Issue 495

September 2016 - "Trade Unions"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - September 2016

From this month's magazine:

• QUIZ - Trade Unions

• Trade Unions: still standing or standing still?

• Trade Unions: we know what we're against, but what are we for?

• A migrant's story

• Workers are doing things for themselves

• After Rana Plaza

• Unions can be very important for climate justice

• Around the world workers are still working together for their rights and sometimes they are winning

• Sakena Yacoobi: Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’

• Country profile: Uganda

• What is wrong with UN peacekeeping?

• Welcoming the digital residents

From the web this month:

• We must be free from Monsanto

From this month's blogs:

• Was Mother Teresa so bad?

• Political organization, not light bulbs, is the way to fight climate change

Ready lessons this month:

• RANA PLAZA AND TRADE UNIONS - for Intermediate learners: quiz/infographic/reading/grammar/writing - 1.5-2 hrs