Workers' world

Some news items from around the world, via LabourStart:

Africa:

• Southern African trade union leaders in Europe to call for action on Zimbabwe and Swaziland
• Zimbabwe: Teachers Union offices forcibly closed in Gokwe

Europe:

• England: Football's plutocrats resist call for living wage for staff
• N Ireland: Gangmasters Licensing Authority delivers last warning; Gangmasters could be exploiting workers
• London: GMB National banner to be carried by GMB Polish members some of whom have been sacked for fighting exploitation in top London hotels

China:

• Gov't picks up $3.5m wage bill for sacked 7000 toy factory workers

Americas:

• What a REAL Joe the Plumber says about Obama ... and McCain
• SEIU Urges Washington to Allow Cuban Women to Visit Their Husbands in Jail

Middle East:

• Iran: Ashkan China Factory workers seize the factory’s machinery
• Migrant staff 'abused' in Jordan
• Kuwait: Oil workers at state refinery temporarily postpone strike
  
• Lebanon: Women's rights organizations,domestic workers join forces to fight abuse; Lucky to be Just 'Ugly' and Slapped - Migrant Domestic Workers; Migrant workers’ children face marginalisation, racism
• Indonesian worker died of unknown causes in Riyadh
• Dubai: Inside the Labour Camps