CUT-Brazil, a trade union centre at the forefront of the feminist struggle
In 2012, measures were taken to ensure that female trade unionists would achieve parity in the biggest trade union in Brazil and Latin America, the […]
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China’s water grab in Tibet risks regional devastation and conflict
China’s unchecked mining expansion and dam construction across the Tibetan plateau, compounded by climate change melting glaciers, are threatening the Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges and other […]
Kenya’s private guards gain security through union organising
Private security guard John Wafula spends his 12-hour work day on the look out for anything that could harm visitors to the Nation Centre building […]
The Rohingya stuck between despair and insurgency
Black smoke rises in the distance. Arefa Begum realises that her house is in flames as she flees the violent military crackdown. The Burmese army […]
What’s behind mass fainting in Cambodia’s garment factories?
Chhim Saaim, 24, remembers the frightening week when she fainted three times at work. The young woman had moved to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh nearly […]
Sex worker by trade: how far do human rights go?
“The domestic workers managed to do it.” This is the slogan behind the sex workers’ campaign for an International Labour Organization (ILO) resolution establishing the […]
Thousands of outraged “slackers” protest against Macron’s labour law reforms
Without a minute’s hesitation, Cathy Le Gac swapped her nurse’s frock for a leather jacket and a good pair of walking shoes. She, together with […]
Cheap labour versus robots, who will sew the clothes of the future?
The t-shirt you are going to buy next month is probably being made at this very moment. It could be that a woman of about […]
Despite migration ban, Indonesian domestic workers still face forced labour and abuses in the Gulf
“I had only been at my employer’s house for a week and was hit and slapped repeatedly,” says Bu Tayem, a former domestic worker in […]
Can union organising help save Nigeria’s textile industry?
Funke Omoniyi Johnson is the founder of Mama Tee Fashion and Saidat Taiwo Oshodi is the proud owner of Sai Tai Enterprises Nigeria Limited. They […]
Brazil’s prisons still “ticking time bombs”
The images of the clashes and massacres in Brazilian jails that reached Europe a few months ago were met with shock and horror. Yet the […]
Locals fight evictions and zooming rents as old Lisbon gentrifies
In the picturesque Alfama district of Lisbon, Carla da Cunha and her family wonder where they will go when they are eventually forced out of […]
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