VOA慢速英语2011--States Put Pressure on Public Unions

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Americans have been watching the protests in the Middle East and North Africa -- and closer to home. Workers in Wisconsin, and now some other states, h

英闻天下——560 Advisors: Public Hospital System Needs Improving

During the past three years, China has adopted different reform measures in pilot government-run hospitals throughout the country. The core principle of the reform is to provide basic health care as a public service, including improving the way of se

国际组织动向—新世纪的劳工组织

Labor Unions for the New Century 新世纪的劳工组织 A steady decline in the power of labor unions in the United States and European has led to some speculation that collective organizing of work

2006年VOA标准英语-Public Relations Expert Urges Openness

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 March 2006 We live in an information age when it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction. Public relations expert Torie Clarke has some advice for leaders wh

2007年VOA标准英语-Privately Owned Bridge Faces Public Criticism O

By Brian Padden Washington, DC 15 June 2007 Ambassador Bridge The busiest truck border crossing in North America is the Ambassador Bridge.It connects the U.S. Midwest city of Detroit, Michigan with the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. U.S. Customs

2007年VOA标准英语-Unions Threaten To Bring South Africa to a Stan

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 25 May 2007 Tens of thousands public sector workers are demonstrating in major centers across South Africa to highlight their rejection of a government pay offer and their plan to embark on an indefinite strike startin

Public Service Workers Strike in South Africa

By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies. Tens of thousands of civil service

2007年VOA标准英语-S. African Public Service Unions End Walkout

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 June 2007 In South Africa, one the longest strikes since the end of apartheid has ended. Unions representing workers in public schools, hospitals and government offices said they would accept a government package of wage

美国国家公共电台 NPR Labor Movement Faces Challenges Amid Growing Public Support For Unions

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Unions in this country face big challenges. There's a tougher environment for organizing and a White House that has been anything but labor-friendly so far. That's despite promises to bring back manufacturing jobs. NPR's Don Gonyea

英闻天下——384 Advisors: Public Hospital System Needs Improving

During the past three years, China has adopted different reform measures in pilot government-run hospitals throughout the country. The core principle of the reform is to provide basic health care as a public service, including improving the way of se

PBS高端访谈:美国工会能向工人提供什么

JEFFREY BROWN: And now two people who have followed these events closely. Linda Chavez is chairwoman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank, and author of Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt America

2007年VOA标准英语-S. African Public Sector Strike Expands

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 June 2007 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls the fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip a natural consequence of years of occupation. The archbishop, who headed a high-level fact-finding mission to the P

英伦广角 2011-11-26 公会大罢工拒不妥协

Business as usual or the biggest walk out in decades, it all depends whether a deal can be done over the public sector pensions row, that's been going on for months. With the threat of strike action on November the 30th, now imminent, the government

2007年VOA标准英语-Strike by S. African Public Workers Poised to S

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 07 June 2007 In South Africa, more than 1 million workers in the private sector have been told to prepare to strike next week Wednesday in sympathy with striking public servants. The call by the powerful COSATU confederatio

关于中国首部慈善法：你所应该知道的

A draft of China's first bill regulating charities was submitted to the national legislature on Wednesday, with lawmakers hoping it can give donors confidence to help the country meet its poverty alleviation targets. 周三，中国首部规范慈善事

Greek Workers Strike Against Austerity Measures

Greek unions have started a series of strikes and protests to show their resistance to the new and wide-reaching austerity measures up for a vote in parliament on Thursday. Unions representing job sectors ranging from government workers to sailors an

2006年VOA标准英语-Unions in Nigeria Say Oil Strike Still an Optio

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 September 2006 Nigerian oil unions say they could resume their strike, if the government fails to meet their demands. The unions suspended their strike Thursday, a day after it started. ----- A Nigerian army gunboat arri

2007年VOA标准英语-South African Government Issues Final Strike Of

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 20 June 2007 The South African government has made what it says is a final offer to end a 20-day old strike by civil servants. Both sides agreed to disregard a Wednesday deadline, and postponed until Friday further talks ai

Government Workers Strike in Britain

Hundreds of thousands of medical workers, teachers, border guards and other public sector employees went on strike Wednesday in Britain to protest government plans to reduce their pension benefits. Most public schools and other services were closed W

经济学人343:美国工会组织 查特奴加

Business 商业报道 Trade unions in America 美国工会组织 Chattanooga shoo-shoo 嘘~查特奴加 The union movement misses a big opportunity to halt its decline 汽车工会运动丢失阻止汽车行业衰落的大机会 VOLKSWAGEN'S factory