“Unions must become more aware of workers issues beyond borders, so that we can build a global society which practices equality and dignity for all not just for the few.”Terry Bell is a South Africa-based journalist, commentator and author with...
21.02.2018 After 180 days of strike action and over two years of contract negotiations, Griffin Coal workers in Collie, Western Australia, have returned to work. After the successful strike, 29 maintenance workers, all members of IndustriALL affiliate Australian Manufacturing Workers’...
At its annual general meeting on February 16, the Mondelez (Cadbury) Progressive Employees Union celebrated the conversion of 94 long term casuals to permanent jobs. The casual workers were employed at the Cadbury plant for several years through corrupt labour...
Research on refugee education puts strong demands on European Union A new report that combines four national studies on refugee education reveals shortcomings that need to be overcome in order to ensure the inclusion and integration of newcomers in Europe....
Education International’s Task Force on Education Support Personnel has geared up preparations for the upcoming first global Conference on Education Support Personnel and reiterated its commitment to enhancing these workers’ status and recognition. “Education support personnel (ESP) will remain an...
The last of three general meetings was held last Monday to ratify the tentative agreement reached last February 2 between the Journal de Québec and three of its bargaining units. The office union voted 93 per cent in favour, as did the...
Negotiations between the union, affiliated to the Federation FETRIMAP - CGTP, in turn affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union, and mineral analysis company Alfred H Knight, have come to a halt in the absence of proposals from the company.On 13 February,...
“Support staff in schools across Nova Scotia are concerned that restructuring school boards will create unstable labour relations, much like what we’ve seen happen to our health care system,” says Nan McFadgen, president of CUPE Nova Scotia. “They feel this...
CUPE Quebec’s Provincial Council for Communications (CPSC) is asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to drop an exemption order for digital media broadcasting undertakings. “The CRTC has the power to act swiftly and put a stop to the preferential treatment internet giants...
20.02.2018 Managament at Tex Ray companies in Swaziland are thwarting workers’ rights, including the right to freedom of association and to collective bargaining, by pushing for a sham union trying to organize members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the Amalgamed...
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.