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LabourStart is the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. Founded in 1998, we are the web's best source of trade union news, uploaded by our volunteers in dozens of languages. Our online campaigns, offered free of charge to trade unions, often help win victories for workers around the world. And from time to time, we hold Global Solidarity Conferences in different cities. Please visit our website at https://www.labourstart.org and support with a donation (if ...
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Welcome to the American Trade Unionist! My name is John Kahrhoff and I am member of IBEW Local 1 in St. Louis. I established this daily podcast to help distribute the IBEW’s message to the men and women of the Carpenters’ Electrical Local 57. Compared to my work in the field an organizer’s job is pretty straightforward. I simply provide unrepresented electrical workers with the information they need to make an informed decision regarding the IBEW. What makes this work challenging is when com ...
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Send us a Text Message. An interview with Judith Kirton-Darling, general secretary of IndustriAll Europe, about the ongoing fight of Liberty Steel workers in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the face of catastrophic job losses. Judith talks about the background to the struggle, including latest developments, including a walk out this morni…
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Send us a text This week we interviewed Srđan from Radnicki Glas (Workers Voice) in Serbia. The group is very involved with the ongoing campaign at the Yura factories in Serbia -- which is the subject of a LabourStart ActNOW campaign. (Click here to learn more.) We talked about unions and workers in general in Serbia and the specific issues faced b…
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Send us a text We spoke with David Edwards just three weeks before the opening of the congress of the Education International, which unites trade unions of teachers and other educational professionals. The EI is one of the biggest global unions -- it has 383 member organisations, representing more than 32 million people in 178 countries and territo…
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Send us a text Less than 24 hours after the results of the first round of the French legislative elections were known, and with the threat of a far Right government for the first time since Vichy, we interviewed Judith Kirton-Darling. Judith is General Secretary of IndustriAll Europe, which represents 7 million working men and women united within 2…
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Send us a text Earlier this month there were giant protests across Argentina following the attempts by the country's new president, Javier Gerardo Milei, to impose his dystopian vision on the country. Milei's government is cracking down on workers' rights, downsizing and privatising much of the public sector, and triggering a huge increase in unemp…
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Interview with Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
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Send us a text This week, we spoke with Esther Lynch, the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). The ETUC represents 45 million members from 93 trade union organisations in 41 European countries, plus 10 European Trade Union Federations. In a wide-ranging discussion, we spoke about the upcoming European elections and wh…
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Send us a text Khaing Zar is President of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) and Treasurer of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM). Forced into exile following the military coup d'etat in February 2021, she is a leading spokesperson for the embattled trade unions of her country, which have now been effectively banned…
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Interview with Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the European Public Service Union (EPSU)
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Send us a text This week we interviewed Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the European Public Service Union (EPSU). EPSU brings together trade unions from across Europe. It influences the policies and decisions of employers, governments and European institutions that affect public service workers, their families and communities. It mobilis…
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Interview with Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
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Send us a Text Message. Luc Triangle is the new general secretary of the global labour movement's peak body, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The ITUC represents 191 million workers united in 340 affiliated national trade union centres around the globe. We spoke with Luc about the ITUC's new "For Democracy" campaign, about the gl…
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Send us a text Rebecca Owens is a proud flight attendant and active member of AFA (Association of Flight Attendants)-CWA Council 30 in Anchorage, Alaska. She has stepped up as her union is in contract negotiations at Alaska Airlines by helping to organize informational pickets, volunteering to go on camera to share the stories of her union brothers…
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Interview with Amanda Gearing and Darren Westwood about the strike by Amazon workers in the UK
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Send us a text Darren is an Amazon worker and Amanda is a senior organiser for the GMB union in the UK. Together, they tell a story of low pay, union busting and an atmosphere of fear at Amazon -- but also a story of courage, solidarity and hope as workers unite and take on one of the largest and most powerful corporations in the world. Learn more …
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Send us a Text Message. When Bea Bruske was a teenager she found herself walking a picket line for many months -- a strike prolonged unnecessarily because her employer had hired scabs. Today she's the President of the Canadian Labour Congress and is leading the fight for anti-scab legislation. A bill now making its way through the Canadian federal …
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Send us a Text Message. The textile workers at Egypt's state-owned Mahalla factory have a history they can be proud of -- their strikes helped to bring down the Mubarak dictatorship. In March 2024, when the Egyptian government decided to exclude them from a minimum wage equal to US $120 (per month - before taxes), they rose up in protest, led by wo…
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Send us a text Australia under its new Labor government is seeing a huge revival of the trade union movement with new "closing loopholes" laws that strengthen workers' rights. At the centre of the struggle is Sally McManus and the Australian trade union movement. Sally is a fighter and is often quoted saying: "I believe in the rule of law where the…
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Send us a text Colombia used to be described as the most dangerous place on earth to be a trade unionist. Sadly, that is still the case. But as Nick MacWilliam from the UK-based, trade union-backed Justice for Colombia explains, things are getting better. Colombia now has a progressive president, supported by the unions, and Nick -- who has just re…
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Send us a text Kazem is in charge of international relations at Free Them Now, which was set up in 2005 to build international support for jailed workers in Iran. News from Free Them Now can be found on LabourStart's Iran page.由Eric Lee - LabourStart
