• Walmart destroys Mexico's cultural heritage

    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.

     

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    Walmart Watch

    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.

     

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    Justice for Aminul Islam

    Bangladeshi garment workers’ union leader Aminul Islam was tortured and murdered in April this year. Support the campaign to bring his killers to justice.

     

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    Bangladesh: Demand Justice!

    More than 1,000 workers died – and the lives of their families ripped apart - when a factory making clothes for Primark, Matalan and Mango collapsed. Demand that these UK high street retailers take responsibility for their supply chains.

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    Tell Walmart and Disney to compensate Tazreen fire victims

    The Tazreen Fashion fire in Bangladesh killed 112 workers in November last year. Some brands have compensated family members for their loss, but Walmart and Disney refuse.

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    Nestle Chairman says water isn’t a human right.

    Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck says that water isn’t a human right, and that privatisation is the best way to ensure fair distribution. Tell him he’s wrong.

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    Egypt: the next revolution is the workers’ revolution

    23 July 2012

    This video in Arabic gives a flavour of the Mahalla strike. The ITUC reports that newly elected Egyptian president Morsi has intervened to settle a strike wave after a worker was killed. Striking workers at the Al-Samoly textile factory in Mahalla were attacked, and a worker, Ahmed Hosni, was killed. The attackers were allegedly acting [...]

    Podcast: USi Weekly update 29 June 2012

    29 June 2012

    This is our weekly update of news and union stories from around the world. Watch the video:   Or listen to the podcast:   Download We look at trade union law in Egypt, the Marcha Negra in Spain, and unrest in China. Also updates on our campaigns on Greece, India and Domestic Workers, and reports [...]

    News Round Up – 27 June

    27 June 2012

    Our trade union video of the day comes from striking firefighters in New South Wales, Australia, who used their fire engines to block city streets, and then hosed down the politicians who were attacking their Workers’ Compensation. A fantastically inspiring action – please watch and share. One of the earliest harbingers of the Arab Spring [...]

    News Round Up

    18 June 2012

    The latest from #Greece2012 which #USi has been following closely is that Alexis Tsipras, whose Left Syriza party emerged as the runner-up – winning 26.9% of the vote compared with the 29.7% garnered by the conservative New Democracy. Worryingly Golden Dawn – Neo-Nazis – was projected at winning between 6 and 7.5 percent, maintaining the [...]

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