http://34.197.6.90 2026-04-25T19:46:39+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1641670911 1-8-22 Supreme Court's majority's questions lean away from Biden's demands Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday cited the Biden administration's admission that his COVID mandate for Americans is a "work-around," a path that essentially goes around what the law would require or allow. His comments came as the six-member majority of the court that appear to be more conservative hinted about their decision in the pending case that challenges Joe Biden's demands that health care workers, and workers at large companies, can be forced to accept the experimental COVID shots. Fox News noted that the justices seemed "split along ideological lines on vaccine requirements affecting nearly 100 million workers." The three liberals on the court, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer entered the courtroom with an agenda to affirm a decision that would allow Biden to do what he wants. TRENDING: I-95 fiasco raises issue of survivability of electric cars But their arguments were undermined when Sotomayor blatantly repeated lies about children being on ventilators. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1592670376 6-19-20 Staunch conservatives have slammed yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which redefined the term “sex” in the 1964 Civil Rights Act to mean not simply “male” and “female” as biological facts, but also “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” (Article by Martin Bürger republished from LifeSiteNews.com) Josh Hammer of First Liberty Institute called the decision by six justices, including Trump-nominee Neil Gorsuch, the “Roe v. Wade of religious liberty. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1586786597 4-12-20 The Venezuelan government announced a series of measures on Sunday in attempts to protect the population from the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking on a live televised address, President Nicolás Maduro instructed that all commercial and residential rent, as well as all capital and loan interest payments, are to be suspended for six months. Public- and private-sector workers will receive a special government bonus, and wages of small and midsize companies will be paid by the ..,. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1575906093 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1564763585 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1564672099 7-31-19 The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data today showing that the Trump economy reached more historic highs! Job openings and new hires reached all time highs in 2018. The best since the data was first recorded! The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released data today for 2018 that was astounding – According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, job openings and hires continued to trend upward in 2018, with both job openings and hires reaching their highest levels since the series began in December 2000. The number of annual quits in 2018 reached its highest level in the history of the series as well. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1551279087 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1544548945 12-7-18 The new jobs numbers just released are great news for President Trump. The economy continues to grow and the unemployment rates is holding steady below four percent. According to The Daily Caller: The U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in the month of November and the unemployment rate held steady at 3. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1533307753 8-2-18 The leader of the nation's most powerful union will not rule out supporting Trump in 2020. Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO clarified that the union will take a look at all candidates before endorsing. According to The Daily Wire: The most powerful union leader in the United States says he hasn’t ruled out supporting Donald Trump for president in 2020. On Wednesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke to Newsmax regarding support for Trump in 2020, asserting, “Well, he will be looked at. Every one will be looked at. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1530892119 July 04, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - In this era of "fake news", trust is always being called into question, whether it's the content in the president's Twitter feed or the creepy notion that your Amazon Echo is listening in on your private conversations with sinister intentions. Even though "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States, distrust is rampant in 21st century America. But, as Statista'a Niell McCarthy notes, when it comes to the nation's institutions which are bedrocks of the country, however, trust levels are remaining consistent. Gallup recently polled U.S. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1527346158 5-23-18 Millennials would apparently rather live in their mothers' basements for the rest of their lives than take a "blue collar" job like joining the ranks of America's long-haul truckers - and that's creating serious problems for the US economy that could prompt the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates even more quickly, as the central bank attempts to head off an "overheat In a report published Tuesday, the Washington Post became the latest US news organization to explore the factors driving up freight costs in the US. These include a shortage of drivers that is forcing trucking companies to hike wages at a seriously rapid clip. As we pointed out last year, the Trump administration's focus on restoring blue-collar jobs in the US has inadvertently helped create a "yuge" labor shortage. According to a study done by one industry group, freight companies could be facing a shortage of more than 175,000 drivers by 2024.   The problem is that few young people are willing to dedicate their careers to long-haul trucking for fear that tech giants like Uber and Google will soon render them obsolete by introducing fleets of self-driving trucks. