Hong Kong unions
fight for democracy
Hong Kong workers and students have joined to fight for their democratic rights. The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions has called for a general strike.
Duration: 2'21" Audio
Hong Kong unions
fight for democracy
Hong Kong workers and students have joined to fight for their democratic rights. The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions has called for a general strike.
Duration: 2'21" Audio
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Feature Length Audio Documentaries
____________________________________________________International Justice Day for
Cleaners and Security Guards
International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards. The day of action is organized by UNI - the global union for skills and services.
Duration: 5'00" Audio
Global education union holds
World Womens' Conference
Education International organized its second World Women's Conference in Dublin, Ireland. Participants focussed on how education can be used to reduce inequality in society.
Duration: 5'00" Audio
Unite for Quality Education
Education International - the global union federation for teachers and other education workers - is campaigning for quality education around the world. EI is mobilizing its 30 million teachers in 170 countries and territories to convince governments that education is the key to a better world. This RadioLabour special audio documentary looks at the campaign. 25'00"
Audio Documentary
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Africa needs stronger unions
To develop economically and socially Africa needs stronger unions was the message coming out of a conference of 60 labour leaders held in Nairobi, Kenya. A special RadioLabour report.
Duration: 11'27"
Audio
Struggling for democracy in Swaziland
Swaziland, with some of the poorest people in the world, is ruled as a dictatorship by the last absolute monarch in Africa, King Mswati III. Trade unions and other groups are leading the struggle for democracy in the country.
Duration: 12'23"
Audio
Africans need and deserve
free education
To develop themselves and their countries Africans need free education. This should be part of the UN's Post-2015 Agenda. A RadioLabour interview with Owei Lakemfa, the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity - OATUU
Duration: 3' 51"
Audio
East African unions working
together for decent work
The East African Trade Union Confederation is a coalition of labour organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar, Rwanda and Tanzania. It fights for issues such as the protection of migrant workers. A RadioLabour interview with Francis Atwoli, the president of the Confederation.
Duration: 4' 48"
Audio
Unions struggle for decent
working conditions in Malawi
Robert Mkwezalamba, the General-Secretary of the Communication Workers Union of Malawi, describes the struggle for workers' rights in his country.
Duration: 7'00"
Audio
ITUC says migrant workers in Qatar being shamefully mistreated
More than a million migrant workers are in Qatar building the facilties for the 2022 World Cup of Football. They work and live in slave-like conditions. ITUC General-Secretary Sharon Burrow visited the country recently to lobby on behalf of the workers.
Audio
Global union support for organizing Nissan workers in US
In America the United Auto Workers union - the UAW - has been working on organizing workers at the Nissan automobile plant in the state of Mississippi. The organizing drive is being supported at the international level by the global union Industriall. An interview with Industriall General-Secretary Jyrki Raina.
Audio
A million migrant workers
live in slave-like conditions
in Qatar
The Building and Woodworkers International global union (BWI) sent a delegation to Qatar to investigate the conditions of migrant workers in the country. A RadioLabour report featuring the General-Secretary of BWI, Ambet Yuson.
Duration: 8'58"
Audio
Labour fights for
release of unionist
falsely imprisoned in Colombia
Huber Ballesteros, one of Colombia's most recognized unionists, was arrested in August for leading mass strikes. The international labour movement is organizing a global campaign for his release.
Duration: 5'51"
Audio
ILO launches new campaign
to eliminate child labour
In Brazil, October 8-10, more than 500 people, including many unionists, from 150 countries met to discuss child labour in the world. The International Labour Organization used the occasion to announce a new campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The campaign includes celebrities such as the American actor and singer, Cher.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
Child labour declines globally
but not fast enough for ILO goals
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has released a report showing that child labour globally is declining. But the decline is not fast enough to meet the ILO's goal of eliminating child labour by 2016.
Duration: 3'49"
Audio
International Domestic Workers Network wins AFL-CIO
human rights award in US
The president of the largest labour federation in the US, Richard Trumka, presented the George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to the International Domestic Workers Network on September 8. A RadioLabour report featuring Myrtle Witbooi the Chair of the IDWN.
Duration: 11'22"
Audio
500,000 public sector workers
in Peru losing right to bargain
The government of Peru is introducing legislation to cancel the collective bargaining rights of 500,000 public sector workers.
Duration: 3'48"
Audio
Amazon.com fights union
in Germany
The online retailer Amazon is trying to bring American anti-union practices to Germany.
