Bonds (the “Bonds”) to support poverty alleviation and improve living conditions of new generations in …