Egyptian factory workers protests non-payment of wages following one worker’s suicide
Egyptian security forces responded heavily to the protest and sit-in by workers outside the Universal Appliances factory, using tear gas canisters to break up the protests
Amnesty underscores Qatar’s failure to investigate workers’ deaths in new report
The rights group asked the Qatari government to do more to investigate and identify the underlying causes of deaths of the foreign workers
US Supreme Court ends pandemic-related federal ban on evictions and other stories
Today we look at the lifting of a federal ban on evictions in the US, the Struggle for Life protest by Indigenous communities in Brazil, and more
Indefinite hunger strike by workers at Talema Electronics plant in Tamil Naidu, India
The protesting workers have complained that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been used by the administration as a pretext to delay wage revision
Peru’s election jury proclaims socialist Pedro Castillo as president and other stories
Today we look at the official declaration of Pedro Castillo as Peru’s next president, a strike by workers at a Frito Lay plant in the US against brutal working conditions, and more
Volvo Trucks workers on strike again in Virginia
The second wave of strike at the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Virginia, US comes after workers resoundingly rejected the second tentative deal offered by the company
Workers at Volvo Truck plant in US reject compromised deal
Close to 3,000 workers at Volvo Truck North America rejected a tentative deal negotiated by the company and the union by a 91% ‘No’ vote, opening up the possibility of strike action to resume
Protests in El Salvador after new assembly ousts Supreme Court judges and other stories
Today we look at the ousting of Supreme Court judges in El Salvador, the push towards the removal of Turkish forces from Libya, and more
In US, workers prepare for long haul as strike at Volvo Trucks finishes second week
Nearly 3,000 workers at Volvo Trucks North America have been on strike for two weeks. With no solution to the dispute in sight, workers are prepared for the strike to extend up to a month
Why delivery workers across the planet are rising up against exploitation
Even before the crisis of the pandemic, food delivery companies have seen their profits skyrocket while their so-called “self-employed” workers suffer rights violations and were banned from unionizing.
Port workers in Montreal strike over pressure tactics by employers
While workers have been on partial strike since April 13, pressure tactics by employers prompted an indefinite general strike, bringing Canada’s second largest port to a standstill
Brazil’s Supreme Court confirms judicial bias in cases against Lula and other stories
In today’s episode we take a look at the recent ruling in the corruption cases against Lula, a hunger strike by a Palestinian man imprisoned in Israel, protests against contractualization in Morocco, and the current political crisis in Turkey
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
