Fifteen workers of the Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) were sentenced to prison and flogging in Iran. Their crime: organising a strike action. HEPCO, an Iranian company that produces road construction equipment in Iran and the Middle East, was privatized last year. The plight of workers began right after the privatization. Before privatisation, 8000 people
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Wigan’s Royal Mail staff stage wildcat strike action in solidarity with sacked colleague
Workers from the Royal Mail delivery office in Wigan in Greater Manchester today morning have staged a spontaneous industrial action in support of a sacked colleague. The name and the reason for dismissal of the worker are yet unknown. Employees at the depot in Hallgate abandoned their workplace today morning, after learning that a colleague
BREAKING: following strike action cleaners organised in UVW win London Living Wage
UVW members at The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall win the London Living Wage (LLW) after three days of unprecedented coordinated strike action. After meeting yesterday the CEO and Leader of the council, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have committed to concede the cleaners’ demands to be paid the LLW
Cleaners organised in UVW launch three simultaneous migrant workers strikes across London
Cleaners organised in the United Voices of the World (UVW) trade union are walking out over pay and unfair working conditions at three of the wealthiest employers in the UK. The simultaneous strikes will take place at the Ministry of Justice, Health Care America and The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and are scheduled
40 days of struggle towards dignity
For 40 days, a sit-in strike in the Polish parliament building by a group of disabled children, young people and their parents, occupied the national media headlines, but barely made it to the international news. The protesters were demanding higher disability benefits and better access to health care. The uncaring and disrespectful way the government
Cleaners’ Living Wage strike threat takes just 30 hours to beat City bosses
The Bank of New York Mellon have given in to the pay demand from Latin American cleaners after a formal claim declaring potential strike action was handed in to their Canary Wharf office. The trade unionists, organised with grassroots group the United Voices of the World, will now be paid the London Living Wage of £10.20
Mexico: teachers strike against education reform
The CNTE teachers’ union called a 48-hour strike in southeastern Mexico, paralyzing traffic for hours in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. CNTE, or Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, is a teachers’ union in Mexico founded in 1979 as alternative to the mainstream Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) by teachers
University workers announce biggest ever outsourced workers strike in UK higher education
University of London workers organised by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) are to hold the biggest-ever strike of outsourced workers in UK higher education history. After a near unanimous vote in favour of industrial action, over 100 workers are expected to walk out on 25 and 26 April. Previous strikes have only included security officers, receptionists,
Hundreds to protest against outsourcing at University of London
Hundreds of people are expected to protest today at the University of London’s Senate House demanding an end to outsourcing of Uni’s essential staff. The protest is organised by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain’s (IWGB): the biggest union at the University of London’s central administration buildings. IWGB has launched its Back in-House campaign in September
Victory for LSE Cleaners
The London School of Economics cleaners will now officially be employees of the LSE from 5th March 2018. The move follows a series of strikes organised by United Voices of the World Union: a members- led trade union of mainly migrant and precarious workers, since late 2016. The strikes highlighed the disparities in sick pay, paid