Iranian sugar workers still fighting for their rights ten years on post July 26, 2017 Gary Herman Workers are routinely harassed, dismissed and kept under constant surveillance… Read article
Iraqi unions: after free association, what next? post November 9, 2016 Gary Herman The troops fight for Mosul, Iraq’s unions fight for a fairer, freer country… Read article
The New Unionism—Part 2: Combined and Uneven Development opinions June 23, 2016 Gary Herman The mass strike is dead. Long live the mass strike. Read article
Algerian labour rights defender convicted for Facebook video post June 8, 2016 Gary Herman The Algerian authorities have jailed many labour activists, in effect, for protesting unemployment.. … Read article
Another first for Sisi as press syndicate leaders are detained, interrogated post June 2, 2016 Hiba Zayadin The crisis surrounding the Journalists Syndicate shows that the Sisi regime will stop at nothing to … Read article
Jailed journalists and a gag order to celebrate press freedom in Egypt post May 5, 2016 Gary Herman Unconditional support for Egyptian journalists against the flagrant assault on freedom of expression … Read article
IFJ condemns Iraqi censorship post April 29, 2016 Gary Herman The decision to suspend Al Jazeera’s licence to operate is deeply prejudicial in a country that badl … Read article
Workers Memorial Day 2016 post April 27, 2016 Gary Herman The welfare of workers should be our primary concern… Read article
West Bank teachers strike enters fourth week post March 9, 2016 Gary Herman After three weeks, Palestinian teachers say “Dignity for teachers” and “We continue”… Read article
Iranian workers struggle for justice post March 1, 2016 Mary Mclaughlan Maziyar Gilaninejhad of the Union of the Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) talks about the c … Read article
Iranian workers struggle for justice issues February 26, 2016 Gary Herman The economic situation in Iran is dire: the rate of unemployment and inflation is high, and the high … Read article
FIFA’s choice is simple: human rights matter! post February 26, 2016 Gary Herman A STATEMENT FROM BWI – The Building and Wood Workers’ International Football is a game, but building … Read article
HSBC HQ stays in London, but workers force change globally post February 19, 2016 Gary Herman Victory for 250,000 HSBC workers has helped to create an alliance within UNI to address global conce … Read article
Trade union researcher murdered in Egypt post February 9, 2016 Walton Pantland Giulio Regeni was researching independent trade unions operating in a climate of repression. He disa … Read article
A second life for independent trade unions in Egypt; another life snuffed out post February 9, 2016 Gary Herman … the simple fact that there are popular and spontaneous initiatives that break the wall of fear i … Read article
Unite the Union to tackle Fifa over Qatari World Cup workers’ grievances post February 5, 2016 Gary Herman “Every football fan, trade unionist and anybody who cares about decency must protest loudly.” Read article
Unions condemn murder of Palestinian taxi driver post November 26, 2015 Walton Pantland A Palestinian taxi driver was shot dead after a minor traffic incident with an Israeli settler. Read article
Only our solidarity can defeat ISIS opinions November 20, 2015 Walton Pantland The warmongers on all sides want a fight to the death. We choose life. Read article
Egypt: Mahalla textile strike enters second week post October 29, 2015 Anne Alexander A strike by thousands of textile workers at Egypt’s biggest factory entered its second week on Thurs … Read article
Anger over Ankara response is a product of Turkish government’s past record opinions October 15, 2015 Guest The Ankara bombings have to be seen in the context of the cycle of state-orchestrated violence that … Read article
Call for trade union solidarity with Turkish and Kurdish comrades opinions October 13, 2015 Stephen Smellie Stephen Smellie, Trade Union Liaison Officer for Peace in Kurdistan and Deputy Convenor of UNISON Sc … Read article
Tunisian union federation UGTT shares Nobel Peace Prize with civil society groups post October 9, 2015 Walton Pantland The union is part of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Pe … Read article
Breakthrough as radical Jewish-Arab union wins recognition for truckers post October 2, 2015 Walton Pantland A breakthrough for WAC-MAAN after a 5 year organizing drive: Movilei Dror trucking company recognize … Read article
We want democracy and peace, say Turkey’s Kurds post September 30, 2015 Stephen Smellie Press Statement by the UNISON Scotland Delegation who visited the Kurdish region in Turkey. Read article
Turkish unions: we are fighting government terrorism post September 30, 2015 Stephen Smellie Unison activist Stephen Smellie reports from Turkey on the state-sponsored abuse and terror meted ou … Read article
Saudi Arabia is turning Mecca into an Islamic Disneyland opinions September 24, 2015 Walton Pantland The tragic deaths during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca are the result of a capitalist takeover of I … Read article
