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In the United States, the digital giants are baring their claws against emerging support for trade unions

17th June 2021 Equal Times 0

A little grey letterbox could lead to huge changes for employees at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse in Alabama. On 9 April, workers at the site overwhelmingly voted […]

The fight for safe rates for transportation workers in South Korea

20th January 2021 Equal Times 0

In the past decade, South Korea has emerged as one of East Asia’s most advanced digital economies, with e-commerce, ride-hailing, and other services all growing. […]

YouTubers of the world, unite! – what happens when a grassroots, international creators’ movement and a traditional trade union join forces?

6th October 2020 Equal Times 0

Jörg Sprave built his first slingshot at the age of six but didn’t think of pursuing his hobby further until almost 40 years later. At […]

Women farm workers achieve justice on the job in Morocco

11th March 2019 Equal Times 0

Wrapped in a warm pink headscarf and thick layers of sweaters and shirts, Nezha Chafik, a farm worker in Morocco, bends as she walks between […]

In Cambodia, Chinese workers earn more, but pay the price with diminished labour rights

25th February 2019 Equal Times 0

When dusk falls over the city, the diggers roars to life. The small team of workers laying the base of the 46-storey Morgan Tower in […]

Reinvesting in politics and citizenship: the experience of the yellow vests

7th February 2019 Equal Times 0

Saturday, 1 December 2018, Paris. The morning is just getting started and already the chic Champs-Élysées district is filled with the deafening sound of grenades. […]

From the fields of San Quintin to the supermarkets of North America: Mexican farmworkers call for solidarity

12th December 2018 Equal Times 0

They produce nearly half the fruit and vegetables eaten every year in the United States, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Mexican farm workers, […]

Transition is a given, but what can trade unions in the Global South do to ensure that it’s just?

5th December 2018 Equal Times 0

The 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins in Katowice, Poland in a […]

The Workers Lab: the union-backed accelerator helping to disrupt capitalism

21st August 2018 Equal Times 0

“Last month the first 800 workers started out, and these are people who will have access to healthcare for the first time ever,” explains Carmen […]

In Denmark, a historic collective agreement is turning the “bogus self-employed” into “workers with rights”

12th July 2018 Equal Times 0

In a world first, as of this August, hundreds of workers for a Danish online platform for cleaning in private homes will benefit from significant […]

“If you don’t take them on globally, you won’t win” – how Fight for $15 in the US inspired the UK’s McStrike

3rd July 2018 Equal Times 0

“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 […]

In Iraq, trade unions are helping to rebuild popular power

26th June 2018 Equal Times 0

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 […]

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