Posts Tagged ‘unionists’

Tunisia removes security unionists’ sit-in tents amid warnings of conflict within Interior Ministry

Tunisian security forces removed sit-in tents installed by security unionists in protest against the Tunisian authorities’ plan to unite security unions. Politicians warned of the outbreak of a “conflict” within the Ministry of Interior, while security unions are trying to “rebel” against the state. On Thursday evening, the security forces started to remove tents installed […]

Trade Unionists Take A Stand For Jobs, Pay, Pensions And Conditions

The rail network was brought to a standstill today as thousands of RMT and TSSA members walked out over jobs, pay, pensions and other conditions. RMT is in dispute with Network Rail and 14 train operators while TSSA is striking at Avanti West Coast. Speaking from the Euston picket line, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch […]

Hong Kong police arrest unionists for ‘sedition’ over children’s book

Five trade unionists were arrested by Hong Kong police on Thursday in relation to a series of children’s books described as “seditious”. Four editors and journalists were separately denied bail by a court as part of a widening crackdown on dissent in the city, which is now again an administrative region of China. The five […]

American And Palestinian Unionists Build International Solidarity

Above photo: Abdel-Al at Chicago’s Haymarket monument. Jeff Schuhrke. In an address on Middle East policy last month, Bernie Sanders —the first Jewish American to win a presidential primary — did something virtually unheard of in contemporary U.S. politics when he called for an end to ​“what amounts to the occupation of Palestinian territory” by Israel. The only candidate to […]

Trade Unionists And Ecologists Demand A Just Transition Towards Less Air Traffic

By Stay Grounded, Popular Resistance. February 11, 2021 Above photo: Christian Block/System Change not Climate Change. London/Vienna – Today, the UK trade union PCS and the global network Stay Grounded published together a paper entitled “A Rapid and Just Transition of Aviation – Shifting towards Climate-Just Mobility”. Tahir Latif, PCS Aviation Group President, says: “This paper […]

Trade Unionists Back Campaign To Free Assange

Trade Unionists Back Campaign To Free Assange Above photo: Demonstrators march to protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Saturday in London. Alberto Pezzali/AP. In Birmingham, Plymouth, and Newcastle trades councils have voted to join the campaign to halt the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States where he could […]

Separatists & unionists face off in election that could decide Catalonia’s future

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called the election in October after the Catalonian government in Barcelona declared its independence following an illegal referendum. Spain responded by suspending the region’s autonomy and firing its government.   The vote will be divided along the region’s separatist and unionist party lines. The pro-independence parties are the Together for […]

Defying leaders, Norway trade unionists endorse Israel boycott

Ryan Rodrick Beiler Activism and BDS Beat 18 May 2017 Actvists carry a banner calling for recognition of Palestine and a boycott of Israel, at the annual May Day march in Oslo, Norway, 1 May. Ryan Rodrick Beiler ActiveStills Norway’s largest and most influential trade union organization has called for a full boycott of Israel. […]

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