Featured image for - Unions call for peace, solidarity and the protection of livelihoods as Cameroon sinks deeper into violence

Unions call for peace, solidarity and the protection of livelihoods as Cameroon sinks deeper into violence

17/08/2018

IUF affiliates in West and Central Africa have affirmed their determination to defend workers' livelihoods and work together for a...

Featured image for - Workers strike at Spanish luxury hotel over outsourcing and precarious jobs

Workers strike at Spanish luxury hotel over outsourcing and precarious jobs

17/08/2018

The housekeepers and valets of the upscale Hotel Be Live Experience in Lanzarote, in Spain's Canary Islands, are on strike...

Featured image for - IUF members spotlight company’s serial human rights offenses at Coca-Cola flagship store in Las Vegas

IUF members spotlight company’s serial human rights offenses at Coca-Cola flagship store in Las Vegas

17/08/2018

On August 13 members from IUF affiliates, including supporters from the IUF's affiliate BCTGM from across the USA and Unite...

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New law brings paid leave for victims of domestic violence in New Zealand

15/08/2018

New legislation adopted by New Zealand's Parliament provides victims of domestic violence 10 days paid leave to allow them to...

Featured image for - Jury finds Monsanto guilty of concealing glyphosate risks in landmark California trial

Jury finds Monsanto guilty of concealing glyphosate risks in landmark California trial

14/08/2018

The jury in the Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Co. court trial has found the company guilty of concealing the dangers...

Featured image for - IUF Young Workers celebrate International Youth Day 2018

IUF Young Workers celebrate International Youth Day 2018

13/08/2018

IUF Young Workers are organizing and taking back power: actions took place across the IUF regions on August 12, International...

Featured image for - Marriott workers in Italy win a new CBA

Marriott workers in Italy win a new CBA

08/08/2018

IUF-affiliated Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs have renewed the CBA for nine Marriott hotels in Italy, involving some 3.000...

Featured image for - Tea workers strike for living wage in West Bengal

Tea workers strike for living wage in West Bengal

08/08/2018

Tea workers in West Bengal held a three-day strike on the tea plantations August 7-9 in response to a deadlock...

Featured image for - Rise in deadly violence against land and environment rights defenders

Rise in deadly violence against land and environment rights defenders

27/07/2018

2017 was a year of record violence against environmental and land rights defenders, according to a recent Global Witness report,...

Featured image for - AMR, Superbugs and the workplace

AMR, Superbugs and the workplace

26/07/2018

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - the development of 'superbugs' resistant to antibiotic treatment - has emerged as a major global threat...

Featured image for - UK: Labour party commits to re-establishing Agricultural Wages Board

UK: Labour party commits to re-establishing Agricultural Wages Board

23/07/2018

The UK’s opposition Labour party has pledged to re-establish the Agricultural Wages Board, abolished by the Tory government in 2013....