LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.

LabourStart is the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. Founded in 1998, we are the web's best source of trade union news, uploaded by our volunteers in dozens of languages. Our online campaigns, offered free of charge to trade unions, often help win victories for workers around the world. And from time to time, we hold Global Solidarity Conferences in different cities. Please visit our website at https://www.labourstart.org and support with a donation (if you can) here: https://www.labourstart.org/pico/?en/donate. THANK YOU!

LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net. is a news podcast hosted by Eric Lee - LabourStart, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Turkey: Interview with Kivanc Eliacik

  Aug 14, 20269 min

  According to the International Trade Union Confederation, Turkey is one of the worst countries in the world for workers' rights. Union leaders continue to be arrested and jailed. But recently, a number have been released, thanks in part to global online campaigns on LabourStart. In our short interview, Kivanc explained who was arrested and why, who has been released and who's still in jail, and the crucial role of LabourStart campaigns in getting our comrades released. He put the issue in the context of a global onslaught on union rights, naming jailed union leaders around the world. Support the show

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  Australia: Interview with Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

  Aug 14, 202610 min

  The lowest gender pay gap ever recorded. Food delivery workers winning new workplace protections and a new minimum hourly rate of pay, above the minimum wage. Workers winning a 'right to disconnect' -- meaning that their employers cannot force them to be available after working hours. New paid leave in cases of domestic abuse. And the union movement beginning to grow again. This is the legacy of Sally McManus, now stepping down as Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions after nine years on the job. (Sally is the longest serving ACTU secretary in the last century.) In this short interview with LabourStart, Sally talks about what the union movement has achieved during her time in office and about what remains to be done -- and ends with a call for workers of the world to unite. Support the show

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  Taiwan: Interview with Lennon Wong, from the Taidoc Technology Labor Union (TTLU).

  Aug 3, 20269 min

  Filipino women migrant workers at TaiDoc Technology Corporation, a medical equipment company based in Taiwan, R.O.C., have faced discrimination, forced labour conditions and union busting. In response, they organised a union. Listen to Lennon Wong describe what happened next -- how the company engaged in a form of forced labour and union busting, and how the migrant women working there fought back. Click here to support the online campaign! Support the show

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  "The stronger the union, the cooler the workplace." Interview with union educator Stirling Smith

  Apr 16, 202611 min

  The International Labour Organisation estimate that 70% of the world's workforce is now vulnerable to extreme heat. How is this affecting workers? What can unions do? We interviewed Stirling Smith, a trade union educator who has worked in many countries, and especially south Asia. He lived in India for four years where he worked for the ILO. He is active now in the Greater Manchester Hazards Centre. Support the show

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  International trade union delegations blocked from entering Palestine

  Feb 13, 202618 min

  In the last three weeks, two high-level delegations of trade union leaders from around the world were blocked by Israeli authorities from entering the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank). The general secretaries of two global union federations -- Ambet Yuson from Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and David Edwards from the Education International (EI) -- were there, leading the delegations. BWI and EI's affiliated unions have a total of 45,000,000 members and these include affiliates in both Israel and Palestine. This week we interviewed Ambet and David together and heard their stories -- why they were going to Palestine, who invited them, what they were going to do there, and how they faced hours of interrogation and false accusations before being sent back into Jordan. The interview ended on a determined note from both leaders to continue to fight for the rights of all workers and to show our solidarity wherever and whenever it's needed. Learn more about EI's experience at the Israeli/Jordanian border here . And read about BWI's experience a week later here . LabourStart's full coverage of Palestinian labour news can be found here . Support the show

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