Union busting
Labor movement leaders pledge to keep up the fight following Trump’s win

Labor leaders weigh in on the very real threats Trump poses to the organized and unorganized workers

Samsung Chennai strike completes a month amidst rising state repression

Both Samsung management and the government have refused to recognize the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU), the primary demand of the striking workers

Bill protecting workers against union-busting advances in US Congress

The legislation, celebrated by labor leaders, organizers, and workers, would protect the right to organize a union. Practices such as captive audience meetings that are meant to dissuade workers from forming unions will be banned under this proposed law

Former Starbucks head in the hot seat

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testified in front of the US Senate as the company faces huge criticism for union-busting tactics. So far, 293 Starbucks stores across 37 states are unionized

Starbucks workers US Unionization spreads across Starbucks outlets in US despite efforts to intimidate workers

According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote

Over 1,000 Palestinians face illegal expulsions in the Occupied West Bank and other stories

Today we look at Israel’s attempts to displace Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, the approval of the US extradition of former Honduran President Hernandez, and more

Outsourced Facebook content moderators face trauma, exploitation and other stories

Today we look at the exploitation faced by outsourced Facebook workers in Kenya, the worsening crisis in Yemen amid a UN aid shortfall, and more

Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile’s key presidential election and other stories

Today we look at the results of Chile’s presidential elections, mass protests in Sudan on the 3rd anniversary of the December Revolution, and more

Workers at HelloFresh speak up against anti-union scare tactics and dangerous conditions

Workers at the world’s largest meal-kit delivery service are set to vote on unionizing at two US factories

Google and Alphabet workers form the first ever union in US

Over 200 workers, largely from Google’s San Francisco Bay Area offices, have come together to form the company’s first ever due-paying union in the US

Myanmar garment workers Union intervention wins back garment workers’ jobs in Myanmar

The intervention by the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar has led to the reinstatement of 168 garment workers who had been laid off by two companies during the COVID-19 lockdown in March and April

Retrenched employees stage protest at Delhi Airport, claim union members were targeted

Those retrenched were employed by Celebi Airport Services India, which handles ground operations at Delhi airport. The company recently laid off 708 of its 1,19 workers, citing a steep decline in business