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1526147027 5-9-18 Nowadays people prefer easy schedules and time off instead of working hard and making money It’s estimated that the average person spends only 10% of their life actually working. What? How is that true when you work 40 out of 168 hours in a week? Well, you don’t work until age 18 or 21, for starters, and you don’t work after age 65. If you don’t work weekends and take four weeks of vacation a year … you can see how the free time all adds up. What I find absolutely incredible is that we have built the society by spending only 10% of our lives working. Imagine if we spent 11%!   On a micro level, most people care about three squares and a roof over their head. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1519919650 2-28-18 There are hundreds of extraordinarily diverse labor markets in the U.S. economy, and it takes a much more granulated approach to make any sense of this highly fragmented and dynamic marketplace. Conventional economists/media pundits typically view the labor market as monolithic, i.e. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1519834340 2-28-18 The minimum wage in the United States is set by US labor law and a range of state and local laws.[3] Employers generally have to pay workers the highest minimum wage prescribed by federal, state, and local law. Since July 24, 2009, the federal government has mandated a nationwide minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.[4] As of January 2018, there were 29 states with a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1519833752 2-28-18 Table of Contents 2018 State Minimum Wage Table Footnotes Contact Jackson Brainerd The table below reflects current state minimum wages in effect as of Jan.1, 2018, as well as future enacted increases. Summary 2018 Highlights Eighteen states began the new year with higher minimum wages. Eight states (Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, and South Dakota) automatically increased their rates based on the cost of living, while eleven states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington) increased their rates due to previously approved legislation or ballot initiatives.   2017 Highlights Nineteen states began 2017 with higher minimum wages. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1508687539 10-16-17 Featured Americans Thrilled To Hear What Just Dropped To Its Lowest Level In 43 Years By Steve Edwards Posted on October 16, 2017   Share Tweet Share Email Comments In spite of the incessant doom and gloom narrative that surrounds President Donald Trump and his administration, impressive strides have been made on a number of fronts since he entered office. One of the biggest strides has to do with something that affects all American voters, regardless of party affiliation. That would be with the economy, which is humming along quite nicely under Trump’s leadership.    The Washington Examiner passes along another sign that Trump’s goal to ‘Make America Great Again’ is coming to fruition. The total number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits fell to 1. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1507579301 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1505756264 9-13-17 Recently, a very enterprising 10-year-old named Frank wrote to President Trump, offering his services in the groundskeeping business. At just 10 years old, Frank already has an eye for business, and has started his own lawn mowing gig, to which he credits his own admiration for President Trump’s business acumen. Apparently, Frank’s work ethic, dedication, and well-spoken letter really moved the president, because he’s decided to take him up on his offer. Sarah Huckabee announced today that Frank would be invited to the White House to help the grounds crew maintaining the Rose Garden on Friday. http://truthfeednews. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1494503380 5-121-17   Pay Differential - Private Sector and Federal Government A dreadful warning arises, when public sector employment pay and benefits outstrips the remuneration earned by the private employment workers. Even the most hardened government proponent, must succumb to the reality that private business generates real wealth that finances government through taxes. The expenditures of government on all levels are linked to the profitability of enterprises and sufficient margin that affords the ability to pay revenue levies. Thus, the proportion of wages between private enterprises and public employees has significant consequences.     Consider the coverage of that bastion of mainstream reporting CBS News when making a comparison in Does the Government Pay More than the Private Sector?   "Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that federal employees in occupations that exist in both the public and private sectors made an average salary of $67,691 in 2008, USA Today reports. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1488826817 3-5-17 DAVID M. ADAM, JR. 4435 N.PERSHING DRIVE #709 ARLINGTON,VIRGINIA 22203 USA c/o ADD INTERNATIONAL,LLC.-PRES. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1485279090 FW:  Jan. 24, 2017     Presidential executive orders have a long history. Both Democratic and Republican presidents exercise such commands. Are EO’s a privilege in law or are they simply a technique to skirt passing a Congressional statute? The executive branch adopts a pattern of rule that undermines the fundamental purpose of separation of power. The historic result is that the legislature is relegated to a junior collaborator in their partnership of crime. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1482000920 Dec. 16, 2016   Donald Trump just picked one of the worst fast-food CEOs, Andy Puzder, to head up the Department of Labor. Here are 3 things you need to know about him: Puzder is paid more in a day than my coworkers or I make in a whole year. Since he became CEO of Hardee's / Carl's Jr, his restaurants have been charged with 98 federal or state safety violations. He doesn't believe in unions, calls minimum wage and overtime "restrictions," and even considers employees just an "extra cost. