IIn March, IUF members around the world showed support for 6 imprisoned leaders and members of our affiliate HLOB in Burma. The 6 are now free after serving their sentences, but IUF affiliates worldwide are taking action in support of...

A total of 12 workers at LafargeHolcim Apasco cement plant have lost their jobs for executing their right to join a union of their choice, in 2017 and more recently in April 2019. Los Mineros are appealing to the labour...

Local 13-1 members of IndustriALL affiliate, United Steelworkers (USW), have been locked out since 22 April after negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement were abruptly ended by the company. The USW members have twice voted to reject the company’s...

The House of Deputies passed the reform on 11 April, and the bill was approved by the Senate on 29 April. The new act represents a complete overhaul of labour relations and will give workers better access to labour justice...

Tahar Berberi, Hashmeya Alsadawe and Abdelmajid Mataoul Bringing together 85 union leaders, the statutory regional conference was opened by regional co-chairs Hashmeya Alsadawe of Iraq and Tahar Berberi of Tunisia, and IndustriALL vice president Abdelmajid Matoual of Morocco. They noted...

The April 2019 national congress of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) voted to endorse SIPTU and the IUF's #TasteZeroRights campaign to  protest Coca-Cola's denial of worker rights in the west of Ireland. USI represents 347,000 students across the...

Edubusiness Pearson was the subject of much criticism last week at its AGM in London. Union representatives, challenged giant edubusiness Pearson at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in London, United Kingdom (UK), last week. On 26 April, protestors gathered before...

The Global Union Federations has released a response to the outcome document of the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women Unions. The 63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW63), which took place 11-22...

Argentina: Education unions unite in national strike Topics in this post: Education International extends its support and solidarity to Argentinian workers in their call for a National Strike on Tuesday, 30th April. The union action is organised by the CTA-T,...

A strategy workshop organized by the Solidarity Centre Kenya in Nairobi 16-17 April, attended by 27 participants that included IndustriALL Global Union affiliates from Ethiopia, Eswatini, Kenya and Lesotho, confederations from the four countries, and regional bodies, EATUC and SATUCC,...