Free Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Workers’ Representatives Representatives of the striking workers of the Haft Tape Sugar Cane Industry were arrested and sent to an unknown location today. As of this time, no information is available about their whereabouts. Names of...
Submitted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:46pm By Joanna Nuñez - Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, August 10, 2018 The lockdown at Stillwater Prison is now in its 27th day. As families and prisoners demand an end to the lockdown...
Thousands of migrants are travelling in a caravan, making their way from Honduras to the United States. CUPE expresses our solidarity with these migrants, who have left their homes in search of a better life for themselves and their families....
EU Parliament: aid must not be used to support privatisation Topics in this post: In a welcomed decision, on 13 November, the European Parliament resolved that “the European Union and the Member States, in accordance with SDG 4.1 and Article...
A series of well-publicized strikes (click here, here and here for more) over tipping and minimum wage abuses by workers at TGI Fridays in the UK and a sustained campaign by Unite supported by the IUF have achieved important initial...
21.11.2018 Unions reject government plans to close five coal-fired power stations and award renewable energy contracts to independent power producers (IPPs) without a Just Transition plan in place. They say this will put close to 100,000 workers out of work....
Submitted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 7:00pm By Seattle IWW - It's Going Down, August 13, 2018 Report back on recent day of action in solidarity with Seattle IWW local 650 who are fighting against an illegal lockout by Grassroots Campaigns....
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) recently hosted an annual public meeting that lasted just 17 minutes, provided no information about its privatization plans, and made little effort to engage Canadians. CUPE staff were among the 73 people nationwide who took part...
The 2018 Autumn Conference of the German Teachers' Day is taking place under the slogan: “Taking new paths!?”, urging public authorities to provide teachers with adequate working conditions, so they are armed to face current education challenges and can deliver...
In 2015, after a majority of workers at the Hotel Tharabar Gate in the heart of the country's famous Bagan Archeological Zone formed their union, management attempted to dismiss elected union chairman Ko Nay Myo Win. Hotel staff including non-union...