According to IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, NUMSA, workers are being denied medical aid, housing allowance, provident fund and other benefits they would normally receive if they were working at the state-owned electricity provider, Eskom. Their wages, which are low, are...
15.03.2018 IndustriALL affiliates in Zambia, representing 57,000 workers in the chemical, cement, ceramics, textiles, mining, engineering and other sectors, met on 13 – 14 March to discuss how unions can build power and retain their legacy as key social actors...
On March 9, the US state of California officially approved the Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention workplace standard adopted earlier this year by Cal/OSHA, the government agency responsible for workplace health and safety. Described by the California government Department of...
The campaign aims to ensure a sustainable solution to Pakistan’s dependence on coal at the expense of the health, safety and lives of mineworkers. IndustriALL is calling on the government to ratify the ILO convention and commit to implementing the regulatory and...
International union delegates to IUF meat and dairy division steering meetings in San Francisco, USA showed their support for the struggle for decent jobs at Phillips Seafood Indonesia with an informational picket at one of Phillips' principal US retail outlets,...
CUPE has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board, charging that the university has engaged in unfair labour practices. “We are calling out the university’s administration for bargaining in bad faith,” said Jacynthe Barbeau, negotiator for CUPE, which represents...
For the first time ever, CUPE Alberta’s annual convention will hear from the Premier of Alberta. While Rachel Notley has spoken to CUPE in the past, this will be the first time since the NDP came to power in 2015, and...
Pressure is building on Viterra, a grain distributor at the Montreal Port, which locked out 51 workers last January 30. This morning, workers from several different sectors came out and picketed in solidarity in front of Viterra’s administrative offices at Cité-du-Havre....
Submitted on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 1:58pm Stardust Family United, a solidarity union of the Industrial Workers of the World, has claimed a huge victory over the repressive owner of Ellen’s Stardust Diner (home of the world famous singing waitstaff), Ken...
Iranian teacher unionist arrested Topics in this post: The recent arrest of a teacher and board member of the Tehran branch of the Iranian Teachers' Trade Association (ITTA) at his school starkly illustrates the continuing persecution of teacher unionists in...
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.