For the unity of all the sans-papiers collectives! For 58 days, from the 2nd may, on the initiative of the coordination 75 around 800 children, men, and women have occupied the Center of the Unions at rue Charlot (metro République) in Paris.
A brief account of Unison's national conference, 2008 A critical account of the 2008 Unison national delegate conference by libcom group member Steven…
Vietnam: 330 illegal strikes in six months A total of 330 strikes have been recorded so far this year and all of them were illegal because they were not led by the trade union and didn’t…
Mexico: Corona bottle makers face redundancy for supporting independent union Factory workers in San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico have been threatened by their bosses with the closure of their factory if they don't renounce their elected independent union in favour of the bosses' union.
Politics Without Parties - The future of trade unionism? The following report is from the National Union of Journalists Annual Delegate Conference fringe meeting 'Politics without parties - the future of trade unionism'.
Airport workers suspend hunger strike Airport workers suspend hunger strike after union gives guarantees that their demands will be met.
Two hunger strikers now in hospital Two of the three sacked airport workers on hunger-strike outside their union offices in Belfast are now in hospital. Earlier today Gordon McNeill…
Mahmoud Salehi's message from prison for the March 6 Day of Solidarity Imprisoned labor leader Mahmoud Salehi, one of the Saqqez 7 and member of Komiteye Hamahangi sends a statement in solidarity with workers and participants of the March 6 international day of solidarity with imprisoned Iranian labor activists.
Vallejo, California: Unions help city with lay-offs The city of Vallejo in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first city in California history to declare bankruptcy. However several unions are helping the city to cut jobs in an effort to ward off bankruptcy.
Mozambique: wildcats and sabotage on the sugar cane plantations 600 seasonal workers at the Xinavane sugar plantation in Maputo province of Mozambique have been on wildcat strike since last Friday (15th February).
Lionbridge: globalizing low wages In December 2007, a trade-union called “Krajowa Federacja Pracownikow (KFP)” (Worker’s Federation) was formed in Lionbridge Poland, a subsidiary of Lionbridge Technologies, a US-based multinational with subsidiaries all over the world.
1998: Danish private sector strike A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the…