“We, as feminists today, like domestic workers in the 1970s and in the early 2000s, need to think outside the box...We can’t think about domestic work as an individual issue within the household, but as a structural problem....”
Cities are spearheading efforts to pass and enforce local labor laws that are improving standards for workers in their communities.
Workers, students, and other participants had the same goals in the spring of 1989. They all wanted the ruling Chinese Communist Party to open itself up to dialogue with society over issues of corruption, reform, rule of law, and citizens’ rights.
"We are not interested in waving Brazilian flags or volunteering for the World Cup… We need jobs. We need education. We need land titles. We need health care. And we need to know where this road they are planning to build is going, and who will be affected.” - Brazilian activist Rafael Lima
Some argue that the National Labor Relations Act has always been a fatally flawed law that was incapable of keeping its promises of promoting employees' rights to form and join unions and to provide mutual aid and support to one another. But is that true?
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