Casual Workers
University and College Union secures big win against work casualization in the UK
Following UCU-led negotiations with the Open University (OU) authorities, 4,800 casualized associate lecturers are now entitled to contracts and other rights
In Sri Lanka, union intervention rescues stranded migrant workers
Thousands of migrant Sri Lankan workers and casual employees were stranded in boarding houses after the government imposed a curfew. They are being sent home through the intervention of the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union
- Scotland’s People’s Health Assembly will address impact of inequity and alternatives
- UN appeals for aid for war-torn Syria
- Tunisian groups call for humane treatment of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
- Lula calls for group to discuss cooperation model with South American presidents
- Israel starts resettling former illegal outpost of Homesh in occupied West Bank
