Tag: unionists
in Germany, trade unionists and climate activists demonstrate side by side
Demonstrators, often very young, from the climate movement “Fridays For Future”, demonstrated side by side with traditional German trade unionists on Friday March 1st. While the Verdi union has been…
release of eight trade unionists detained by military intelligence
There were eight trade unionists from the Gabon Energy and Water Company (SEEG) detained for three days in the premises of the General Directorate of Military Intelligence. They were arrested…
call for the release of three teacher trade unionists and five students
In Togo, the Martin Luther King movement – a civil society organization – is appealing to the government as the start of the new school year approaches on September 26.…
Iran accuses two French trade unionists of “undermining state security”
The spokesperson for Iranian justice affirmed that the two trade unionists arrested on May 11 are accused of attempting to undermine national security, while France has formally advised its nationals…
Amazon: the long march of American trade unionists
In March 2020, as the pandemic raged, Christian Smalls, an Amazon warehouse worker near New York City, staged a strike to protest unsanitary conditions. He was immediately sacked by the…