The collapse of Carillion, a global privatization corporation, illustrates the risky nature of public-private partnerships (P3s) and contracting out. Carillion is involved in 10 P3s across Canada, primarily in hospitals in Ontario, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Two hospitals are still...
On 10 January, the local court of Saint Petersburg, Russia, ruled that ITUWA should be liquidated claiming the union conducted political activities and received foreign funds.According to the prosecutor’s office, the union demanded changes in the national labour legislation, referring...
Education unions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched a joint programme for study circles in schools aimed at revitalising teacher trade unionism. Launched on 9 January by Gaston Musemena, Minister of Primary, Secondary and Vocational Education in...
The twenty Fondation de l’UQAM employees have been without a contract since being certified in 2015. Three years in, their first collective agreement has not yet been signed, and the union members are contending with bargaining methods unworthy of a...
Education organisations firmly condemn President Trump’s “vile and unacceptable” comments Topics in this post: Education International’s affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the Union of Education Norway, have strongly rejected US President Trump’s racist comments while speaking about Haiti,...
15.01.2018 Hundreds of workers from IndustriALL affiliate, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), from the Rosh Pinah branch, demonstrated against worsening health and safety standards at the Skorpion Zinc Mine, about 600 km from Windhoek, earlier this month. The workers...
CUPE has adopted an action plan to help ensure workers have the protection of a union, and the collective power that comes with being organized. Delegates to CUPE’s 2015 National Convention mandated that an organizing paper be presented to the 2017...
CUPE NB applauds the provincial government’s investment to enact free childcare for low-income families and raise salaries of early-learning and childcare workers. “This is a step in the right direction. Low income single-parent families are the ones who will benefit the...
11.01.2018 Indian-owned Griffin Coal is involved in a two-year long dispute with IndustriALL Australian affiliate AMWU at the Collie coal mine in Perth. The maintenance workforce has been on strike for 20 weeks, in response to Griffin Coal’s complete opposition...
Zambia: Government must act to mitigate lost learning time due to cholera outbreak Topics in this post: In Zambia, a cholera outbreak has led to calls for Government action to help students recover lost learning time following the delayed opening...
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.