Hosted by IndustriALL Global Union’s French affiliate FO-Métaux at its premises, the fourth meeting of the global union network extensively debated the transformation programme. Transform and Grow is based on two pillars: acceleration of products and solutions portfolio management, and...
The topic was: the future of work and the role of trade unions, social dialogue, industrial relations and co-determination.Commending the GLU programme, Thulas Nxesi, the South African minister of employment and labour, who was at the conference, stressed:“Skilling and reskilling...
The rally, which was held on 25 October in Santiago's Plaza Italia, has been dubbed "the biggest demonstration in Chile" on social media. According to official figures from the Santiago Metropolitan Area, more than a million people took part in...
On 24 October, two EI affiliates in Zimbabwe, the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) submitted a petition to Parliament, calling on the government to grant full collective bargaining rights to public sector workers. Speaking...
By the time tens of thousands of protestors defied a government curfew to gather in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on 29 October, the death toll had reached the hundreds. Security forces have used live ammunition and snipers on rooftops to...
Baltabay was released from prison in August 2019 after being pardoned by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, following a massive international union campaign for the liberation of the union leader. However, Baltabay's release from prison in August did not put an end to legal...
Research on the current state of unions in the world, commissioned by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities on the occasion of the International Labour Organisation’s Centenary celebration, shows that trade unions have enormous challenges ahead of them. Important changes in...
The Iraqi Teachers’ Union called for a four-day strike starting on 28 October in solidarity with demonstrators urging public authorities to provide jobs, quality public services and to put an end to a political system that has failed them. The...
“United, One Goal, One Voice” read a banner during the signing ceremony of the ground-breaking agreements between unions and informal workers’ associations in Nairobi on 29 October. The agreements will promote “a partnering framework for parties in addressing the issues...
Esmail Bakhshi was released on heavy bail اسماعيل بخشي با قيد وثيقه سنگين آزاد شد! Esmail Bakhshi was released on a heavy bail of 750,000,000 toman today, Wednesday, October 30, 2019, from the Evin prison in Tehran. He was welcomed...