News about the international labour movement

The plight of unionists in Hong Kong / 292 activists arrested since new security law in July 2021 / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: "The Freedom Song

Far-right increases in EU elections / How unions in Europe will fight back / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'All you Fascists Bound to Lose"

Unions at the ILO's 2024 conference / The Global Coalition for Social Justice / A world standard on biological hazards / And singing: 'We are Unstoppable'

Julian Assange and the death penalty / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'Free Julian Now!'

Huge surprise victory for US autoworkers / How Europe helped unionise the workers / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'There is Power in a Union'

The banks that are really pro-public / Why labour unions should support them / And singing: The Banks are Made of Marble

Plastic, plastic, everywhere / What workers can do about plastic pollution / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: "Plastic Ocean"

Unions celebrated at 2024 Oscars / Actors confront Artificial Intelligence / The LabourStart report about union events /And singing: 'Protect the Engine of Our Culture'

Labour fighting fascists to protect democracy / The ITUC's world-wide democracy campaign / How American labour is campaigning for democracy / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'We Shall Overcome"

Black History Month / Why are Black teachers quitting? / What can be done to fight racism / The LabourStart Report about unions / And singing: 'Let's Make it Fair'

Fascism worse than authoritarianism / The need for a labour fight-back / The LabourStart union report / And singing: 'You fascists bound to lose'

Labour's rage at the UN's COP28 / Supporting teachers in refugee camps / And singing" 'You Knew Granpa, You Knew'

How to organize app and gig workers / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'Stand Up for Our Union'

Right-wing fascists are on the move / The International Union of Food Workers Congress / How the first Starbucks was unionized / And singing: a Ukranian resistance song

A workers' uprising in the UK / Hundreds of thousands on strike / Labour's global leader steps down / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: "Hold That Line"

Saving the pensions of retirees / Young people are needed to help / How the AFL-CIO won a pension victory

Crisis and chaos in the aviation industry / Digitalization and Asian women workers / The LabourStart Report about union events / And singing: "A Woman's Place Is In Her Union"

Hundreds of millions depend on the sea for food / Millions more work directly in sea-related occupations / How the Maritime Labour Convention helps seafarers

Election for labour's global leader begins / Kemal Özkan and Luca Visentini in the race / Why teachers must be paid decent wages / The LabourStart Report about union events / And rappin': A new solidarity message

Why the new fascist right is rising / Authoritarian government in the South Pacific / A plea for support by Ukrainian teachers / The LabourStart Report about union events / And Woody Guthrie singing "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"

AFL-CIO elects first woman president / First unionist leader of ILO ending his term / The LabourStart Report about union events / And rappin' free-style union hip-hop

Saving the world's 160 million child labourers / The LabourStart report about world union events / And singing: 'Equality for You and Me'

Stealing migrant worker wages / Kellogg's fires 1,400 US employees / How unions are coping with COVID-19 / And singing: 'Hold That Line'

Labour at the UN's climate change conference / How to building a care society / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'You Knew Granpa, You Knew

The 2021 ITUC Global Rights Index / Supporting the LGBTQ community in the US / The plight of airline cabin crew workers / The LabourStart Report about union events / And singing: 'Hold that Line'

US PRO Act supports LGBTQ workers / AFL-CIO campaigns to have Act adopted

How to control out-of-control corporations / A solution is to empower labour unions

Poverty-level jobs in Bangladesh / Report calls on companies to act / Steelworkers want action now

Wind and solar replacing coal and gas / Major job transitions in four years needed / Labour wants a green, sustainable, economy

How unions are cooperating to confront COVID / Africa is now being hit harder by the pandemic / Global unemployment could lead to violent conflict / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing: 'The Equal Pay Song'

Building a post-pandemic care economy / Five steps to a better caring society

Biden to make union organizing easier / Caring for care workers during the pandemic / The LabourStart Report about union events / And singing: 'Union Ladies'

Labour helped win Democrat control of the US Senate / 1,000 day anniversary of Cargill's firing of workers in Turkey / The LabourStart Report about union events / And singing: 'All You Fascists Bound to Lose'

How Palestinian workers are suffering through COVID / The pandemic's devastating effect on southern Africa / The LabourStart report about events around the world / And singing: 'A Nurses' Lullaby'

The Elimination of Violence Against Women / Women in transport told to "man up" / ILO C-190 Convention can be a solution

Corporate tax abuse kills 30,000 children annually / More than $417 billion is lost to corporate tax evasion

Women teachers and the pandemic / A Just Transition for African workers / The LabourStart report on union events / And singing: 'All You Need Is Love'

Working for a sustainable transition / During COVID and a climate crisis / How labour organizations are responding

95,000 occupational deaths in US yearly / AFL-CIO releases annual safety report

COVID worsening existing workplace problems / World labour calls for social protection programmes

World Teachers Day celebrations / US educators teaching against Trump / ILO praises teachers during the pandemic

The post-pandemic reform of corporations / Labour calls for a new social contract

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200,000 seafarers stuck on ships / Green tech and women workers / The LabourStart report about union events / And rappin': 'A New Solidarity Forever'

Learning lessons about the pandemic / Teachers say no returning to old normal

A Canadian union takes on America's immigration police / With millions of jobs lost young people are hit the hardest / The LabourStart Report about union events / And singing: 'You Gotta Stand Up'