OZZ IP, a member organisation of the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles, is particularly active in solidarity with the Ukrainian popular resistance to the war waged by the Russian army. Comrades from IP were present in the delegation of the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles that visited Ukraine between late…

In Energodar, a town not far from Zaporijia and occupied by Russian troops, firefighters protested against the kidnapping of their detachment commander Vitaly Troyan, who refused to work under the Russian flag. “The russian military used force against the rescuers who came out in support of their kidnapped leader Vitaliy Troyan !!! There are blows…

Statement by the KVPUDespite repeated warnings from the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) and other trade union organizations and international institutions, the parliamentary majority nonetheless approved the first reading of draft law #5371 "On amendments to certain legislative acts aimed at improving labour relations in…

The trial of Zinaida Mikhnyuk, a political prisoner and activist of the REP trade union [Belarusian Trade Union of Radio and Electronics Industry Workers, affiliated to the BKDP – classified as “terrorist organization” by the government NdT], concluded on 18 May in the Leninski District Court in Brest. She is charged with insulting the President…

The struggles of the Iranian working class for a human life, the right to self respect and to attain their most basic violated rights, have not only not diminished during the Corona pandemic, but have also taken on wider dimensions. The nationwide protests by teachers in defence of public education and the right to organize, for wages increase to go…

Statement of the BDKPBelarusian Free Trade Union does not give up The detention and arrest of leaders of the independent trade union movement demonstrates the weakness of the regime. At the January meeting of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions, delegates voted in favour of a statement on negotiations between independent trade unions…

More than 20 days have passed since the detention on April 19 of leaders and activists of Belarusian independent trade unions. So far, the investigating authorities have not provided any information on the case of trade union activists.According to the information available to human rights activists as of May 10, one of the detainees placed in the KGB…

Foreign food-delivery workers in the United Arab Emirates staged a mass walk out on Monday, calling for better pay and working conditions in a rare instance of industrial action in the country.The strike follows similar action this month in which foreign workers forced another company to suspend plans to cut pay. In the latest episode, drivers for Talabat…

Serhiy Mykhailovych KovalchukSerhiy Mykhailovych Kovalchuk, a member of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, was killed in the struggle against the Russian aggressor. The Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, the Chervonohrad Regional Association of the NPGU and the NPG NPO of the Lisova mine are deeply saddened by the death of…

A collective of trade unions in Sri Lanka launched a continuous strike on Tuesday (10) in protest of violence unleashed by pro-government elements on peaceful protestors who had been demanding the government’s resignation. The Trade Union alliance which just ended a hartal last Friday (06) pressuring President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government…

We publish the motion passed by CWA Local 7250 - a local of Communications Workers of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota - one of the largest unions in the AFL-CIO - which primarily organizes telecommunications workers in North America. WHEREAS Ukraine has long been under the domination of Russian Czars, the Soviet Union, and now Putin ; WHEREAS this…

Metalworkers’ Union takes care of migrantsThe Metalists trade union organisation of the PJSC Dnieper Metallurgical Enterprise in Kamyansky, Dnipropetrovsk region, which is a member of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU), together with all the Ukrainian people, is doing everything possible to defeat the Russian occupiers who have…

National Nurses United (NNU) today called the draft majority U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, exposed late last night, an “unconscionable threat to women’s health and security, especially low-income women and all child-bearing people who have fewer options to exercise their reproductive rights.” “Nurses will stand with women…

The International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles is part of the Workers’ Aid Convoy to the Ukrainian Resistance and arrived in the country, precisely in Lviv, last Friday 29th April.The initiative is from members of the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles. Since its arrival, activists have met with labour unionists…

On the eve of 1er May, Swedish and Dutch dockworkers are showing a fine internationalist spirit. They refused to unload a 42,000 tonnes Russian diesel tanker, the Sunny Liger, in the port of Amsterdam, one day after a similar action by dockers on Friday 29 April prevented the ship from entering the port of Rotterdam. Swedish dockers had already refused…

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of Labor of Russia declares its full and unconditional support for our fraternal organization - the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP).On April 19, 2022, the security forces of the Republic of Belarus detained the leaders of the BKDP and its member branch organizations : Alexander Yaroshuk…

4th Meeting of the ILNSS gathers activists from 39 organisations from 21 different countries and celebrates an important advance of the entityFrom 21 to 14 April in Dijon, France, was held the 4th Meeting of the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles. The organisation that was born in 2013, has as founding labour federation entities…

About 1,000 workers at the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery joined the protest. Workers protest against salary delays : “The employment contract states that salaries must be paid from the 1st to the 15th day of the month. The total number of employees at the plant is 1300. On the 15th of the month, they paid the salaries of some employees. The rest are…

On 19 April, the President of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) Aliaksandr Yarashuk, BKDP Vice-President Sergey Antusevich, the Free Trade Union of Metal Workers (SPM) President Aleksandr Bukhvostov, Belarusian Free Trade UnionSPB President Nikolay Sharakh – were arrested. Besides, many other colleagues were detained, including…

Between April and May, the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles convoy to Ukraine will strengthen class resistance in the country against the Russian invasion. The initiative aims to advance our internationalist support, in a closer and more practical way, with trade union delegations from Network member organisations.The exact dates…

The repression against the free trade unions in Belarus has escalated seriously. Today, 19th of April the leadership of the confederation Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Union (BKDP) has been arrested : President Aliaksandr Yarashuk and Vice-President Siarhei Antusevich of BKDP, as well as the chairperson of the Belarusian Free Trade Union…

On Friday, Starbucks workers from coast to coast protested against the company’s anti-union campaign, which is becoming increasingly aggressive as the movement rapidly spreads across the country. In Raleigh, North Carolina, workers demonstrated against the company on Friday morning to protest the firing of former pro-union Starbucks worker and college…

On 31 March 2022, the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union declared "the blockade of Russian, Russian-flagged and Russian-controlled ships from 1er May 2022. Our members will no longer deal with these ships after this date." We are publishing the union’s statement and the video of Ukrainian transport unionists thanking the Swedish union and calling…

The BKDP Executive Committee expresses a strong protest in connection with another violation of the rights of trade unions in the country, the recognition on April 7 of the Belarusian Trade Union of workers of radio and electronic industry (REP trade union), which is part of the BKDP, as an extremist formation.The BKDP Executive Committee declares that…

The ArcelorMittal plant in Kryviy Rih in Eastern Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest steel plants, employing 24,000 workers in an integrated process that includes iron ore mining and processing, and steel production. The plant is organized by IndustriALL Global Union affiliate the Trade Union of the Metalworkers and Miners of Ukraine.Shortly after…