Addressing the hollowing out of transportation is critical…Read more…
EU Committee Investigates Atypical Work in the Media
…increasing numbers of workers are not covered by collective agreements…Read more…
Chicken coop private schools for Africa’s kids
Mugwena Maluleke reports on Bridge International Academies, a billionaire-funded company running substandard for-profit schools all across Africa and Asia Bridge International Academies (BIA) is an…Read more…
Free Trade: Winners and Losers
The collapse of the US-EU trade negotiations known as TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) seems — for the time being, at least — like a victory for the people. That at any rate…Read more…
Samsung chemicals endanger workers’ lives
Former Samsung worker’s death from cancer at 22 kicked off campaignRead more…
IndustriALL – Training for Gender Equality in Southeast Asia
Better maternity protection is a main campaign goal for this year’s World Day for Decent WorkRead more…
Unions remember workers who died for the Rio Olympics
Eleven dead and no word of comfort or sympathy from the IOC…Read more…
Ecuador’s Popular Unity backs teachers’ union
Marxist-Leninists versus Rafael Correa in a political showdownRead more…
South Korea: A government at war with democracy
They are gradually reducing the right of peaceful assembly to a privilege…Read more…
EU must hold Turkish president accountable for press freedom violations
We can’t remain silent while journalists are being arrested by dozensRead more…
Erdogan loyalists attack the media in wake of failed coup
To denounce the deterioration of the situation is not enough. The international community must act…Read more…
Strikes at Walmart stores in China spread
We struck to get our voices heard but we understand that striking is just a tool, not our goal…Read more…
USi at the GLI International Summer School 4th July – 8th July 2016
All this week, USi will be reporting from the Global Labour Institute (GLI) International Summer School at Northern College, Barnsley. The Summer School, now in its fifth year, is described as…Read more…
Mexico: six killed in teachers’ union protest
In Oaxaca city, protesting teachers set up an encampment in the city’s main squareRead more…
Third strike over unpaid wages at 2018 World Cup stadium
All stakeholders involved in preparations for the 2018 World Cup, including FIFA, should work to ensure labour rights…Read more…
Algerian labour rights defender convicted for Facebook video
The Algerian authorities have jailed many labour activists, in effect, for protesting unemployment…Read more…
Another first for Sisi as press syndicate leaders are detained, interrogated
The crisis surrounding the Journalists Syndicate shows that the Sisi regime will stop at nothing to intimidate the media…Read more…
Stalemate may be the best option
The only battles that you are sure to lose are the ones you don’t fight…Read more…
The chips are down
After a five month strike and an international campaign, the agreement represents a victory for the workers and addresses all of their major concerns…Read more…
Uber Alles
Uber drivers get unionised or maybe not…Read more…