Duration: 3'48"
Audio
Even more union leaders
killed in Guatemala
The global union federation Public Services International has sent a delegation to Guatemala to help stop the murdering of unionists. A RadioLabour interview with a union leader who was wounded.
Duration: 3'48"
Audio
Millions of migrant workers need
UN and ILO help now
Because of the global economic crisis, millions of workers in both developing and developed countries are migrating in search of decent work. A RadioLabour report featuring Ambet Yuson, the Chairperson of the Council of Global Unions and General-Secretary of the Building and Wood Workers' International (the BWI).
Duration: 7'50"
Audio
How multinationals
evade responsibility for
treating workers fairly
In West Bengal, India, warehouses working exclusively for PepsiCo have fired 162 employees for trying to form a union. PepsiCo refuses responsibility. Duration: 5' 35"
Audio
Money stolen by corruption
could be used to fund
public services
Every year about $2.6 trillion is stolen by corruption. This money could be used to fund decent public services and help developing countries. Duration: 4' 03"
Audio
There are 21 million
trapped in forced labour
Forced labour includes debt bondage, trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. A RadioLabour report with Beate Andrees, Head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour
Duration: 2' 59"
Audio
Self-policing by garment companies
is ineffective and dangerous
Self-auditing of supply chains by multinational garment manufacturers and retailers doesn't help workers. Schemes such as Corporate Social Responsibility serve only company interests. A RadioLabour report on corporate auditing programmes with Brian Finnegan, Global Rights Coordinator, AFL-CIO.
Duration: 4' 18"
Audio
Environment for union organizing
becoming more difficult
It is getting more difficult to organize working people into unions. But the International Labour Oranization can help unions do their work more effectively. A RadioLabour report with Luc Cortebeeck, Chairperson of the Workers' Group of the ILO
Duration: 2' 40"
Audio
Global food workers' union
campaigns to reinstate
fired Egyptian union organizers
When workers at the Mondelez-Cadbury plant in Alexandria, Egypt, tried to organize a union the company fired five union organizers. The International Union of Food Workers (IUF) is campaigning to re-instate the workers. A RadioLabour report with IUF General-Secretary Ron Oswald.
Duration: 5' 58"
Audio
New Bangladesh labour law
woefully inadequate
As the result of a factory collapse that killed 1,100 garment workers Bangladesh has drafted a new labour law. A RadioLabour interview with Jeffrey Vogt, a legal advisor in the Human and Trade Union Rights Department of the International Trade Union Confederation - the ITUC.
Duration: 4' 06"
Audio
International labour demands
re-vote on Qatar's holding of the
2022 World Cup of Football
The International Trade Union Confederation - the ITUC - wants a re-vote on Qatar's holding of the World Cup of Football in 2022. It says Qatar is mistreating the workers who are constructing the buildings for the event. A RadioLabour report with ITUC General-Secretary Sharan Burrow..
Duration: 4' 06"
Audio
America's AFL-CIO wants
the OECD to invest in jobs
The OECD is holding a Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, May 29 to 30, 2013. A RadioLabour report with the President of the AFL-CIO in the United States, Richard Trumka
Duration: 5' 19"
Audio
Columbia should stop killings of unionists before membership
in OECD
Columbia, the most dangerous country in the world for unionists, is petitioning for membership in the OECD. Labour objects. A RadioLabour interview with John Evans, the General-Secretary of TUAC - the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.
Duration: 2' 37"
Audio
Walmart and Gap refuse to sign Bangladesh safety accord
The global unions IndustriALL and UNI have led negotiations with garment multinationals for a fire and safety code for Bangladeshi factories. Twenty-four companies signed. Walmart and Gap refused. A RadioLabour report featuring Philip Jennings, General-Secretary of UNI and Jyrki Raina, IndustriALL General-Secretary. Duration: 5' 0"
Audio
Labour's global campaign for quality education
Education International is organizing a global campaign to support quality education. EI is the global union federation which represents teachers and their unions at the world level. A RadioLabour interview with a Deputy General-Secretary of EI, Charlie Lennon. Duration: 6' 46"
Audio
The attack on collective bargaining
by the International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund has been attacking collective bargaining as part of its programme to force austerity progammes on governments. A RadioLabour interview with the General-Secretary of the ITUC, Sharan Burrow. Duration: 9' 05"
Audio
Fighting for the world's 1.5 million seafarers
1.5 million seafarers help transport 90% of the world's goods on 53,000 ships. They often work in unsafe conditions for low wages.
