Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company has announced that Reza Shahabi was released on March 13, 2018. Please see below the Vahed Syndicate’s statement. This is great news. Congratulations to Shahabi, his family, Vahed Syndicate and to...
Iran playing cat and mouse with unionists Topics in this post: While condemning the arrest of Mohammad Habibi, Education International welcomes the release on March 13th of Reza Shahabi, treasurer of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus...
The CBA calls for a consideration of both annual inflation-linked salary increase and a performance based increase, with the aim to make up for the loss of purchasing power. The union has argued that the company’s approach militates against workers...
The eight workers are members of the joint health and safety committee at Sae a Tecnotex, located in the free trade zone in Tipitapa, Managua. They were unfairly dismissed in February even though their mandate runs until May.On 1 March,...
A CUPE delegation proudly joined close to a hundred trade union women from around the world at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York City. Candace Rennick, CUPE Regional Vice-President and...
The Manitoba Government has cancelled all plans to involve public-private partnerships (P3s) in the education system, and instead is committing to build five new publicly-funded schools in Winnipeg and Brandon. The government initially planned to build four schools under the P3 model, but...
In Spain, 8 March saw a two-hour work stoppage, called by IndustriALL affiliated UGT and CCOO to underline the fact that as women’s salaries are lower than men’s, women effectively work for free two hours per day.There were also demonstrations...
Driven by the desperate situation of Syrian children, Education International has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to increase the pressure on all parties to the conflict. In a letter to United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights...
It has been over four years since Reza Barati was murdered during a riot at the Manus concentration camp in Papua New Guinea. The fact that in all these years no-one has been brought to justice shows the Australian government...
In late February, a number of garment unions in Bangladesh formed the IndustriAll Bangladesh Council (IBC) to issue a series of demands that included a call for the minimum wage to be raised from the current US $68/month to US...
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.