Egyptian teachers protest repressive labour laws and low pay post September 11, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Teachers in Egypt have staged a demonstration in Cairo, demanding the resignation of the education m … Read article
What do we do about Syria? opinions September 11, 2015 Walton Pantland Syria is a three way proxy war involving the West, Turkey, Russia, Iran and the Gulf states. More We … Read article
Palestinian unions call for Israel boycott post September 11, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard meets the founder of the Palestinian National Boycott Committee in Ramallah Read article
“We want to live in peace. And tents” Bedouin booted off land they’ve lived on for generations post September 10, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the Negev Desert Read article
Occupying Hebron via the back door post September 9, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the West Bank Read article
This image sums up the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis opinions September 8, 2015 Ingemar Göransson One image from Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria – originally created to house Palestinian ref … Read article
Snakes up a tree! Palestinian date-pickers face daily peril post September 8, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the Jordan Valley Read article
CWU launches refugee aid appeal post September 8, 2015 Tim Lezard Trade unionists urged to send supplies to Calais Read article
United Electrical workers first US union to join Israel boycott post September 7, 2015 Walton Pantland At its national convention in Baltimore in August, the United Electrical Workers union (UE) adopted … Read article
Israeli soldiers evict Palestinian pensioner post September 7, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard reports from East Jerusalem Read article
Tear gas – an everyday experience for Palestinian children post September 4, 2015 Tim Lezard USi editor Tim Lezard reports from Palestine Read article
First victory for staff rights at Qatar Airways post August 27, 2015 Walton Pantland Qatar Airways will no longer sack cabin crew who become pregnant or marry after union campaign. Read article
Lebanese unions join You Stink protests over rubbish post August 24, 2015 Walton Pantland Lebanon has been rocked by #YouStink anti-government protests as waste piles up in the streets. Port … Read article
GMB call on Turkish Government to release Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan post August 13, 2015 Walton Pantland Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan should be freed to strengthen the peace process by enabling talks to … Read article
Why is Turkey bombing the Kurds? opinions August 5, 2015 Kamran Matin Given interlocking domestic, regional, and international developments, the AKP has launched attacks … Read article
Trade union leaders: Sisi is not welcome in the UK post July 30, 2015 Walton Pantland Mark Serwotka of PCS and Dave Ward of CWU join Unite and other trade unionists to campaign against D … Read article
Turkish crack down on “terror” leads to raids on teachers’ union post July 29, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Statement released by Turkish union teachers’ union Eğitim-Sen after police raids: “We have acted in … Read article
The union bringing Arab and Jewish workers together post July 21, 2015 Walton Pantland Israel and the Palestinian territories is a difficult place to be a trade unionist. WAC-MAAN brings … Read article
Does Israel benefit from chaos in the Middle East? opinions July 21, 2015 Roger van Zwanenberg Are our foreign policies really concocted by idiots? Is “cock up” theory sufficient to explain the c … Read article
FC Barcelona election will decide fate of Qatar Airways sponsorship deal post July 17, 2015 Walton Pantland Tomorrow’s FC Barcelona presidential elections are likely to seal the fate of any further sponsorshi … Read article
Where next for unions in Palestine? post June 16, 2015 Tim Lezard Palestine Solidarity Campaign hosts special trade union conference Read article
Manifest Destiny, Imperialism and World Power opinions May 15, 2015 Roger van Zwanenberg What is it that allows a State to believe that it is superior to all others, and can, as a consequen … Read article
Why do we have a refugee crisis? opinions April 23, 2015 Roger van Zwanenberg Possibly more words have been written about immigration than any other subject, in recent times. Is … Read article
Stop Israel playing international football opinions April 2, 2015 Ronnie Kasrils Anti-apartheid veteran and former South African government minister Ronnie Kasrils calls for an inte … Read article
Lebanese teachers join public sector strike post March 31, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Teachers in Lebanon joined a strike across the public sector yesterday, fighting for decent pay. Read article
Egyptian teachers protest short term contracts post March 26, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Teachers in Egypt have been protesting outside the Ministry of Education demanding to be put on perm … Read article
Egypt: meet brutal Sisi’s British backers opinions March 20, 2015 Walton Pantland Egypt’s leader Abdelfattah el-Sisi is brutally crushing dissent. These are his British backers. Read article
