The primary organization of IndustriALL affiliate the Trade Union of Metallurgy, Mining and Chemical Industry Workers of Georgia (TUMMCIWG) has lost more than 1,000 members since February 2017, and the pressure on workers intensifies.On 25 October, youth and trade union...
Submitted on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 6:28pm By Stardust Family United - October 4, 2017 In a major victory for the singing servers at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, their employer has reached an agreement with their solidarity union, Stardust Family United, and...
Canada needs a postal bank. Thousands of rural towns and villages in our country do not have a bank, but many of them have a post office that could provide financial services. As well, nearly two million Canadians desperately need...
Hundreds of CUPE hospital workers from across Ontario gathered in Ottawa to protest and denounce chronic underfunding of the Ontario health care system. Led by the President of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions Michael Hurley and joined by CUPE...
In another tragic case highlighting the dangers of coal mining, a wall collapse killed 6 workers while an unknown number of workers are still missing and probably trapped. This disaster happened at the Şırnak Coal Mines, located at the foothills...
Today, September 5, 2017, Tehran: A rally and march by workers of the Tehran Bus Company together with students and other labour activists and teachers took place in the morning in front of the parliament (Majles) and the surrounding streets in...
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.