Workers at the Haft Tapeh sugar complex in Sush last received their wages on July 11. The workers and their union, an IUF affiliate, continue to hold work stoppages and demonstrations. Local police and government authorities, rather than acting to...
UK: Education unions support free school meals policy Topics in this post: UK teacher unions have welcomed the latest Education Policy Institute’s report clearly laying out the benefits that free school meals bring to children and their families, and to...
Fast food workers at one of the largest, nation-wide KFC franchises in Thailand have won their first collective bargaining agreements. The IUF-affiliated Cooks & Servers Workers' Union and the Cuisine and Service Workers' Union secured significant improvements in benefits and...
On 20 January, Algerian police forcefully detained at least 1,000 people during action to stop a peaceful rally organized by IndustriALL Global Union’s oil and gas trade union affiliate, SNATEGS, in the capital, Algiers.The detainees were taken by bus to...
In what is believed to be the longest lockout in Australian industrial history, members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Electrical Union (CFMEU) entered day 200 of their lockout today.The six and a half month lockout...
The strike was announced as a result of the dispute over the failed sectoral-level negotiations between the three unions representing metal workers, including IndustriALL affiliates Birleşik Metal-İş and Çelik-İş, and the Metal Industry Employers’ Association, MESS.The strike was banned by...
Today’s announcement by Minister Churchill to consolidate Nova Scotia’s seven English school boards into one, while heavy on policy change, includes no details on how the government plans to implement those changes. Nan McFadgen, President of CUPE Nova Scotia, says, “With...
The final nail in the coffin of Manitoba’s beloved energy efficiency program has officially been struck by the Pallister government. With the announcement of Efficiency Manitoba today, Manitoba Hydro’s Power Smart program is set to wind down. “The Pallister government’s carving...
The blue-collar workers of the Town of Mount Royal, who gathered at a general union meeting on the evening of January 23, voted 73% in favour of a new collective agreement. It covers a 7‑year period from January 1, 2015 to December 31,...
Canada and the other 10 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have reached an agreement. But adding “progressive” to the title doesn’t make it so, when the agreement fails to address the many serious concerns that experts and everyday Canadians...
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.