Category Archives: International Trade Unions

A report from Independent Bangla Garments Workers Employee Federation

November 19th Two garments workers (Badsha Mia and Ruma Akhter) were killed by police, while the garment workers were demonstrating (involved in struggle). The same incident caused 9 people to be injured by bullets, and more than 50 workers were wounded. As … Continue reading

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The New Tactics To Meet New Challenges

The recent right-wing press castigation of Unite Leverage is best proof yet of its effectiveness and shows the way forward for the union, writes Unite’s Sharon Graham The recent media hysteria, designed by Lynton Crosby to portray Unite as political … Continue reading

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Karl Marx In London

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Report outlines how Nissan is violating human rights in Mississippi.

A newly unveiled summary from the Mississippi NAACP and international labour law scholar Lance Compa describes how Nissan undermines workers’ freedom of association under International Labor Organization principles An extensive report by Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson and international labour … Continue reading

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Support striking workers at Crown in Canada

Crown Holdings, a U.S. based multi-national company, (also know as Crown Packaging and previously Crown Cork) is one of the major metal container and specialist packaging companies in the world, producing cans for beverage and food containers in 149 countries, … Continue reading

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Solidarity Rally With USW Local 8565 – Auroa, Ohio

Nine months ago, members of USW Local 8565 were forced into an unfair labor practice strike when executives at Rotek refused to bargain a fair contract. In January, 112 workers in Aurora were pushed onto a picket line, after 72 … Continue reading

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Review Of Napoleon Gomez’s ‘Collapse Of Dignity’ – Tribune

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Tell The UN To Respect Its Workers!

The United Nation’s central administration has decided to unilaterally adopt a labour-relations policy which rolls back hard-won collective negotiating rights for its staff representatives worldwide. At a time when collective bargaining and negotiating rights are under attack around the world, … Continue reading

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Free Huber! Sign the petition – Get involved.

At 15.30 on Sunday 25th August the Colombian trade union leader Huber Ballesteros was arrested in Colombia. Huber was an official TUC guest for the upcoming TUC conference. A JFC led delegation of trade unionists and politicians from Britain, Ireland, Canada and … Continue reading

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Bangladesh compensation meetings start September 11th

IndustriALL Global Union reports that it is working hard to get brands and retailers that sourced from Tazreen and Rana Plaza to participate in talks in Geneva on 11th and 12th September. The meetings will seek to achieve proper compensation … Continue reading

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