Workers’ rights are being denied in the Philippines and global unions and their affiliates are coming together to urge President Duerte to respect the human and trade unions rights of workers and to enable trade unions to function in the...
Mass protests in cities across Iran erupted on November 15 in response to a hike in the price of fuel. The government responded with lethal force and shut down the internet, and in some places even mobile phone service, cutting...
Union presence in Mozambique has been centred around the capital, Maputo. Through the project with the Finnish trade unions PRO and Teollisuusliitto and Finnish trade union solidarity centre SASK, union density in the provinces has grown significantly between 2015 and...
At the trade union morning meeting, Just Transition was top of the list. Our guest speaker from the ILO indicated that the ILO is taking the issue more seriously and making a greater effort to get member states to commit...
On December 10, people around the world will stand up for equality, justice and human dignity by celebrating International Human Rights Day. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 in response to...
These are some of the recommendations from a gender workshop whose goal was to identify ways to develop policies to stop sexual harassment in unions, to educate women workers, and come up with procedures to prevent unwanted behaviours. The 18 participants...
The long-awaited PISA 2018 study is out today, with new data on students’ performance and a new focus on well-being and sustainable development. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assesses students’ capacities in reading, mathematics and science, and...
Neither the European Commission nor EU member states have formally challenged the ban on all uses of glyphosate adopted by Austria's parliament in July this year, paving the way for it to go into effect on January 1. Supported by...
The industrial parks' strategy is meant to transform rural towns into industrial manufacturing zones.However, an interview with workers from the park on 28 November confirm that they do not belong to trade unions but working conditions are rather negotiated through...
A new report sponsored by CUPE 5430 shines a light on the Saskatchewan Party’s failure to properly plan for, or invest in, Saskatchewan’s long-term care system. The report, entitled Crumbling Away: Saskatchewan’s Long-Term Residential Care Policy and Its Consequences was written...
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.