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Send us a text Marc Belanger was doing labour education and union organising online back in the 1980s. That's NOT a typo -- he established SoliNet (Solidarity Network) for Canada's largest union, CUPE, nearly 40 years ago. He went on to run the International Labour Organisation's training centre in Turin, Italy and now is back in Canada, where he f…
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Interview with Carolina Dantas – Project Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI)
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Send us a Text Message. We spoke with Carolina about the situation in Panama where the government has been attacking the construction workers' union, accusing the union leaders of 'terrorism' and closing off their bank accounts. The union and BWI have mobilised global support, including a LabourStart campaign -- and the government is feeling the pr…
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Send us a text We interviewed Olesia about the situation of Ukraine's workers and their unions. While she was speaking to us in Kyiv, she reported that a Russian missile attack was taking place at the same time. Olesia's message to the workers and trade unions of the world is essential listening - please share this widely! To learn more about the s…
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Send us a Text Message. In this conversation with LabourStart's Eric Lee, Liza talks about the past, present and future of the trade unions in Belarus.由Eric
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Are you a member of the Carpenters’ Electrical Local 57? Do you have questions about the IBEW or our campaign to help you? Please consider jumping on during our Microsoft Teams “live” event on April 4th, from 5 to 6 pm. You can join anonymously through your web browser and ask any questions you may have to two IBEW Business Managers, Local 1’s Fran…
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We invite the members of the Carpenters' Electrical Local 57 to join our live Microsoft Teams event, "Ask the Business Managers," hosted by Local 1, IBEW Business Manager Frank Jacobs and Local 309, IBEW, Business Manager Chris Hankins. Please review the information published on jointheibew.org and feel free to drop any questions you have in the ch…
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Liberating workers living under a substandard agreement is impossible if they are paralyzed by fear. Here is the link to the NLRB's Employee's Rights poster: https://www.nlrb.gov/news-publications/publications/employee-rights-notice-posting由American Trade Unionist
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A 57 member asks, "If I sign a card, will you promise to get me in the IBEW?" John Kahrhoff answers him in this episode. Visit https://jointheibew.org/ to learn more!由American Trade Unionist
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A labor dispute between two powerful labor unions and its detrimental impact on St. Louis working families. Visit https://jointheibew.org/ to learn more!由American Trade Unionist
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In the third in our 'The Future Is Now' series, celebrating the TUC's Year of the Young Worker, Joanne Findlay speaks to young member Ellie Drake about her experience of visiting Cuba, the importance of international solidarity and transferable lessons for our work in the United Kingdom.由UNISON North West
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In the second of our young workers 'The Future is Now' series, Lyndsey Marchant interviews UNISON representative, nurse and young member Ian Mooney由UNISON North West
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In our August edition, James Bull speaks to TUC digital expert Anthony Hayes, and in our first special edition in honour of the 'Year of the Young Worker, Jack, Sam and Joel from the UNISON North West Young Members' Forum talk about what inspired them to get more involved in UNISON, what they get out of being involved and active in a trade union an…
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Featuring interviews with Dr. Sundari Anitha and Dr. Ruth Pearson on their book 'Striking Women, struggles and strategies of South Asian women workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet' and David Arnold of Unions21 about his thoughts on how we can revitalise the British Trade Union Movement. Plus clips from strike rallies in support of Alternative Futu…
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Featuring interviews with Ralph Darlington, Professor of Industrial Relations at Salford University Business School, who discusses an alternative view of the TUC's history, and CJ Grimes, digital campaign expert and architect of the US Fightfor$15 campaign. Music by Podington Bear used with a creative commons license. Presented by James Bull…
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This month, James Bull speaks to 'We Own It' founder Cat Hobbs about privatisation and public ownership, UNISON Knowsley Branch activists Paula Carlysle and James Robinson about their successful campaign to prevent the outsourcing of social care services, and we hear from the pickets at Bolton Hospital where domestics, porters, catering and mainten…
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In our July 2018 edition of Organising to Win, we speak to workers involved in the victorious campaign to stop the privatisation of 900 NHS jobs in Wigan about their experience of taking industrial action and winning. Also in the 150th year since the TUC was founded, we interview TUC NW Regional Secretary Lynn Collins, TUC Deputy General Secretary …
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In this episode, James Bull speaks to UNISON Assistant General Secretary Roger McKenzie about the union's journey to becoming an organising union, and discusses the ongoing pensions dispute in Universities with Universities and Colleges Union Regional Official Martyn Moss. Music by Podington Bear, used under a creative commons license.…
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Featuring interviews with American union organiser Jono Shaffer and UNISON Stockport Local Government Branch environmental representative Don Naylor. UNISON NW Regional Secretary Kevan Nelson also reflects on the organising successes of 2017, and looks ahead to the challenges which may come our way this year. Music by Podington Bear used under a cr…
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In our July episode, we consider how trade unions can tackle the issue of disruptive technology, artificial intelligence and the 'digitisation' and fragmentation of jobs using online platforms. James Bull speaks to Nigel Flanagan of UNIGlobal and Sarah Glenister of the Institute of Employment Rights. Music by Podington Bear, used under a creative c…
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In this month's edition, James Bull talks to Sarah Glenister of the Institute of Employment Rights about their policy paper 'A manifesto for Labour Law', which informed the influential 2017 Labour Party manifesto. Music by Podington Bear used under a creative commons license.由UNISON North West
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We report from the Manchester Mayoral Hustings organised by CitizensUK, where UNISON challenged mayoral candidates on their commitment to social care, and James Bull speaks to CitizensUK's Furquan Naeem about how the organisation can help empower communities and workers around areas of common concern. Music by Podington Bear used under a creative c…
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