Tunisian primary teachers to take action post March 19, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Primary teachers in Tunisia are to strike on April 15th, joining their secondary colleges who are al … Read article
Saudi rap video highlights migrant worker abuse videos March 6, 2015 Walton Pantland This three-minute Arabic hip hop video highlighting the abuse of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia has … Read article
Eastern Euphrates entirely liberated by Kurdish Defence Units post March 6, 2015 Walton Pantland Kurdish partisans have pushed back ISIS fighters on the Western front of Kobane. Read article
Tunisian teachers strike this week post March 3, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Tunisian secondary teachers are on strike this week demanding increased education funding, and in pa … Read article
The heat is on: union attacks World Cup double standards post February 25, 2015 Tim Lezard UCATT renews criticism of FIFA over Qatar tournament Read article
Qatar Airways boss Al Baker challenged to prove ‘bullshit’ claim post February 23, 2015 Walton Pantland Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al Baker – infamously one of the worst bosses in the world – was exposed rec … Read article
The Threat of War opinions February 16, 2015 Roger van Zwanenberg We need to step back from the brink before we are engulfed in a new world war. Read article
Turkish union mobilises volunteers to rebuild Kobane post February 12, 2015 Walton Pantland 12,000 members of DISK have pledged their willingness to assist in rebuilding Kobanê after Kurdish f … Read article
Bringing Gaza to Glasgow: Council spends £24 million on high tech spying kit from Israel post February 9, 2015 Walton Pantland The UK Government and Glasgow City Council are spending £24 million trialling Israeli surveillance e … Read article
Iranian teachers continue their fight for Living Wage post February 5, 2015 Teacher Solidarity Teachers in Iran are continuing their fight for a living wage. Many teachers across the country stru … Read article
Solidarity protest with blogger Raif Badawi at Saudi Embassy, Dublin videos January 26, 2015 Paula Geraghty The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Amnesty International, Ireland co-hosted a protest outsi … Read article
Event in Glasgow: Save Kobane, Defeat ISIS opinions January 21, 2015 Stephen Smellie Solidarity with Kurdistan Saturday 31 January, 11am to 3pm (doors open 10.45) UNISON House, 14 West … Read article
Kurdistan issues December 12, 2014 Walton Pantland When Kurdish fighters in the town of Kobane, on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, bravely r … Read article
Trade union delegation to Kurdistan and Kobane releases statement opinions December 2, 2014 Stephen Smellie Following our visit to Kurdistan where we met refugees from the battle for Kobane and Yazidi refugee … Read article
Union calls for independent investigation into Palestinian bus driver’s death post November 24, 2014 Walton Pantland Yousef Hasan Alramouni The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today registered its de … Read article
What about the dying workers? Unions slam FIFA report for ignoring Qatar construction deaths post November 14, 2014 Tim Lezard by Tim Lezard Unions have criticised FIFA’s report on the Qatar World Cup bid, saying it mentions no … Read article
Turkish police attack health workers for treating Kobane refugees post November 10, 2014 Stephen Smellie Police officers have kicked in the doors of a rehabilitation facility providing services to injured … Read article
Kobane is not just a Kurdish issue post November 6, 2014 Stephen Smellie Standing on the hill overlooking Kobane from the Turkish side of the border you can hear explosions … Read article
The refugee problem in Diyarkabir post November 4, 2014 Stephen Smellie A delegation of British trade unionists met with Kurdish leaders. Read article
10,000 Demonstrate In Diyarbakir for Kobane post November 4, 2014 Stephen Smellie Yesterday 10,000 Kurds demonstrated in Diyarbakir in support of Kobane, the Kurdish town on the Syri … Read article
Hunger strike campaign spreads as Cairo activists call for international solidarity post October 8, 2014 Walton Pantland By Egypt Solidarity Students and staff at universities in Cambridge, Berlin and Athens are planning … Read article
The struggle of Palestinian refugees is not isolated opinions October 8, 2014 Waad Ghantous A Palestinian refugee visits the ruins of her ancestral village. Read article
Labour MPs back union campaign to end Qatar exploitation post September 25, 2014 Tim Lezard Scores of Labour MPs have thrown their support behind the campaign to end the exploitation of migran … Read article
Turkish Teachers Fight Unemployment post September 23, 2014 Teacher Solidarity Thousands of newly qualified teachers are still facing years of unemployment, despite shortages of t … Read article
Labour MPs join UCATT to show Qatar the red card post September 22, 2014 Tim Lezard Labour MPs Jim Murphy MP the shadow international development minister, Clive Efford MP the shadow m … Read article
