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Unions denounce ongoing violence in schools

Teachers’ representative organisations in Cameroon are united in demanding security in schools in a country “badly shaken by an unprecedented and wave of intolerable violence” at the beginning of the year. No teacher in Cameroon “feels safe anymore, not only...

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Teachers strike for equal pay

A strike in secondary schools in Ireland has seen hundreds of establishments closed as teachers all over the country demand an end to pay discrimination. Hundreds of second-level schools have closed today as members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland...

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Using global framework agreements to organize

IndustriALL textile and garment director Christina Hajagos-Clausen says that the agreements contain a wide range of provisions to improve working conditions and to protect workers’ rights, especially on freedom of association:"GFAs are instrumental in resolving conflicts and strengthening workers’ voices....

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Statement from CUPE on Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Statement from CUPE National President Mark Hancock and National Secretary-Treasurer Charles Fleury: As workers who serve the public on a daily basis, CUPE members find themselves on the front lines of public health crises, and the current coronavirus outbreak is no different....

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Trial of STAS union leader at Fyffes Honduras dropped

The scheduled January 22 trial of union leader Moisés Sánchez,  general secretary of the IUF-affiliated STAS section at Fyffes' melon operations in Honduras, did not take place thanks to national and international pressure. An agreement was reached to resolve the...

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Iranian oil workers protest against unpaid wages

During the protest, workers asked management for assistance and solidarity, shouting “modiriat hemayat, hemayat” ("management, support us, support us").An excessive use of contract labour creates problems for the workers on several levels. According to the workers, the Khomeini petrochemical complex management contracts...

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March for justice for victims of Vale’s crime

Photo credit: Coletivo de Comunicação do MAB25 January marks the anniversary of the collapse of the tailings dam run by mining firm Vale, releasing more than 10 million cubic metres of toxic waste onto Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais. On...

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