Audio
New ILO report says domestic workers work excessively long hours per week
A new ILO study shows that domestic workers work many more hours during the week than other workers and many do not get any days off.
Audio
Human trafficking of workers into slavery and bonded labour
Human trafficking into slavery or bonded labour effects two million workers a year. Labour trafficking has now overtaken even trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation.
Audio
Teacher unions promoting the rights of workers globally
The American Federation of Teachers and the global union federation Education International have partnered to enable teachers in Egypt, Georgia, Honduras and Zimbabwe to promote workers' rights.
Audio
Government austerity programmes extending the recession
Austerity programmes are worsening the global economic crisis. Phillip Jennings, the General-Secretary of UNI, the global union federation for skills and services, says business and government leaders should work with labour unions to solve the crisis.
Audio
Unions working internationally to unionize T-Mobile workers in US
T-Mobile is a tele-
communications company in the US owned by a German multinational. A cross-Atlantic coalition is trying to unionize its 20,000 workers.
Audio
US labour movement to organize thousands more workers
The American labour movement - led by the AFL-CIO - is supporting new organizing initiatives designed to bring thousands more workers into the labour movement. The AFL-CIO is working with labour organizations such as Working America and the Ironworkers International union.
Duration: 8'58"
Audio
Global labour body supports unionizing drive at T-Mobile in US
T-Mobile workers receive support from the General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow Duration: 2' 03"
Audio
World Social Justice Day
February 20 was World Social Justice Day - a day set aside to assess the state of social justice in the world and point to ways to improve the living conditions of the world's people. A special RadioLabour report.
Duration: 4'41"
Audio
US auto workers' union
loses major vote at
Volkswagen factory
The United Auto Workers (UAW) in the US lost a major unionization drive at a Volkswagen plant in the state of Tennessee. A special RadioLabour report on why the workers voted against themselves.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
Labour calls for Robin Hood tax
Public Services International, the global union federation which represents public employees at the world level, is calling for the implementation of a financial transaction tax, more commonly known as the Robin Hood tax. A RadioLabour interview with Rosa Pavanelli, the PSI's General Secretary.
Duration: 2'47"
Audio
Labour's use of radio
Labour is using radio to reach its members and the general public around the world. A RadioLabour report prepared for World Radio Day.
Duration: 3'32"
Audio
Ukrainian unions want the
revolution to serve workers
Ukrainian unions want the new government to provide better rights, working conditions and jobs for workers.
Duration: 1'32"
Audio
Labour rallies to support
Cambodian garment workers
A ten-day strike by 350,000 garment workers in Cambodia was brutally suppressed on January 3, 2014. Five workers were killed and many injured. Twenty-one workers remain in jail.
Duration: 5'47"
Audio
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Unions fight for just transition
to greener economies
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world participated in climate change demonstrations on Sunday September 22, 2014. Amongst them were many unionists. They are demanding that governments build just transitions to greener economies for workers.
Duration: 5'00" --> Audio
The Public Services
Global Trade Summit
Union leaders met in Washington September 16-17, 2014 to plan how to defend the world's public services from corporate-defined trade deals.
Duration: 3'22" --> Audio
Global Day of Action for
Cambodian garment workers
Wednesday September 17, 2014. A Global Day of Action for Cambodian Garment Workers. Fighting for a decent minimum wage.
Duration: 3'22" --> Audio
What's behind the EU-US trade deal?
What's behind the proposed trade deal between the European Union and the US? Special courts to protect corporate profits and restrict national government actions.
Duration: 3'22" --> Audio
Global Trade Agreements
to serve the corporations
Global trade agreements, which will seriously effect workers and the ability of governments to govern, are being negotiated in secret. Corporations will be the big winners.
Duration: 11'50" - Audio
Chips for Apple's iPhone 6 produced by company
which fired union leaders
Apple's new iPhone 6 and other products includes semi-conductors produced by Dutch multi-national NXP in the Philippines. At the start of negotiations in May, 2014, NXP fired 24 union leaders.
AudioLabour Day in US and Canada
September 1, 2014: Labour Day in the US and Canada. A RadioLabour report with Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, and Hassan Yussuff, president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
AudioTransport workers at global conference organize to fight back
In Sophia Bulgaria, August 10-16, almost 2,000 unionists met at the 43rd global Congress of the International Transport Workers Federation.
AudioTrade with Africa must
respect human and trade union rights
Representatives from almost 50 African countries, including 30 unionists, attended the US-Africa Summit in Washington August 4-6 2014. The unionists called for trade agreements to include protection for democracy and labour rights..
