02.02.2018 Trade unions in South Africa are calling for an urgent review of safety after almost 1,000 miners were trapped underground for more than 24-hours at the Sibanye-Stillwater Beatrix gold mine in Free State. All the 955 miners had been...
A study commissioned by a teacher union shows that, in Germany, teachers work one hour and 40 minutes longer than other public employees per week, endangering their health. On average, teachers in Germany work longer than comparable civil servants, according...
Saturday 3 February, Milan, all in front of the Iranian Consulate! Hands off Reza Shahabi, hands off all the union activists! http://www.frontedilottanoausterity.org/index.php?action=viewnews&news=top_1516181001#comments Click here for the poster in English: Feb 3, 2018, FREEDOM FOR REZA ENGLISGH FREEDOM FOR...
At least 10,000 workers and unionists gathered in Helsinki to protest against the new legislation. which may see jobseekers lose 4.65 per cent of their benefits if considered to not be searching for employment actively enough.The new legislation would mean...
Submitted on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 7:41pm By editor - Industrial Worker, February 1, 2018 The brightly colored art on the cover of IW is one of a large series of paintings and drawings of working men, women, and children by...
#FundEducation: Teachers are essential to achieving quality education Topics in this post: As the Global Partnership for Education meets for its Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal, Education International leaders have stressed the importance of teachers in achieving quality education for...
Education International is encouraging affiliates to enter nominations for the 2018 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development. Education International (EI) strongly believes that education for sustainable development (ESD) empowers learners to take informed decisions and responsible actions for environmental...
Education International is urging affiliates to enter nominations for the 2018 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development. Education International (EI) strongly believes that education for sustainable development (ESD) empowers learners to take informed decisions and responsible actions for environmental...
In their letter, leaders of unions representing workers at LafargeHolcim reminded the company’s leadership of a signed memorandum of understanding in July 2017 with IndustriALL Global Union and Building and Wood Workers’ International, in which the company firmly committed to...
Support staff at Cape Breton University, members of CUPE 3131, voted 96 per cent in favour of a strike mandate on January 29, 2018. Eight face-to-face bargaining sessions took place and, after talks broke down last week, the union applied to the...
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.