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

Eric Lee - LabourStartwww.buzzsprout.com

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!

Episodes

Interview with Carolina Dantas – Project Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI)

Send us a text We spoke with Carolina about the situation in Panama where the government has been attacking the construction workers' union, accusing the union leaders of 'terrorism' and closing off their bank accounts. The union and BWI have mobilised global support, including a LabourStart campaign -- and the government is feeling the pressure. For details, visit https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=5376...

Feb 28, 20249 min

Interview with Olesia Briazgunova, International Officer of KVPU in Ukraine

Send us a text We interviewed Olesia about the situation of Ukraine's workers and their unions. While she was speaking to us in Kyiv, she reported that a Russian missile attack was taking place at the same time. Olesia's message to the workers and trade unions of the world is essential listening - please share this widely! To learn more about the situation of workers and their unions in Ukraine, check out https://www.labourstart.org/news/country.php?country=Ukraine&langcode=en To support thi...

Feb 21, 202410 min
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