Stop targeting media workers as a weapon of war, says NUJ post September 19, 2014 Tim Lezard The NUJ has condemned the latest video released by ISIS in which British photo-journalist John Cantl … Read article
ASLEF urges Labour to act over Gaza post September 15, 2014 Tim Lezard Protesters at the port of Oakland. Photo: Block the Boat Coalition. by Tim Lezard ASLEF has urged th … Read article
Gaza horror: humanitarian appeal launched for Palestinian journalists post September 12, 2014 Tim Lezard by Tim Lezard A humanitarian appeal has been launched for Palestinian journalists wounded and made h … Read article
Israeli ship forced to leave port of Oakland after community and union protest post August 20, 2014 Walton Pantland Protesters at the port of Oakland. Photo: Block the Boat Coalition. – By Transport Workers Solidarit … Read article
Ferguson, Marikana, Gaza: what they have in common opinions August 19, 2014 Walton Pantland Armed police in Ferguson – By Richard Pithouse In colonial wars the occupying power invariably reach … Read article
Ireland National Demonstration for Palestine post August 12, 2014 USi Live The past month has seen protests for Gaza taking place in countless towns and cities around I … Read article
Irish activists demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador post August 4, 2014 Walton Pantland Over 4,000 marched in Ireland this Saturday to demand the expulsion of Israeli Ambassador over war c … Read article
First transport union solidarity medical aid cargo arrives in Gaza post July 28, 2014 Walton Pantland The first ITF solidarity shipment ready to depart Jordan for Gaza A first cargo of medical aid sent … Read article
It’s time to boycott apartheid Israel opinions July 25, 2014 Walton Pantland Jewish Voice for Peace activists show solidarity with Gaza in New York – By Walton Pantland The news … Read article
Solidarity with the people of Gaza post July 23, 2014 Mary Mclaughlan Over the last week, the world has been shocked and stunned at the killing of hundreds of inno … Read article
Union aid supplies on way to Gaza post July 23, 2014 USi Live As its first lorryload of medical supplies begins its journey to Gaza, the ITF (International … Read article
UK national demo for Gaza this Saturday post July 17, 2014 Walton Pantland Gaza National Demonstration London Stop the Killing • Stop the Bombing 19 July 2014 • Assemble 12 No … Read article
NUMSA calls for expulsion of Israeli ambassador to South Africa post July 16, 2014 Walton Pantland Photo by BDS South Africa – By Hlokoza Motau The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUM … Read article
Transport unions demand release of Iranian unionist Reza Shahabi post July 14, 2014 Walton Pantland The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has demanded the release of Reza Shahabi, the … Read article
Transport unions condemn Gaza airstrikes and launch appeal to aid victims post July 14, 2014 Walton Pantland An ITF aid shipment to Gaza in 2009 The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has condem … Read article
UNITE Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People post July 14, 2014 Walton Pantland Demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in London on Saturday UNITE the Union unreservedly condemn … Read article
Bread and Iron: the struggle of Syrian workers in Lebanon post June 30, 2014 Walton Pantland Wood carrier. Photo by Doreen Hasan Bread and Iron is a film about Syrian workers in Lebanon. … Read article
Journalism is not a crime: #FreeAJStaff opinions June 24, 2014 Walton Pantland BBC journalists express their solidarity with colleagues at Al Jazeera Today we received the shockin … Read article
A storm is brewing over FIFA – help end Qatar’s slave state opinions May 30, 2014 Walton Pantland Qatar is a modern slave state. Its citizens are the richest in the world, but for 1.4 million … Read article
FIFA的风暴来临——让我们一起来帮助卡塔尔奴隶制状态下的施工工人 opinions May 30, 2014 Walton Pantland 卡塔尔是一个现代的奴隶制国家。它的公民是全世界最富有的，但是对1400万的流动工人来说，没有任何权利保障的恶劣施工环境却是习以为常的事。 许多流动工人都是被雇佣来修建卡塔尔2020年的世界杯场馆。这件 … Read article
Solidarity group calls for release of Iranian trade unionist on hunger strike post April 16, 2014 Walton Pantland Shahrokh Zamani Please retweet or copy this tweet to show your support @HassanRouhani Release … Read article
The case against Qatar post March 17, 2014 Walton Pantland The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released a new report, called The Case Agains … Read article
Women speak out for Qatar Airways staff on March 8th post March 7, 2014 Walton Pantland Women around the world will be backing staff at Qatar Airways (QR) who are subject to victimisation … Read article
Stand up for women at Qatar Airways on March 8 post March 5, 2014 Walton Pantland Did you know that women workers at Qatar Airways need permission to get married, can face the sack f … Read article
Qatar: what can we do? post February 19, 2014 Walton Pantland BWI and its Swiss affiliate Unia protest outside the FIFA headquarters in Zurich last year Qatar is … Read article
Bahrain: tell Yokogawa to reinstate dismissed trade union leader post February 4, 2014 Walton Pantland Retweet this: @Yokogawa reinstate dismissed leader of @YLUBH and recognise the union #Bahrain http:/ … Read article
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