AudioGlobal unions sending aid to Gaza
The International Transport Workers' Federation - the ITF - is sending food and medical supplies to Gaza.
Duration: 2'20" Audio
Cooperatives can help
fight child labour
The International Labour Organization is working on eliminating child labour in the world. Encouraging the development of cooperatives is one of the tactics being used in the struggle.
Duration: 3'25" Audio
More unions needed
to reduce global poverty
More and stronger unions are needed to relieve poverty, especially in the global south. A RadioLabour interview with the General Secretary of ITUC-Africa, Kwasi Adu-Amankwah.
Duration: 4'08"
Audio
Aelia workers fight
for their rights
at Poland airport
Workers at the Aelia duty free shops at the Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland, are fighting for a decent contract and the re-instatement of their spokesperson.
Duration: 3'15" Audio
Unions fight for zero AIDS
in the workplace
The International AIDS conference took place in Melbourne Australia, July 20 to 25, 2014. Unions are at the forefront of the fight against AIDS in the workplace.
Duration: 3'25" Audio
Hey Amazon!
Workers aren't robots!
At its 2014 global Congress the International Trade Union Confederation - the ITUC - declared Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com, the worst boss in the world because of the way his company treats its workers. A Special RadioLabour report on how the workers are fighting back with the help of global unions.
Duration: 7'12" Audio
LIDL-Poland refuses to bargain
and fires unionists
One of the largest supermarket chains in Europe, Lidl, is also one of the most viciously anti-union. In Poland it is refusing to negotiate seriously with a local union of Solidarnosc. It has fired two of the local union's leaders.
Duration: 14'15"
Audio
Auto Workers Union forms local
at US Volkswagen factory
The United Auto Worker (UAW) union in the US has formed a local at the Volkswagen plant in the anti-union state of Tennessee. Volkswagen is encouraging the unionization of the 3,200 workers.
Duration: 2'12"
Audio
Bangladesh fails to implement
sufficient labour reforms
A report by labour organizations on promises by Bangladesh to improve conditions for garment workers shows that the country has not been doing enough.
Duration: 2'12"
Audio
World Public Services Day
Monday June 23: World Public Services Day. All around the world governments are attacking public services and the workers who help supply them. As well, a number of international trade agreements are jeopardizing the right of governments to provide public services instead of corporations.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
European unions to protect
migrant workers from
far-right parties
In elections to the European Parliament, May 2014, a number of very right-wing parties won a substantial number of seats. The rise of these far right parties is causing concern amongst unionists in the region.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
International Day
Against Child Labour
Special Report: World Day Against Child Labour. There are about 168 million child labourers in the world. 85 million of them are in hazardous work. They need protection.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
ITUC Global Rights Index
shows workers' rights
often violated
A new Global Rights Index produced by the International Trade Confederation shows that corporations, using their power over governments, are attempting a co-ordinated global attack on workers’ rights, including the right to strike.
Duration: 5'52"
Audio
Employers at ILO
deny international right to strike
The employers group at the ILO is arguing that there is no international right to strike. The ITUC - has responded with the legal arguments proving that the right has existed for years.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Corporate birds of prey
circling public education
Giant multinationals such as Pearson and Berlitz are trying to privatize or commercialize educational systems. This poses a serious threat to quality education world-wide. A RadioLabour feature presentation.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Sharon Burrow re-elected
ITUC General-Secretary
The third global Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) was held in Berlin, May 19 to 23. The delegates adopted an action plan for the next four years. Sharon Burrow was re-elected General-Secretary.
Duration: 5'00"
Audio
Jyrki Raina
Supporting Bangladesh garment workers
Jryki Raina the General Secretary of IndustriALL spoke to delegates attending the ITUC convention about organizing support for garment workers in Bangladesh.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
Philip Jennings:
Labour working together to win
Philip Jennings the General Secretary of UNI - the global union for skills, services and commerce - spoke to delegates attending the ITUC convention about how to organize workers and support their unions.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
Stephen Cotton:
Organize across the global supply chain!
Stephen Cotton, the Acting General Secretary of the International Transport Workers Federation (the ITF) spoke to delegates attending the ITUC convention about organizing workers throughout the global supply chain.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
ITUC releases global poll
At its Congress in Berlin the ITUC released a global poll showing that working people fear for their jobs. They want employment, equality, action on climate change, respect for workers rights and more. A presentation by ITUC General-Secretary Sharon Burrow.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
We`ll organize 20 million!
