Chilean students joined the 100,000-strong protest against attacks on education last week. They are now set to join workers in a national strike against the government.
China is the success story of 21st century capitalism. While much of the world seems set to enter the second half of a double-dip recession, the Chinese economy will grow by 8 percent this year.
A High Court judge last week dismissed the PCS union and Prison Officers Association’s challenge to the government’s imposition of cuts to civil service redundancy pay.