News update as of September 16, 2016

On the menu: a national day of crippling strike action in Brazil on 22 September protesting new president Michel Temer’s labor law reform proposals, British and European trade unions aim to closely monitor the consequences of Brexit together, the US Unite Here union is going lodge a complaint against the French bank Natixis for breach of the OECD's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in a case over unionizing a hotel in Los Angeles, in Great Britain the JD Wetherspoon pub chain will facilitate zero hours contract workers transitioning to fixed hours contracts, and a wage agreement for South Africa’s automobile sector. 
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Brazil/ a full day of ‘national paralysis’ is set for 22 September protesting the new president Temer’s labor law reform projects. Since his accession to the presidency following former president Dilma Rousseff’s ousting the interim center right president Michel Temer has made his intentions to accelerate reforms and reduce the public deficit quite clear. On Thursday 08 September, the Labor Minister, Ronaldo Nogueira, met with union to present the labor law reform proposals, which he intends to

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