The USW complaint stems from Quebec Premier François Legault’s interference in negotiations in the 17-month lockout at the aluminum smelter in Bécancour, co-owned by aluminum giants Alcoa and Rio Tinto. “By his statements aimed at discrediting the trade union position by...

Education International welcomes UNESCO global commitment to advancing access to works for teaching and learning through expanding access to quality and locally relevant open educational resources. EI welcomed the progress at the intergovernmental meeting of experts to examine a UNESCO...

Education International and its affiliates ensure that the voice of educators is heard loud and clear at this year’s International Labour Conference in Switzerland. The conference, from 10 to 21 June, in Geneva, is attended by a delegation led by...

Education international has reminded the International Labour Organisation’s Centenary Conference Forum to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour that educators and their trade unions worldwide are determined to eradicate this scourge and guarantee access to education for all. Speaking...

A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts have called on the ILO to recognize the right to safe and healthy workplaces as one of its 'Fundamental principles and rights at work', a proposal contained in the draft...

Members of three of IndustriALL Global Union's affiliates in Italy – FIM CISL, FIOM-CGIL and UILM – are taking coordinated action to call on the government and the private sector to: Invest to create jobs in environmentally sustainable industry Increase wages...

Education international and the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union welcome the decision of the President of South Africa’s to appoint former President of Education International, Cde Thulas Nxesi, to the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister of Labour and Employment....

Garment workers with more than 30 years-experience work in deplorable conditions and earn 900-1300 Ethiopian Birr - less than US $45 per month. The low wages make it difficult for workers to make a decent living. At a women’s meeting...

Igor Díaz, from IndustriALL affiliate Sintracarbón,. received a text message on 6 June, with a warning that an “extermination operation” would commence in 24 hours. On 11 May, Díaz received another death threat from a criminal group called Las Águilas...

K-12 support workers, members of CUPE 15, reached a tentative agreement with the Vancouver School Board yesterday, after five months of bargaining. “Both bargaining teams worked well together and recognized the needs and concerns of our members,” said CUPE 15 President...