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Myanmars Garment Workers Are Calling for Fashions Support Myanmars Garment Workers Are Calling for Fashion Industry Support A demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on February 9, 2021. Getty Images / SAI AUNG MAIN Remake CEO Ayesha Barenblat and PayUp Fashions Elizabeth L. Cline hosted an emergency conference recently in which a number of union leaders and garment workers spoke of the current situation in Myanmar. The discussion primarily addressed how the military coup...

17.03.2021, 11:08 IndustriAll Global Union stands ready to make a fundamental decision. The international trade union of workers IndustriAll is ready to exclude Belkhimprofsoyuz from its ranks, Salidarnasts reports. - IndustriAll is ready to help financially strike committees and independent trade unions in Belarus, as well as to exclude Belkhimprofsoyuz. Also, the organizations will put pressure on the management of Belarusian enterprises, where the rights of workers are infringed upon, the n...

Members of the Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) lining up as part of the anti-coup protests on March 2, 2021. Photo: FGWM. As the Burmese military coup leaders escalated repression against the democracy uprising in the country this week, two Burmese union federations this week called for international pressure on their government. The Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) is asking for international sanctions against the regime. The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM...

Labour List MP The Local Electoral (Maori Wards and Maori Constituencies) Amendment Bill passed recently, giving councils the ability to create Maori Wards which will give Maori a more equitable say in how our local communities are run. This change was championed by local government organisations all across the country, with staunch support from Maori. A big thank you to all of the submitters from the Western Bay who believe in meaningful Maori representation at all levels. It was great to s...

As the Burmese military coup leaders escalated repression against the democracy uprising in the country this week, two Burmese union federations this week called for international pressure on their government. The Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) is asking for international sanctions against the regime. The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) is asking for

Vince Farrugia, kingmaker who ran small business lobby, dies aged 77 Small business leader who ran for Europe on PN ticket, dies aged 77 26 February 2021, 10:38am by James Debono The former director-general of the Chamber for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Vince Farrugia, has died aged 77. He was a long-time director of the GRTU.  Businessman Mario Debono, who heads the Chamber’s pharmaceutical sector, paid tribute to Farrugia – a former candidate for MEP who ran on the PN ticket in ...

Transcript: In conversation with Linton Kwesi Johnson Paul Gilroy: Hello, Im Paul Gilroy, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre at University College London. Im joined today by Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet and activist; somebody whose voice has been absolutely fundamental to presenting and to interpreting the consciousness of Black people in this country for many, many decades now. In the vernacular philosophical language of the 20th century Black freedom movement, to which Linton’s work a...

Molson Coors has locked out employees at its Toronto brewery, after the union rejected what the company called its “best and final offer.”

Unite union row over £98m hotel project General Secretary has defended Unites handling of the new conference centre Updated Len McCluskey leader of Unite the Union. (Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror) Get the inside track on the political scene with Liam Thorps weekly email, The Merseyside ReportInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recomme...

28 January, 2021A number of IndustriALL affiliates in Zambia and Zimbabwe are implementing recommendations from gender audits that took place in November and December 2020. The gender audits are a response to reports of increased violence against women during the Covid-19 lockdowns in most countries in Sub Saharan Africa. The gender audits stressed that although the unions are complying with labour laws on gender more needs to be done to protect the rights of women workers. ILO Convention 190 p...