“If you don’t take them on globally, you won’t win” – how Fight for $15 in the US inspired the UK’s McStrike
“Most of us are on zero hours contracts, so we don’t know how many hours we will be getting each week. The managers cut one […]
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Poorest in Zimbabwe look for food in dumps
Tsanzaguru is a relatively new township in Rusape about 200km away from Harare. Residents complain that Rusape Municipality is dumping food in the area, inviting scavenging by unscrupulous vendors.
In Iraq, trade unions are helping to rebuild popular power
In Iraq’s May national elections, of the 329 parliamentary deputies chosen, Sairoon (meaning ‘Forward’ or ‘the Alliance for Reforms’) scored the biggest win – 55 […]
In California, more and more companies want to recruit autistic employees In California, more and more companies want to recruit autistic employees
Staring at his screen, Dakota Jordan adds the last touches to the cartoon he has been working on assiduously for weeks. “When I am creating, […]
“The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants” “The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants”
In 2015, Mohammed Arshad, 28, migrated to Saudi Arabia from Chittagong in Bangladesh with high hopes. He had plans to build a decent house, take […]
Illegal logging and poverty fuel local tensions in southern Senegal
In the early hours of 6 April 2018 Mustapha Gueye awoke to the buzz of a chainsaw outside his home in Sam Yero Gueye, a […]
Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018
Every year for the last five years the Global Rights Index has catalogued violations of freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to […]
Zimbabwe teachers’ unions divided over government offer
Even though they are divided over a 17,5% salary increase, trade unions representing teachers in Zimbabwe argue that class sizes, institutional accommodation for teachers as well as professionalization of teaching are still challenges facing education in Zimbabwe.
From open conflict to open-air gallery: can street art help heal Mostar?
This year marks the seventh edition of the Mostar Street Arts Festival which is running across Bosnia’s fifth largest city until 21 June. Bosnia and […]
As job precarity increases in post-coup Turkey, so do workplace death rates
Job-related deaths in Turkey have increased by ten per cent since the enactment of a state of emergency following a failed coup attempt in July […]
Afghan media’s “deadliest day” exposes the resolve, resilience and vulnerability its journalists
For a country that has endured decades of brutal war, foreign invasion and terrorist violence, the events of 30 April 2018 will go down in […]
In DR Congo, the world’s second largest forest is being ravaged as landless communities struggle for their rights
Thousands of logs loaded into makeshift boats at the port of Inongo at Lake Mai-Ndombe stand ready to be transported to Kinshasa, the capital of […]
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