Precarious migrant cleaners lead the fight against outsourcing at London universities
“People told us ending outsourcing was impossible,” says Lenin Escudero. But after 11 years of campaigning, he and other cleaners at SOAS (the School of […]
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The stigma of being a prisoner, a woman and a mother in Cameroon
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The Chronicle Herald: the chronicle of a long industrial dispute in defence of the press
“The only thing workers have left to fight with to defend the right to put bread on the table for their children, when all other […]
Gold war in Colombia: traditional miners against the state
Luz Dary has spent more than half of her life in the mine. This 47-year-old Colombian woman is a chatarrera, a scrap collector: she toils […]
Esther Lynch: “Pitting workers against each other is not a good basis for the future of Europe”
The third round of Britain’s negotiations to exit the European Union, which took place between 28 and 31 August 2017, delivered precious little to reassure […]
Care drain in the Balkans
Nikica Martić and his family are looking forward to a new life in Germany. The 33-year-old doctor has been waiting for the “right moment” to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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