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1473090914 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1470068083 July 30k 2016 Several European countries are launching proposals for guaranteed income for everyone, and even though that is a communist dream come true, if the robot revolution really happens and happens soon (as I suspect it will) a guaranteed income is going to be the only way many people make it. If you are stuck in a manufacturing job, store tending job, or food service job, or even an office or representative type job your job will be the first on the chopping block. And if the elite do not want to deal kindly with those who lose their jobs to robots early on, it will take a murdering psychopath president like Hillary to make the transition to robotics go more smoothly. Smoothly, as in no compunctions about communist style purges and massive fema camps, just like everyone feared all along. Here are the jobs, from my extensive technical experience that will be the LAST to be replaced by robots. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1465056247 June 3, 2016 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Tags: |  Print This Article Employment Lies Paul Craig Roberts June 3, 2016. Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the US economy only created 38,000 new jobs in May and revised down by 59,000 jobs the previously reported gains in March and April. Yet the BLS reported that the unemployment rate fell from 5.0 to 4.7 percent, a figure generally regarded as full employment. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1465054582 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1459639986 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1459183451 March 27, 2016 For more than 100 years, minimum wage has been one of the most debated laws when it comes to labor policy. The federal minimum wage at the moment is $7.25 an hour, but states are free to mandate higher. It has increase numerous times on the state and federal level over the years, but the debate between income inequality and employment has remained practically the same for 100 years. With each increase, employers say they’ll have to cut down on labor, and employees say they’ll be able to afford a better life. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1458919651 March 25, 2016 (NaturalNews) If you're reading this, it's very likely that, within your lifetime, you're going to see a revolution in robotics. In many ways, this technological revolution will be a very good thing for humanity, but in some ways, it will be a very bad thing. As noted recently at Bugout.news, there is little question that the Age of Robotics will make life easier for humans, make companies more efficient and profitable, and advance certain technologies beyond anything we can comprehend today. "But in the process," the site added, "these advances will mean massive job losses and, in fact, many jobs that exist today will at some point in the future become obsolete. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1446252891 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1443199383 Setp. 24, 2015 A group of nurses in Sweden decided to cut their workday by two hours and reported increased levels of happiness, productivity, and improved patient outcomes. Time is a precious commodity – what would you do with more hours in your day? This question has been posed for eons, but only in recent years has become truly relevant. Many people – especially Americans – work far more than the advocated 40 hours per week, and, in effect, are experiencing intolerable levels of stress (which inevitably causes health and happiness to decline). Always in quest to obtain ‘more’ and pay off debt, few take time to ‘smell the roses’ and enjoy life, quite simply because they feel they can’t. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1442110693 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1441989267 Sept. 4, 2015 The Obama administration is telling us that the unemployment rate in the United States has fallen to 5.1 percent, but does that number actually bear any resemblance to reality?  On Friday, news outlets all over America celebrated the fact that the U.S. economy added 173,000 jobs in August. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1441209502 Aug. 31, 2015 Union workers at the Pantex nuclear weapons plant — a sister plant to Y-12 in Oak Ridge — this week rejected a final contract offer and voted to go on strike, effective at midnight Friday. The strike by more than 1,100 workers at the national security site received the necessary blessing of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO in Washington, and it reportedly will be the first strike by the main workforce at Pantex since 1970. Pantex and Y-12 are managed by Consolidated Nuclear Security, a Bechtel-led contractor team, and union negotiations at Y-12 have been on hold for months while the situation at Pantex played out. CNS and the 10-union Metal Trades Council at Pantex have been in negotiations, off and on, since early this year. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1438547839 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1433955574 June 9, 2015 Former U.S. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Robert Gibbs, the former U.S. press secretary who claimed to be the one who put President Barack Obama’s birth certificate online, has just been reborn as the top mouthpiece for McDonald’s. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1431964192 May 16, 2015   As Nepal staggers back to its feet after a devastating earthquake and a massive aftershock, a leading humanitarian group says the impoverished nation is at great risk to be exploited by human traffickers. Why is the threat higher at a moment like this? Experts say when the government is in crisis mode, people with sinister intentions smell opportunity. “First of all, the human traffickers are already there,” said Anti-Slavery International Director Aidan McQuade. “Second, the social safety nets and the fabric of the state – legal protections and rule of law protections – which had existed prior to the earthquake, weak as they may be, have been weakened even further by the devastation and confusion caused by the earthquake. It’s in these situations, the risk is considerably increased. