Tomorrow trade ministers from EU countries will meet in Luxembourg at the Foreign Affairs Council where they are due to decide whether to approve the EU-Canada trade deal known as CETA. The TUC and unions across the EU and Canada are calling for governments to oppose the deal. A ‘joint…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…
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…
Dealing with the press – new NUJ public-order video for police training
The NUJ Freelance Office has produced a new public-order video designed to help police officers understand their roles and responsibilities with regard to the press during public-order situations….Read 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…
Unions on the march & uniting across Europe, USA and Canada to say no to Market Economy Status for China
Today Unite, GMB and Community held a March of Steelmakers in London which brought steel workers from across the country to Westminster to demand the government ensure the responsible sale of Tata Steel’s UK assets and deliver a sustainable industrial strategy. A key cause of the crisis currently…Read more…
Uber Alles
Uber drivers get unionised or maybe not…Read more…
Leaked treaty texts confirm TTIP threatens democracy
TTIP would undermine the ability of governments to promote health and safety and protect the environment against corporate depredation…Read more…
Hollande forces change to France’s labour laws
On Tuesday, May 10, despite protests that have lasted for weeks outside the French National Assembly and on the Paris streets, France’s socialist president François Hollande forced through a bill…Read more…