Category: trade union

Royal Mail Workers to Launch 48-hour Strike as Pay Dispute Escalates

September 29, 2022
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Union members at Royal Mail will launch a 48-hour strike on Friday in an escalating dispute over pay. According to the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the walkout by around 115,000 of its members will be the biggest strike in the UK this year. In a major escalation of the dispute, the union has announced a…

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Truss and Sunak Vow to Curb Trade Unions’ Powers Ahead of Fresh Rail Strikes in UK

July 26, 2022
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Both Conservative leadership candidates have vowed to limit trade unions’ ability to stage industrial actions amid waves of strikes across rail, postal, and other industries over pay. It comes as members of two trade unions at 14 train operators are about to strike on Wednesday, with further service-crippling rail strikes announced for August. Liz Truss…

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Beijing Olympics Win ‘Gold Medal for Repression’: Labor Report

November 9, 2021
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An international trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates challenging the appropriateness of Beijing hosting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which start in less than 100 days. “The sports of the Olympics have rules, but the Chinese Communist Party has shown that it has little or no respect for international laws…

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Hong Kong Opposition Trade Union Group to Disband

September 20, 2021
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong opposition trade union coalition, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, said on Sunday it would disband, adding to several civil society organisations that have ceased operating in the financial hub this year. The organisation passed a motion last week to disband, HKCTU Co-President Joe Wong told a news conference. “We want…

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