https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dthZXg7hUNambian Broadcasting Corporation news reportThe Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) says the decision was made before exhausting alternatives to continue operations, including selling the mine. MUN argues that the mine which has a supergene zinc ore body, mines zinc oxides...
Updated April 3, 2020 What is your situation? I am an employee with COVID-19 and/or in isolation: Your employer may have a short-term disability or sick leave program that you need to apply for before applying for EI sickness benefits or the...
A German education union has joined the “Leave No One Behind” campaign which seeks the immediate evacuation of overcrowded refugee camps at the EU's external borders. The campaign argues that the situation of refugees has been made worse by the...
Many food processing companies in Brazil, including some of the largest groups, are failing to take the necessary measures to protect industry workers, putting public health and food security at risk. The IUF-affiliated national food processing federations in Brazil, CNTA...
For the past six months, union leaders and members have been trying to obtain safety certification of their jobs at Redpath Deilmann, according to Belarusian legislation. So far, the company uses loopholes in the legislation and avoids implementing the certification...
As you know, thousands of airline workers, including thousands of CUPE members, have already been laid off due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, and the airline industry needs help now to stay afloat in coming months. Send an email to Prime Minister...
The Teachers’ Union of Serbia has asked the national Ministry of Education to invite all citizens to support educators in Serbia by clapping daily at 9pm. This would acknowledge the tremendous efforts of educators in ensuring quality education for all...
Workers from tea plantations who have migrated to other states in India to work in hotels, restaurants, plantations, construction and as daily wage workers are now returning to the plantations due to loss of work and income. The water and...
Numerous metalworkers participated in an eight-hour general strike called on 25 March by Italian unions FIOM, FIM and UILM in Lombardy, the heaviest COVID-19 affected region in northern Italy. Local unions report about work abstention levels as high as 60...
The fight against the spread of COVID-19 hinges on Ontario hospital and long-term care, home care workers and paramedics not contracting the virus in large numbers, so that they can care for the sick across the province. But already dozens...
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.