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Union Enabled Housekeeper to Speak Up About IMF Chief

May 23, 2011 Tula Connell | Organizing/Bargaining

After International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for alleged sexual assault on a Manhattan hotel housekeeper, there was a lot of domestic back-slapping for this country’s superior handling of such cases compared with such European countries as France, where sexual predation often is swept under the rug.

Global Unions Push for Economic Stimulus

Jan 21, 2011 James Parks | Global Action

More than 90 trade union leaders from all parts of the world met this week in Washington, D.C., with senior officials of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to push for continuing economic stimulus to jump-start the global economy.