On the official opening day of the ITUC Congress in Berlin the ITUC's General-Secretary Sharon Burrow reported to the delegates on the activities of the Confederation in the past four years and presented an action agenda for the next four years.
Duration: 36'23"
Audio
Global union calls
Turkey mine disaster
"industrial homicide
The global union IndustriALL has condemned the deaths of more than 200 miners in Turkey on May 13, 2014 a deliberate act of industrial killing.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
World-wide rallies in support of
US fast food workers
On May 15, 2014 while fast food workers in the US were demonstrating and striking for a higher minimum wage, rallies to support them were held in 33 countries around the world. The global rallies were organized by the International Union of Foodworkers - the IUF.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
Napoleón Gómez Urrutia awarded
Arthur Svensson Prize
for trade union rights
Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, the president of the Mexican mineworkers union, Los Mineros, has won the 2014 Arthur Svensson International Prize for trade union rights.
Duration: 5'23"
Audio
"Leftist" Ecuador attacks unions
The supposedly leftist government of Ecuador has been attacking public service unions and jailing labour leaders.
Duration: 3'50"
Audio
Unions are key to fighting economic inequality
At a forum of the OECD May 5 and 6, 2014, delegates were told by the General-Secretary of UNI global union, Philip Jennings, that respect for union rights is a primary solution to economic inequality.
Duration: 4'21"
Audio
May Day 2014
Workers fight back
How unions around the world are fighting for labour rights and social justice. A RadioLabour interview with the General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow.
Duration: 3'18"
Audio
World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2014 is International Press Freedom Day - a day established by the United Nations to recognize the importance of media freedom in the world and the need to protect journalists and other media workers. A RadioLabour interview with the president of the International Federation of Journalists, Jim Boumelha.
Duration: 3'18"
Audio
Women especially hard hit by lack of health and safety regulations
Lack of respect for health and safety is why unions organized more events on the International Day to Commemorate Dead and Injured workers than ever before.
Duration: 11'30"
Audio
How global labour unions fought
to help the victims of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster
On April 24, 2013, a garment factory building in the Rana Plaza near Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. 1,129 were killed. More than 2,500 were injured.
Duration: 11'30"
Audio
New trade agreement threatens public services world-wide
A trade agreement which will effect much of the world's trade is being negotiated in secret in Geneva. The Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) will severely restrict government provision of services.
Duration: 1'55"
Audio
Displaced workers in India
exploited by Ferrero
chocolate company
The International Union of Foodworkers (IUF) is campaigning globally in support of 1,400 workers employed by the multinational company Ferrero in India.
Duration: 1'32"
Audio
Increased number of
unions in Burma
There are now more than 1,000 unions in Burma but much more needs to be done, especially for women in the northern regional areas.
Duration: 4'08"
Audio
Fighting for union rights
in Sierre Leone
The labour movement in Sierra Leone has built itself into a powerful force for workers after a devastating civil war.
Duration: 3'20"
Audio
Mexican seasonal workers blocked
from returning to Canada
The Mexican government has been found guilty of blocking Mexican seasonal workers from returning to Canada because they had formed a union while in Canada.
Duration: 6'09"
Audio
Fighting for democracy in Swaziland
Swaziland is ruled by a dictator-king who has banned the central labour federation. One of the organizations fighting for the country's workers and democracy is the International Research Academy for Labour and Education.
Duration: 6'09"
Audio
Europe needs public investment
With average unemployment in Europe over 12% the region needs public investment. A RadioLabour report with the General-Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, David Begg
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Stop the privatization of
public water supply
March 22 was World Water Day. Mulitnationals are trying to privatize public water supply systems just as the world heads into a time of water scarcity.
Duration: 4'15"
Audio
Helping African migrant
workers in the UK
UNISON - one of the largest unions in the UK - has many African migrant workers amongst its membership. It organized a seminar to help some of these workers overcome isolation and learn about their rights.
Duration: 4'15"
Audio
Women transporting the world
The International Transport Workers Federation is campaigning for the rights of women transport workers globally.
Duration: 4'15"
Audio
South Korea - Canada trade deal
to cost thousands of jobs
South Korea and Canada have negotiated a trade deal which the Canadian union representing auto workers says will cost 30,000 jobs.
Duration: 8'20"
Audio
UN's 58th Status of Women Conference
Unionists attending the 58th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women March 10 to 21, 2014.
