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Erlan Baltabay released
According to ITUC on March 20th, the leader of the Independent Oil and Energy Workers’ Union in Kazakhstan, Erlan Baltabay got out of...
Mar 21, 20201 min read


Bank Workers Win Historic Union
New union at privately-owned Beneficial State Bank represents groundbreaking momentum for U.S. financial sector. The bank workers chose...
Mar 5, 20202 min read


Qatar's labour reforms just hot air and broken promises
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar has promised reforms in the heavily critized migrant workers' rights, especially the dropping of...
Mar 2, 20203 min read


Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains
A significant share of child labour and human trafficking in global supply chains occurs at their lower tiers, in activities such as raw...
Feb 25, 20202 min read


Growing strength of pro-democracy unions in Hong Kong
Thousands of Hong Kong medical workers went on strike for a second day on Tuesday to demand that leader Carrie Lam immediately close the...
Feb 4, 20202 min read


Philippine police plan to prevent unions from organizing
Trade unions slammed the Philippine National Police (PNP) for deploying cops in economic zones as a deterrent against “radical labour...
Jan 24, 20201 min read


Notorious union busting firm hired by Google
Google, the Silicon Valley search giant, has hired IRI consultants, a market research firm notorious for aggressive union busting, likely...
Jan 21, 20203 min read


Hong Kong Workers join Labour Unions as New Protest Tactic
About 40 pro-democracy unions have formed in recent months or are in the process of registering with the government, with dozens more...
Jan 10, 20202 min read


We condemn the raids and arrests of trade union leaders in the Philippines
Hon. Rodrigo Duterte President Republic of Philippines and Philippines embassy in Norway Oslo, 10th...
Dec 11, 20192 min read


Biggest strike in France for decades
France is bracing itself for a widespread transport strike starting on Thursday, December 5. This looks set to be the most comprehensive...
Dec 4, 20193 min read


Agricultural regions in Europe turning into no-rights zones
All over Europe, migrants face serious human and labour rights violations in the agricultural sector. Embedded in a system of...
Nov 28, 20192 min read


Nationwide marches and general strike in Colombia
Thousands of Colombians were on Thursday taking to the streets to demonstrate against liberal economic policies and armed conflict amid...
Nov 22, 20192 min read


Retail workers across China are taking collective action
Businesses throughout China’s hyper-competitive retail sector, from traditional supermarkets to new e-commerce platforms, have been...
Nov 19, 20193 min read


The first global company union committee that includes the suppliers
Inditex is the first textile company in the world that will have a global union committee, a union coordination body that aims to ensure...
Nov 15, 20192 min read


Trade unionists harassed, arrested and abducted in Zimbabwe
The repression of trade unionists has been a permanent scar on Zimbabwe’s political landscape since the early 1990s, but ever since...
Nov 11, 20193 min read


Military and police raids against trade unions in the Philippines
Some 57 people were arrested during the simultaneous raids conducted by joint military and police forces against trade unions, civil...
Nov 5, 20193 min read


Still suppression of workers' rights in Kazakhstan
After widespread strikes in 2011 and 2012, Kazakhstan adopted a new Trade Union Law in 2014 that virtually eliminated the possibility of...
Nov 4, 20193 min read


STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion
STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion is a cooperative 2-to-4 player board game about building a citywide rebellion against HappyCorp, a...
Oct 30, 20192 min read


Slavery: The 5 things we've learnt and the many things we haven't
Five lessons come to mind reflecting on the challenges of how labour abuse and exploitation, forced labour, modern slavery and human...
Oct 28, 201911 min read


Workers’ rights in informal economies - unions must engage
Slightly more than 60% of all working people in the world are informally employed. They lack the labour and social protections that help...
Oct 25, 20194 min read
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