15 May 2013

Part of the ancient Teotihuacán site, pictured right, is now underneath a Walmart, after Walmart bribed local officials. Walmart destroys Mexico’s cultural heritage for profit.   More

15 May 2013

Walmart is the biggest private sector employer in the world.  Whether they’re undermining wages or building stores on ancient archaeological sites, let’s keep an eye on them.   Watch

1 May 2013

Aminul Islam was a leader of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers’ Federation and a senior organiser for the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, a workers’ rights organisation. Weeks after winning a major commitment from American clothing giant Phillips-Van Heusen to improve labour conditions in the garment factories of Bangladesh, he was found tortured and murdered. His killers [...]

27 September 2012

Tafadzwa Choto, one of the Zimbabwe 6, recently visited the UK on a trade union solidarity visit. She is campaigning for support for herself and the other five socialists and activists who were recently tried and convicted by Mugabe’s regime of ‘conspiracy to commit public violence’. The STUC Conference in April this year unanimously backed [...]

13 September 2012

Over 300 workers were killed in devastating factory fires on 11 September at a garment factory in Karachi and a shoe factory in Lahore, Pakistan. Support the campaign by IndustriALL and LabourStart to demand action. Various reports indicate that workers could not escape the fire because the factory buildings lacked basic fire safety standards and [...]

6 September 2012

USI are looking to bring about sustainable change in the brick kiln sector through a process of mobilisation, union organisation and education. We want you to take action by participating in the forums and helping to raise money for this vital campaign which will benefit an estimated 7,500 workers. Thanks for sharing – and helping to build union solidarity. Find on our website here: http://usilive.org/campaign/india-ensuring-social-security-for-brick-kiln-workers/

6 August 2012

Join in USi’s Greek Solidarity campaign as we build a daily exchange between trade unions and their members in Greece. By getting involved in the campaign we want you to take a number of actions including participating in the forums and helping to build practical support on the ground by raising money. Thanks for sharing – and helping to build union solidarity. Find on our website here: http://usilive.org/campaign/greece/

6 August 2012

The issue of domestic workers across the World is a vitally important one and the battle goes on after the implementation of ILO Convention 189. The UK Government shamefully remains a non-signatory. We want you to take action by participating in the forums and continuing to raise awareness. Thanks for sharing – and helping to build union solidarity. Find on our website: http://usilive.org/campaign/domestic-workers/

6 August 2012

US union Unite Here is calling for an global boycott of Hyatt hotels. Hyatt has a very poor track record on workers’ rights, particularly those of immigrants and women. Hyatt has fired whole hotels full of loyal staff, who have been forced to train replacements on worse terms and conditions. Hyatt turned heat lamps on [...]

6 August 2012

Things are heating up with the fight for justice at Palermo’s Pizza in Wisconsin, USA. During a week of action in July a petition with more than 15,000 others was delivered to Palermo’s executives that sent a strong message that the workers won’t stand for unfair treatment of Palermo’s workers. This is a campaign for [...]