Please send urgent protest letters to the Iranian government authorities demanding the immediate and unconditional freedom of all jailed and prosecuted labour activists. Mahmoud Salehi, Reza Shahabi, Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi and Esmail Abdi We are writing this to protest against...
In May 2016 management at the Umas Jaya Agrotama factory in Lampung, Indonesia announced the plant’s immediate closure, without prior notice or negotiations with the union. After more than one-and-a-half years, two hundred workers at the facility, the majority of...
Protests in Tehran for Reza Shahabi's freedom With warmest greetings, I would like to take this moment to express my utmost gratitude and thanks to all the workers, Syndicate members, students, social activists, all the families and liberated individuals who...
Reza Shahabi, Ebrahim Madadi & Davood Razavi Davood Razavi appeared in the court of appeal Ebrahim Madadi summoned by the court Reza Shahabi’s message from Rajaee Shahr Prison IASWI: According to a statement by Vahed Syndicate, Mr. Davood Razavi, a...
The industries in the sector change rapidly, the whole industry is in a constant consolidation and change. Mergers, acquisitions and consolidations in the industries have changed the profile, industrial footprint and strategies of the major multinationals. As in many other...
CUPE 358 members in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island are still without a contract after nearly a year of negotiations and bargaining discussions with the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), the City of Duncan and the District of North...
07.11.2017 IndustriALL Global Union has launched a solidarity campaign with the Trade Union of Metallurgy, Mining and Chemical Industry Workers of Georgia (TUMMCIWG) and its primary organization at Rustavi Azot fertilizer plant in Georgia. On 2 November, IndustriALL in partnership...
EI has called on governments attending the 39th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO to put quality public education and educators high on their policy agenda. Speaking at the High Level Ministerial Panel Discussion on accountability in education, EI...
Submitted on Mon, 11/06/2017 - 8:58pm By LibCom - It's Going Down, October 31, 2017 In an election-driven, workplace-organizing campaign, going public is a key step. The workers or union try to organize under the boss’s radar for as long...
Municipal officials across Canada will soon encounter proposals for major infrastructure projects that are developed and financed through the Canada Infrastructure Bank. But is this really the only option? Is it the best option? Originally promised as a source of low-cost...
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.