04.07.2018 IndustriALL Global Union is calling on Shell to respect the rights of hundreds and thousands of contract workers toiling at its operations around the world, as the company holds its annual green-washing festival in London. Shell’s Make The Future...
Belgium: Trade unions concerned about increased workloads for teachers Topics in this post: In a common front involving three trade unions, around 600 education trade union activists have clearly expressed their opposition to workload increases. On 4 June, 600 educators...
The continuation of the program led by Education International in Senegal and Ivory Coast has the aim of spreading unionisation,getting young activists involved in union activity, and strengthening trade union unity. Since 2015, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation has made it...
The Congress of the Centrale de syndicats du Québec highlighted the importance of education’ trade unions for workers, students and society as a whole, and acknowledged the work of two eminent union leaders, Louise Chabot and Daniel Lafrenière. "It is...
African education unions determined to eradicate school-related gender-based violence Topics in this post: Several Education International affiliates in Africa reaffirmed their commitment to put an end to school-related gender-based violence during a peer learning training workshop. The event was organised...
CUPE 458 members have overwhelmingly rejected the Village of Harrison Hot Springs’ “last offer” in a vote administered yesterday by the Labour Relations Board at the request of the Village. Fourteen of 17 eligible voters participated, voting 86 per cent in favour...
Ile-a la-Crosse School Division, in northern Saskatchewan, has decided to sell off its fleet of school buses and contract out bus services to a private bus operator. “The evidence from other school divisions shows that contracting-out is more expensive and is...
CUPE 4784, representing 270 education support staff in Good Spirit School Division, voted to ratify a new three-year contract on Wednesday evening. The agreement includes: a signing bonus of a maximum of $360 dollars ($30/month) for members who have worked 75 per cent...
Last week, CUPE 1949, representing approximately 155 Legal Aid lawyers and administrative support staff across Saskatchewan, was informed that the Saskatoon Duty Counsel work was going to be contracted out. Yesterday, the Union learned that as a result of three lawyer...
Reacting to the recommendations of the European Union’s Commission in the framework of the “European Semester”, German teachers’ unions have insisted on the need to provide public education with adequate funding. Trade unions’ requests for increased public funding in education...
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.