The refinery employs 1,000 of the 7,600 inhabitants of Ballsh, and failure to pay Novembers’ wages caused serious economic hardship in the town in the run up to Christmas. Members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate the Trade Union Federation of...
Every new year, the provincial daily L’Acadie Nouvelle publishes a list of the most influential New Brunswickers. This year, CUPE NB President Daniel Légère made the 19th position, moving up from 22nd position in 2017. As one of the dominant...
Teacher unionists in the UK have requested public authorities to explain the term ‘high performing’ schools, and reiterated the need for social justice and social mobility for all young people. There is a widening geographical divide in access to high-performing...
Germany: Students need role models of both genders Topics in this post: The German education union, Verband Bildung und Erziehung, has reiterated the crucial importance of role models from both genders for school students. Only one in four teachers in...
On 21 December, the exemplary struggle of the workers backed by their unions FLAI-CGIL and UILA-UIL and the IUF, resulted in a settlement which gives them a basis for a decent future. In addition to a suitable financial settlement, the...
Wishing everyone a prosperous new year, Education International will hit the ground running to start 2018, and, as ever, the global federation of education trade unions will work hard defending the interests of all workers in the education sector, and...
Mass protests in over 50 cities across Iran have been taking place since December 28th amid heavy security to raise people’s voices against massive poverty, skyrocketing cost of living, vast corruption and embezzlement by officials on all levels as well...
Click here for the original file in pdf: 2017 - 12 - 25 - Liberté immédiate et sans condition pour Reza Shahabi!-2 Free Reza Shahabi immediately and unconditionally! The undersigned workers' organizations have been following the situation of Reza Shahabi,...
Free Reza Shahabi immediately and unconditionally! The undersigned workers' organizations have been following the situation of Reza Shahabi, a member of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Workers of the Bus Company of Tehran and the Suburbs, for...
27.12.2017 Workers at Posco Assan in Turkey, together with leaders of IndustriALL’s affiliate Birlesik Metal-Is, were detained on 26 December. They had started a march to demand that the Ministry of Labour issue a legal certificate that the union had...
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.