Duration: 8'20"
Audio
ITUC fighting for women's rights
The International Trade Union Confederation is fighting for women workers all around the world.
Duration: 8'20"
Audio
Qatar Airways flight attendants
being cruelly mistreated
The International Transport Workers Federation is campaigning to help the flight attendants at Qatar Airways.
Duration: 4'34"
Audio
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Every Friday Derek Blackadder reports on the latest activities of LabourStart - the labour movement's news and campaigning service.
Edition: September 26, 2014
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Labour's alternatives to government austerity programmes
Government austerity programmes are worsening the global economic crisis. Rosa Pavanelli is the General-Secretary of Public Services International (PSI). She outlines the effects austerity programmes are having on national economies and presents the labour movement's alternatives. Duration: 9' 58"
Audio
The harmful effects of a
Canada-EU trade agreement
Canada and the European Union are negotiating a free trade deal called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement - CETA. The deal could have serious effects on the cost of pharmaceuticals in Canada and how local governments buy goods and services. A RadioLabour interview with the President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Paul Moist.
Audio
Labour gets 1 million signatures to stop water privatization
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) has led a successful campaign to force Europe to protect the public supply of water.
Audio
Why the right-wing is attacking public employee unions in the United States
In the past couple of years the attacks on public employee unions in the United States has intensified. Paul Booth is a long-time union activist and now Executive Assistant to the president of AFSCME - the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Audio
A successful 20 year fight to
unionize Rio Tinto in Australia
Twenty years ago the mining and smelting multinational, Rio Tinto, busted the union at its operations in Tasmania. But the Australian Workers Union never gave up. And now the workers have voted to re-join the union.
Audio
Capitalism causes global poverty
Not only is capitalism unable to alleviate global poverty, it may actually cause it. An RadioLabour interview with Benjamin Selwyn.
Duration: 6'55"
Audio
Swedish model agreement
for global Games
Too often global games such as the Olympics are built on the exploitation of workers and their rights. The central labour federation LO-Sweden has worked with the Swedish Olympic committee to develop a model agreement that could be used by unions and sport committees around the world.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
WTO deal does not help
developing countries
In early December, 2013, 159 nations meeting at a conference of the World Trade Organization - the WTO - signed a major agreement. But labour leaders were disappointed because the deal did not address important problems such as agricultural subsidies.
Duration: 4'33"
Audio
Millions of migrants need
decent work and public services
There are 232 million migrants in the world. Many are living and working in horrible conditions. A special RadioLabour series on migrant workers and their families.
Duration: 4'33"
Audio
No trade deals with Guatemala
until killing of unionists stops
Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for unionists. Public Services International (PSI) recently sent a delegation to investigate abuses of union and labour rights in the country.
Duration: 4'33"
Audio
Fighting for rights against
a giant Canadian mining corporation
Miners and communal landowners in Durango Mexico are fighting a giant Canadian multinational, Excellon, as it ignores environmental standards and labour rights. Police are supporting the company by harassing the workers and the communal landowners.
Duration: 4'16"
Audio
Huge victory for unions trying
to organize DHL workers
The large multinational courier company DHL has been told to respect the guidelines for multinational corporations established by the OECD. The result is a greater chance for DHL employees world-wide to form unions of their choice.
Duration: 4'24"
Audio
Call centre workers in Philippines
call out for justice
The Philippines has the largest call centre industry in the world with almost one million workers. Often these workers are mistreated by unscrupulous employers who hold back wages or disappear in the night without paying the workers. A RadioLabour report by Benjamin Velasco.
Duration: 3'30"
Audio
Justice and safety for
women transport workers
The International Transport Workers Federation - the ITF - has started a global campaign to fight for justice and safety for women transport workers. The campaign and its action plan was initiated at a conference of 270 ITF women transport workers in Delhi, India.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Trillions lost to corruption globally
The European Union has released a report saying that corruption in the region is "breathtaking". Globally, corruption steals 1.6 trillion dollars - money which could be used for improving public services and education.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Labour tells World Economic Forum
a global jobs plan is needed
More than 2,500 corporate and government leaders met at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland January 22-25. Labour leaders told them that the world needs a global plan to create more jobs.
Duration: 6'10"
Audio
Unions fight for Fire and Safety Accord in Bangladesh
The global union federations IndustriALL and UNI have got 116 garment retailers to sign a Fire and Safety Accord for Bangladesh garment factories. Now the Accord has to be implemented in the country's 5,000 garment factories.
Duration: 3'13"
Audio