The accident happened as a fitter and a helper were working on tanks to release contaminated water. The water was released from one tank, but workers were not able to identify the point on the other tank to release the...
Within a week of their union securing a tentative central agreement that restores vital services to Ontario’s schools, hundreds of school board locals’ leaders gathered near Toronto Friday and gave their endorsement to the deal. CUPE local leaders approved the tentative settlement that...
World Teachers’ Day provided an opportunity for education unionists in the Republic of Congo to highlight the key role the teaching profession plays in achieving each individual’s potential and the need for a union with strong management that is taken...
IndustriALL affiliates FNME-CGT, FCE-CFDT, CFE-CGC Energie, and FO Energie et Mines took part in a number of demonstrations and stoppages at EDF sites across France. This follows a national strike that was held on 19 September.The unions are opposing a...
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was a welcome sight for striking hotel workers on the picket line in Vancouver on Thanksgiving Monday. Singh is the only federal party leader to come and show support for over 1,200 hotel workers who walked...
Statement | Education International condemns Turkish aggression in Syria The global education union federation draws attention to the long-term consequences of the Turkish military action in Syria for students and educators in the region. David Edwards, Education International General Secretary,...
The global framework agreement was first signed in 2007 and renewed in 2011 and 2015 respectively. The 2019 renewal is the third. The renewed agreement covers human rights, including collective bargaining and equal opportunities, with a new section on violence and harassment at work with...
Statement | EI calls on World Bank to change tack in education As the board of governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund come together for the 2019 Annual Spring Meetings in Washington this week, Education...
In May this year, the ILO undertook a high-level mission to Algeria in response to systematic violations of basic trade union rights by the government over many years, violations repeatedly highlighted by the ILO's governing bodies. Since then, attacks on...
The conference was a culmination of a week of meetings designed to build common purpose among IndustriALL Global Union affiliates on the continent: the Youth Conference, the African Mining Summit, the African Industrialization Conference, and the Women’s Conference.Each meeting, under...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.