The loss of industrial capacity in oil and steel was a major cause for concern. The closures of Petrotrin and ArcelorMittal in Trinidad and Tobago, Alcoa in Suriname and temporary shut down of PDVSA in Curacao have dealt a major...
Submitted on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 7:39pm The Summer 2018 Industrial Worker is finally out. It looks back at some pivotal events for the IWW and workers that have shaped the direction of the union, its members, its detractors, and its...
On November 20, we remember transgender people killed because of hatred and fear. We also renew our commitment to fighting against the harassment and discrimination experienced by trans people and stand in solidarity with all those fighting transphobic governments and policies. Despite...
UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report highlights countries’ achievements and shortcomings in ensuring the right of migrant and refugee children to quality education, a right that serves the interests of both learners and the communities they live in. Migrant and...
Workers at the Haft Tapeh sugar complex in Shush continue their 18-day strike and mass protests to claim wages which have not been paid since August against a background of skyrocketing living costs. On November 14, protesting workers gathered in...
Today, 21 November 2018, some 128,277 workers at 109 KMWU workplaces joined a strike against government failure to challenge the dominance of industrial conglomerates know as chaebols, and for labour law reform to guarantee fundamental trade union rights. The striking workers...
Fellow Workers, This is our time to remember. We remember the friends and Fellow Workers we have lost. We remember our personal losses. And we remember the losses around the world—of workers lost while toiling in unsafe workplaces (though those...
Friends, comrades, and delegates at the ITF congress held in Singapore October 14-20, 2018, With most sincere and warm salute and solidarity from our Syndicate, we hope that this congress will mark yet another step toward the achievement of workers'...
This morning, a group of bus drivers with the Société de transport de Saguenay held a demonstration in support of their union executive in their fierce struggle against the STS. This action is part of pressure tactics up to and...
Workers of Tehran Bus Company and across Iran, and independent trade unions, workers' organizations, and other workers' institutions and activists internationally: We hereby announce that state intelligence services, with the support of the Ministry of Labour and the Tehran and...
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.