Industrial Workers of the World

Indymedia reports from the MUA state conference Restream the radio show here:

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Alex Whisson and Ray Grenfell from Perth Indymedia Radical Radio interviewed international trade unionists attending the MUA state conference this week.

UK - Steve Todd, National Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Steve spoke about the current wildcat strikes in the UK, the attempted infiltration by the BNP and the future for workers in the UK and abroad in the context of the economic crisis.

South Africa - Yongamela Manene, National Secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) Yongamela spoke about SATAWU's decisions to boycott all Israeli vessels entering South Africa, the similarities between apartheid South Africa and Palestine and the current political and economic situation in South Africa.

Philippines - Wilson Baldonaza, Secretary General of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Labor Movement - KMU) national trade union federation. Wilson spoke about the hundreds of thousands of Filipino migrant workers returning to the Philippines because of the global economic crisis, the arroyo regime's continued repression of trade unionists and social justice activists and building international solidarity.

by Indy Radio 2009-02-19 12:29 AM +0800

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