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1431618485 May 11, 2015 What can a state government do if it owes its retired workers vastly more in pension benefits than it will ever be able to pay? The answer, as far as the Illinois Supreme Court is concerned, is that the state will simply have to squeeze blood from a stone when the inevitable fiscal crisis hits. And it surely will, since the gap between tax revenues and pension obligations is conservatively estimated at $111 billion. Illinois doesn’t have that kind of money lying around, and probably never will. So what then? My expectation is that the court’s decision last week invalidating cost savings implemented in 2013 will eventually lead to rioting in the streets and a civil war that pits taxpayers against public-employee unions. Unions Won’t Budge From a political standpoint, the irresistible force and the immovable object have been set to collide. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1430494062 April 30, 2015 "Labor unions take forced fees from 550,000 nonmembers The Obama Labor Board just declared a full-scale assault upon all 25 state Right to Work laws. In March, Wisconsin became the third state in three years to adopt Right to Work. The worker freedom movement is growing, and momentum is on our side. Now the lawyers on Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are taking revenge and moving forward with a scheme to gut all 25 state Right to Work laws. From the outrageous persecution of Boeing for creating jobs in Right to Work South Carolina to ambushing workers with quick-snap unionization elections, the Obama Labor Board has rammed through one union-boss power grab after another. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1428601797 April 7, 2015 “A spectre is haunting the treasuries and central banks of the West – the spectre of secular stagnation. What if there is no sustainable recovery of the economic slump of 2008-2013? What if the sources of economic growth have dried up – not temporarily, but permanently?” – preeminent Keynes scholar and economic historian Robert Skidelsky, “Secular Stagnation and the Road to Full Investment,” Social Europe Journal, May 22, 2014  Both Karl Marx and J.M. Keynes concluded that the trajectory of capitalist development placed a radically emancipatory possibility on the political-economic agenda. For the first time in modern history work time could be dramatically reduced with no reduction in our standard of living. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1428073006 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1427818735 Mar. 28, 2015 The dehumanization, both at the legal and the personal level, of these racialized working-class women from the Global South is responsible for the perpetuation and invisibility of their suffering. The Lebanese public should call for an urgent reform of the inhumane "kafala" sponsorship system in which they work.  A quarter of a million migrant domestic workers serve the middle classes of Lebanon, whose population is just 4 million. They have no recourse to domestic labor laws and no right to remain in the country in the event of terminated employment. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1425948324 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1424453465 Feb. 18, 2015 Things on the West Coast Ports are going from bad to worse (for those who missed it read "Catastrophic Shutdown Of America's Supply Chain" Begins: Stunning Photos Of West Coast Port Congestion [6] [7]), and with no resolution in sight, it is now beginning to cripple the US economy. Here is a brief summary, courtesy of the WSJ [8], of how the near-strike is already impacting various businesses across the US: Ocean carrier Maersk Line has canceled some sailings, while China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co. said it will skip at least one port Shipping line CMA CGM Group said it has “adapted its schedule and has been modifying its ports call order.” China Ocean Shipping said it has canceled some port stops. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1424452192 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1424451796 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1424049190 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1423763836 Languages Thursday, February 12, 2015 blogs INTER PRESS SERVICE News Agency Turning the World Downside Up                   Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & the Caribbean Middle East & North Africa North America Global Home Development & Aid Aid Education Energy Health Food & Agriculture Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & MDGs Population Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Green Economy Labour Natural Resources Trade & Investment Cooperatives Environment Advancing Deserts Biodiversity Climate Change Green Economy Water & Sanitation Human Rights Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Democracy Indigenous Rights LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Press Freedom Religion Global Governance Civilisations Find Alliances Eye on the IFIs Global Geopolitics Globalisation Peace South-South United Nations South-South G77 Regional Alliances Southern Aid & Trade Civil Society Active Citizens World Social Forum Conferences Gender Gender Violence Women & Economy Women & Climate Change Women’s Health Gender Identity Women in Politics Aid, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food & Agriculture, Gender, Headlines, Labour, Natural Resources, Population, Poverty & MDGs, Projects, Trade & Investment, Women & Economy Women Pick Up the Slack as Fishing Declines on India’s Southern Coasts By Nachammai Raman Reprint |      | Print | Send by email On average, women in self-help groups in a small fishing town in Tamil Nadu make about 80 dollars each month; it is just about enough to sustain fisher families, who receive free housing from the Indian government. Credit: Nachammai Raman/IPS NAGAPATTINAM, India, Feb 12 2015 (IPS) - Geeta Selvaraj and a few other women take turns to prepare meals with just one large gas cooker in a tiny shop. The piquant smell of masala wafts out to the crowded street to mix with plumes of vehicle exhaust and tantalize customers, who are mostly from the surrounding area of Nagapattinam, a predominantly fishing town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Selvaraj’s income from her catering business has doubled over the last few years as her fisherman husband’s shrinks. “The men are not going out to sea like before,” she tells IPS, but she seems to have come to terms with this reality. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1422319456 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/government/labor_and_unions/news.php?q=1421853948