Workers & unions

check point Palestine

Indian trade unions have condemned the government’s plan to send a scab workforce to Israel to replace Palestinian workers, saying it would make India “complicit” in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, reports Isaac Nellist.

sewing cooperative

French solidarity activist Patrick Le Tréhondat spoke with members of Ukraine’s ReSew sewing cooperative.

SAG-AFTRA strike

The actors’ union reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Hollywood and television studio bosses in the United States on November 8, ending its historic 118-day strike, reports Malik Miah.

Australia complicit in genocide, Optus nationwide outage & solving the cost-of-living crisis

Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world. 

Israeli container shipping line, ZIM, has been forced to divert its routes following a new trade union-led campaign to prevent it from providing support to the Israeli Defense Force. Pip Hinman reports.

Green Left News Podcast Ep 25, November 10

Green Left journalist’s Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world. 

“Today there is shock in the Palestinian community that the Labor government is openly supporting Israel in the war against Gaza,” Palestinian activist Amal Nasser told a public meeting. Jim McIlroy reports.

UAW picket

The United Auto Workers (UAW) have made big gains in their industrial campaign against the big car manufacturers in the United States, which will ripple through the US labour movement, reports Malik Miah.

at yeong-hwan bang shrine in Seoul

The death of Bang Yeong-hwan, a South Korean taxi driver and trade unionist, has drawn international attention to the harsh and super-exploitative working conditions suffered in a country with an image as a high-tech, relatively developed and wealthy nation, reports Peter Boyle.

Midwife Amar Hamed made a powerful call to action for trade unionists to join the movement to stop the genocide against Palestinian people at rally of 50,000. Peter Boyle reports.

The ACTU has decided to support the CFMEU ban and take steps to end the use of engineered stone by mid 2024 if government bans are not already in place. Jim McIlroy reports.

Green Left News Podcast Ep 23, October 26

Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.