Member Login

2016 begins with a new assault on workers - and a new online campaign

  • Print
Details
Published on Friday, 08 January 2016 05:15
Written by editor
2016 begins with a new assault on workers - and a new online campaign r1 ... Good news from Iran and Israel; a new campaign in Turkey. r33 2016 begins with news of yet another company responding to workers' attempts to organize themselves with mass dismissals.

In this case, it's a company in Turkey that's sacked 30 workers who dared to join a trade union. The International Union of Food Workers (IUF) has launched an online campaign demanding their reinstatement and a recognition of union rights. Please take a minute and add your name here.

Meanwhile, two of our campaigns launched in December closed down fairly quickly -- and for good reason.

A campaign we launched on December 14th demanding the release of Iranian teacher trade unionist Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi closed within a day after we learned that he had been freed. Mahmoud's hunger strike captured the attention of many human rights activists and trade unionists, and the more than 4,500 of you who sent off messages in that short time helped send a clear message to the Iranian government.

And just one day before that we learned that the deal between the Israeli and Chinese governments -- which would have led to the importation of 20,000 Chinese workers as bonded labour -- failed. The collapse of the deal came after more than 6,300 of you supported the online campaign we launched with our partners in the Israeli and Hong Kong labour movements. Full details are here.

These are both good news stories, and again I want to thank you for supporting our campaigns in 2015 -- as I hope you will do this year as well.



Eric Lee
Want to do more?

LabourStart needs your support to continue with our campaigning activities - please click here to donate.

Which campaigns have I missed? Click here to find out.

Join us in Toronto for the next LabourStart Global Solidarity Conference - May 6-8,2016. Details here.
Forward Share Tweet Share Copyright © 2016 LabourStart, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this message because you opted in at our website (http://www.labourstart.org) - most likely when you signed up to support one of our online campaigns in support of workers' rights.

Our mailing address is:
LabourStartSuite 504, 394 Muswell Hill BroadwayLondon, England N10 1DJ United Kingdom
r34 r35

Login Form