trade unions

No war banner Russia

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, why have Putin’s anti-war opponents failed so far?

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kirill Buketow takes stock and explains why Putin’s internal opponents have failed so far.
Painting over Yes to Peace

‘Even silence is viewed as dissent’: An interview with Russian trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin

Pavel Kudyukin discusses the situation of workers and trade unions in Russia, the differing stances among Russian leftists towards Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the campaigns to free political prisoners held in Russian jails.
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Trade unions, deregulation and social dialogue: An interview with Ukrainian labour lawyer Vitaliy Dudin

Vitaliy Dudyn discusses trends in labour relations before and after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and in the context of European integration.
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Lithuanian trade union organiser: ‘For us, the fear of being occupied is more real’

Jurgis Valiukevičius talks about the new workers’ movements in Lithuania, emigration and immigration, and how sympathy for Ukrainian resistance has opened up space for discussions about anti-imperialism.
Workers of the Earth: Labour, Ecology and Reproduction in the Age of Climate Change

Workers of the Earth, unite!: An interview with Stefania Barca

Stefania Barca affirms the need for a working-class ecopolitics while challenging the narrow understandings of class struggle and material interest that suffuse much of the current discourse.
Construction workers in Marbella, Spain. Photo by Chris Gold. Used under CC license 2.0.

Green class struggle: Workers and the Just Transition

Gareth Dale — A resilient history of workers’ initiatives overcoming redundancies, alongside recent activist, trade-union and workforce collaborations, provide concrete examples for empowered just transitions.
Amazon protest

A generational challenge: Taming Amazon, renewing labour

Sam Gindin — The Amazon organizing model poses three tests for labour and the left.
Strike for Palestine

Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions - Gaza Strip: Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day (plus: ‘International solidarity among trade unions is paramount in the struggle for a free Palestine’)

This May Day and Nakba Day, we, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions - Gaza, urgently appeal to our brothers and sisters in the international trade union movement to take a stand in solidarity with Palestine.
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United States: The students’ movement for Palestine needs everyone

All across the country, students are rising up against Israel’s genocidal war. Caitlyn Clark provides a report from the week in New York City, plus how to bring in organized labor.
UAW Free Palestine

Palestine, labour activism and the US presidential elections: An interview with Neal Meyer (Bread & Roses DSA)

Neal Meyer discusses the impact of the Gaza war on US politics, the recent rise in labour activism, and the current state of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Sustainable work and just transition

Dario Azzellini — The radical transformation of production and consumption patterns alone will not lead to the required social and ecological transition. Employment and the labor markets are changing and we have to make sure that work itself becomes sustainable in all its aspects.