This week, Jeepney drivers staged a two day strike in the Metro Manila area to protest against oil price increases, increasingly strict franchising and regularisation guidelines, and ever multiplying government fees. Another issue has been the government’s plan to modernise...
For the first time in three years, Burkina Faso's education trade unions have called a strike in order to obtain better living and working conditions for teachers and help achieve quality education. The government must guarantee free and quality public...
The IUF-affiliated Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar (AFFM) has called for "an end to violence in Rakhine state where many people have died and been rendered homeless." In its statement, AFFM, which has members in Rakhine state, expressed concern...
Eighth session Formulating a global policy and plan of action on Industry 4.0Panel discussionAngelina Chitambo, Zimbabwe Energy Workers Union (ZEWU), ZimbabweAntonio Deusa UGT FICA, SpainJeanette Moen, Fellesforbundet, NorwayChien-Jung Chen, TEPLU, TaiwanConcluding remarksValter SanchesKemal OzkanSeventh sessionFormulating a global policy and plan...
Submitted on Tue, 09/12/2017 - 5:57pm By IWOC - It's Going Down, September 11, 2017 The weekend of August 19 2017, amid the second nationwide inside/outside mass protest against prison slavery in as many years, Jacobin Magazine published an article against...
Post administrations around the world, including Canada Post, have seen traditional mail volumes decline in recent years. Many post offices have added or expanded financial services to lessen their dependence on declining mail volumes and revenues. Postal banking could help...
Conciliation talks between CUPE Local 1867, representing highway workers, and the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal broke off today after an impasse was declared by the conciliation officer appointed by the Department of Labour. The two groups have...
Following on from the ground breaking victory earlier this year by the Anganwadi workers in and around New Dehli, many other similar rural health workers have been taking action to increase their wages and better their conditions. In Odisha state...
The Report is a major step forward in reflecting both the realities of the teaching profession and the harmful effects that test-based accountability and merit pay have had on education systems and the profession. Nevertheless, Education International (EI) wishes to...
One year after the creation of the FRONERI ice cream joint venture by Nestlé and the French private equity firm PAI Partners, the company has launched a full-blown attack on workers throughout Europe. The attack targets factory workers, salesforce and...
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.