November 23, 2017- Prominent Iranian labour activist, Mahmoud Salehi, was released today, Thursday, November 23, 2017 from the City of Saqez’s central prison, where he was serving a new one-year jail term for his labour activities as of October 28,...
Shipbreaking is the most dangerous job in the world. A year ago, at the Gadani shipyard in Pakistan, 28 workers died when the ship they were breaking down on the beach exploded. IndustriALL has long campaigned for the safe recycling...
Togo: education trade unions join forces to improve teachers' living and working conditions Public sector primary and secondary education teachers embarked on a three-day strike to obtain better living and working conditions from the Togolese government. The federations of teacher...
Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their bargaining team an overwhelming 91% mandate in favour of strike action for Unit 3 of CUPE 3902, which includes non-student sessional lecturers, writing instructors, and music professionals. The vote came...
Recent revelations show that Health Canada and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) collaborated to support the establishment of Canadian Plasma Resources (CPR), for-profit clinics, across Canada. These private plasma clinics directly undermine our public system of voluntary blood and plasma donations. Health...
Management at Coca-Cola Indonesia continues to attack independent unions, with the full knowledge of The Coca-Cola Company and its regional bottler, Coca-Cola Amatil based in Australia. In November 2016 workers at the Bawen bottling plant facility began to organize an...
Violence against women at work is a core trade union issue affecting workers’ rights, safety, health and dignity. Gender-based violence is also one of the main obstacles to equality between men and women.IndustriALL recently endorsed a new campaign: Not in...
Education International joins the international trade union movement in deeply lamenting the fact that the 23rd United Nations climate change conference did not keep its promises despite the urgent climate emergency. At the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the...
IUF members around the world are taking action to combat the rampant sexual harassment to which workers are subjected in the hotel, restaurant and catering industries. The Nordic Union for Workers in the Hotel, Restaurant, Catering and Tourism Sector, which...
The multi-sector Saint-Gobain Group employs approximately 170,000 direct employees all over the world. In addition, the company claims to provide over 550,000 jobs globally throughout its value chain in purchasing, contracting and so on. Working conditions are generally better for...
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.