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  • Woodworkers February 14, 2013

    Swedwood Unions in Poland Sign Collective Bargaining Agreement

    February 14, 2013 After six months of intense negotiations the three trade unions representing nearly 9,000 workers at the 11 Swedwood plants in Poland have signed a collective bargaining agreement yesterday in Goleniow, Poland.

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  • Woodworkers February 11, 2013

    IKEA: Respect the Rights of the Workers

    The Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) has been receiving alarming reports from the Swedwood plant in Danville, USA. Workers have reported that they have been dismissed just for saying they would welcome joining a union to protect their rights. Other reports claim that some managers are discriminating against workers. Clearly all is not well

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  • Woodworkers February 11, 2013

    A Worker’s Perspective

    “Climate change affects all of us, not only as consumers but also as workers. The construction, building materials, forestry, and woodindustry, employing around 200 million workers, play an important role in contributing to and reducing CO2 emissions. Deforestation is the second largest source of carbon in the atmosphere. Buildings are responsible for about 8% of

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  • Woodworkers February 11, 2013

    A Convenient Truth

    The Forestry Commission has created an excellent video called Forest & Climate Change: A Convenient Truth (15 minutes).

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  • Woodworkers February 11, 2013

    What Makes Koch Industries ‘Big Oil’ and Why You Shouldn’t Believe the Claims Saying it Isn’t

    (from Nation of Change, by Rebecca Leber) The Obama campaign and the super PAC Priorities USA recently fired back at Americans for Prosperity, highlighting Mitt Romney’s ties to a funding source of $18.5 million in energy attack ads: Koch Industries. Koch Industries has produced its own video claiming it doesn’t deserve the label of a

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