Speakers invited for Green Left Open meeting in mid/late July 2024 ''ARE ELECTIONS ENOUGH? DIRECT DEMOCRACY, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING and CITIZENS' ASSEMBLIES' Please contact P.Murry yrrumuk@googlemail.com
Samsung Electronics union calls first-ever strike Image caption,National Samsung Electronics Union members held a rally last week Peter Hoskins Business reporter Published29 May 2024 A union representing thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics has called the first strike at the South Korean technology giant since it was founded five and a half decades ago. The... Continue Reading →
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: Action for climate-related workplace hazards This International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, trade unions are demanding urgent action to tackle ’Climate Risks for Workers’ – the escalating dangers posed by the climate crisis to workers globally. 21-04-2024 Health & safety Climate International Workers’ Memorial Day There is an urgent need... Continue Reading →
OPEN MEETING POPULATION, MIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 22 April 2024 7-9pm via zoom Speakers: Nicole Haydock: Ecosocialist Feminist, member of Green Left Peter Allen: Green Party International Committee Joseph Healy: Anti-capitalist Resistance Written contribution by Alan Thornett: author of ‘Facing the Apocalypse: Arguments for Ecosocialism’ Chair: Beccy Sawbridge, Dover Town Councillor Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85999910699?pwd=U3NZcWw4NmZPTTI1Y2ZBeFhURDQ3Zz09... Continue Reading →
https://hazards.org/climate/badclimate.htm?fbclid=IwAR0SNTp1vQ-H23-pIPv0p3Aep8UwupL1xrmuEiF0PKKW0Ikf76ZOikdeHzE_aem_AcVauPCvOyL_DH0xV-_cvljgv3sqoECCRIm08IPfEkjS0NSyA7BdGUrZ5QtRnukGo7EIRMI78pBz_Vp_qagcp0-Y Hot, cold, wet and wild. The weather is getting more unpredictable and more extreme. Rory O'Neill looks at the new risks emerging as a result of the climate crisis which have seen emergency preparedness become an essential part of a workplace safety policy. It is much more than a spell of unsettled weather. A World Health Organisation (WHO)... Continue Reading →
From car axles to cargo bikes — how can we support the GKN Factory Collective in their just transition struggle? Join our online event with activists from the GKN Factory Collective to hear about their worker-led plan to transform the GKN Driveline factory in Florence, Italy and how we can support their popular shareholding campaign.... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_RyEOG_K0 URGENT CALL OUT to support the GKN workers in Florence - Help them make a just transition to producing cargo bikes and solar panels under workers control Already one of the most important climate justice struggles in Europe, the campaign by GKN workers is under imminent attack - and they need your help to... Continue Reading →
Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) @festusomalia Today marks a significant milestone! Somalia has officially unveiled its NDC Implementation Plan at @COP28_UAE — a comprehensive blueprint for addressing climate change through mitigation, adaptation, just transition and climate financing. This plan is firmly grounded in the realities on the ground. President @HassanSMohamud is leading the way... Continue Reading →
It's workers v Musk. by Polly Smythe 28 November 2023 Kettleman City, CA - April 28, 2019: newest navy tesla model 3 charging at supercharger station Swedish auto-mechanics are locked in battle with Elon Musk’s Tesla. The dispute over the mechanics’ right to unionise has become a fight to protect the country’s social democratic norms against Silicon... Continue Reading →
Calls for a ceasefire have intensified in the trade union movement over the last week as more unions issued urgent statements for an immediate end to the bombardment of Gaza as the humanitarian crisis worsens. The UK’s largest union and one of Labour’s biggest union donors, UNISON, was the latest to join calls for the... Continue Reading →
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