Today trade unions across the world are mobilising to tackle the global economic and employment crisis and demand fundamental reform of the world economy. Events can be followed on a dedicated website:
http://www.wddw.org/In the UK, the TUC is marking the day with a night of politics, comedy, music and poetry. Featuring the comedy of Shappi Khorsandi, and with contributions from Kat Banyard, author of the equality illusion, and Andrew Simms, Policy Director of the New Economics Foundation. Guest speaker is Z.M. Kamrul Anam, leader of the Bangladeshi textile workers movement, at the forefront of the national campaign to give garment workers - some of the worst paid in the world - a living wage. Performance poetry from Luke Wright and soulful music from Fanfara
