A STATEMENT FROM BWI – The Building and Wood Workers’ International Football is a game, but building stadiums is not child’s play. It is dangerous and tough labor. The workers who build the…Read more…
Job vacancy – USi Coordinator
Union Solidarity International (USi) seeks to appoint a new member of staff to develop USi’s digital media, and to help provide advice, support and training to the trade union movementRead more…
Top lawyer’s report for Unite the Union warns that the TTIP trade deal could pose a “serious risk” to the NHS
Cameron has the power to exclude the NHS from the trade deal – he must actRead more…
HSBC HQ stays in London, but workers force change globally
Victory for 250,000 HSBC workers has helped to create an alliance within UNI to address global concerns and grievances.Read more…
Anti-Union move rebuffed by Spanish acquittal in Malaga court
To strike is no crime – we will not be silenced…Read more…
Call for Fyffes to be expelled from ETI after Honduras worker abuse
Fyffes should be ejected by Ethical Trade Initiative for abuse of workers in tropical fruit plantations in Central AmericaRead more…
Former COSATU leader launches rival union federation in South Africa
Former general secretary of COSATU, Zwelinzima Vavi, announces launch of new federation on May Day.Read more…
Trade union researcher murdered in Egypt
Giulio Regeni was researching independent trade unions operating in a climate of repression. He disappeared on the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. His tortured body was discovered nine days…Read more…
A second life for independent trade unions in Egypt; another life snuffed out
… the simple fact that there are popular and spontaneous initiatives that break the wall of fear is itself a major spur for change …Read more…
Global union welcomes European move to exclude public services from trade agreement
EI is concerned that education does not become liberalised through TiSA, a bigger threat than TTIPRead more…
Unite the Union to tackle Fifa over Qatari World Cup workers’ grievances
A recent report in the UK tabloid newspaper, the Daily Mirror, has revealed that Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, intends to take on the international football establishment over…Read more…
Women farm workers in South Africa win equal pay, defeat zero hours
Women workers organised by radical South African union CSAAWU win gender equality and permanent jobs.Read more…
Rotterdam dockers take industrial action
Members of FNV Havens at the Port of Rotterdam have walked off their jobs after failing to reach an agreement with employers.Read more…
Flavour company sacks Turkish workforce
A multinational flavour giant has sacked its Turkish workforce for organising a union.Read more…
Strikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
There has been a record surge of strikes in China as the economy begins to falter.Read more…
Dave Prentis re-elected as leader of UK public sector union UNISON
UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, today announced that Dave Prentis had been re-elected as general secretary.Read more…
Feel the Bern: major union CWA endorses Sanders
Communication Workers of America becomes the latest union to endorse Sanders.Read more…
Michael Moore tells Donald Trump: We are all Muslim
In open letter posted on his Facebook page, left wing film maker Michael Moore tells right wing demagogue and Republican presidential candidate that “we are not angry white guys. We are all Muslim….Read more…
Glasgow campaigners target G1 Grinch
Union flash mob campaigners target notorious entertainment group G1’s premium venue The Corinthian for some Christmas mischief.Read more…
Russian and Turkish unions call for workers’ solidarity against war
DİSK in Turkey and KTR in Russia launch joint statement calling for solidarity and condemning war.Read more…