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            New Orleans       It almost seems quaint to remember that some decades ago, the rise of “contingent” workers was seen as a big deal and an emerging crisis for US workers.  Countless studies, books, and ad hoc coalitions arrived to look at the problem.  These were workers essentially on-call without full-time schedules or benefits …

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Violent Resistance to Sugar Cane Union in Cameroon

ACORN International Cameroon Protests Strike Unions

           Mumbai           STRASCAS is the ACORN-affiliated union of sugar cane workers working in the plantations and processing facilities outside of Yaoundé in Cameroon.  This isn’t an easy to story to follow, but it’s an important one that I’ve mentioned briefly before.  Karina Bhatt, a reporter for the Caravel, a student paper at Georgetown University in …

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