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Union Solidarity

@USILive

Union Solidarity International: online solidarity for a stronger international union movement. See also: https://xitter.gq/t.co/Rusp1TS8DS

 Manchester, England
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Joined October 2011
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Press Release📣Landmark Order on Arms Exports: High Court of South Africa Sets Aside Permits for Arms Exports to #Myanmar. The order was granted to @Follow_SALC, represented by @LHR_SA. Read our joint press release here 👉🏽 bit.ly/46fOyqW
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5 reasons to join a union | IndustriALL industriall-union.org/5-reas…
5 reasons to join a union - industriall-union

5 reasons to join a union - industriall-union

1. Better wages and benefitsIt’s proven that workers who are trade union members earn more than non-unionized workers. Trade unions use their

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Over 11,600 Bangladesh garment workers lose jobs and face repression industriall-union.org/over-1…

Over 11,600 Bangladesh garment workers lose jobs and face repression - industriall-union

According to an estimate provided by the IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC), the national coordinating body of affiliates of IndustriALL Global Union,

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Labour rights activists risk torture in Iran amnesty.org.uk/actions/urgen…
The USA, India and China among the few that still haven't ratified the main ILO Conventions protecting trade union rights: get the 2019 data and ICTUR's new wall poster / union education resource at ictur.org/map.html
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As job precarity increases in post-coup Turkey, so are workplace death rates bit.ly/2xmsTR7 via @equaltimes
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Radical reform: Switzerland to vote on banking overhaul ft.com/content/13b92d86-5810… via @financialtimes < Switzerland is voting on banning fractional reserve banking
Radical reform: Switzerland to vote on banking overhaul

Radical reform: Switzerland to vote on banking overhaul

Supporters promise the proposal will end boom-and-bust, but critics say it is a dangerous experiment

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Shell unable to answer questions on serious violations of worker rights at its AGM this week #ShellAGM @Shell #makethefuture? #gotnofuture industriall-union.org/shell-…
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ILO_Live@ILO_live28 May 2018
The #ILC2018 is officially open. Follow the opening session live here: buff.ly/2xk53FD
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Using Global Framework Agreements (GFAs) for organizing youtu.be/9Jw-k2k8blo via @YouTube
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Kazakhstan: independent union leader freed | IndustriALL industriall-union.org/kazakh…
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France: Rail unions fight against privatisation labourstartcampaigns.net/sho…
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Korean union leader Han Sang-gyun released from prison | IndustriALL industriall-union.org/korean…
Korean union leader Han Sang-gyun released from prison - industriall-union

Korean union leader Han Sang-gyun released from prison - industriall-union

Brother Han served two years, five months and 12 days of a five-year sentence on charges related to protesting the corruption of the government of former

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French cosmetics brand Yves Rocher dismisses 100 union members | IndustriALL industriall-union.org/french…
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Amazon is a 21st-Century digital chain gang usilive.org/39762/#.WwwRlA5k…
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"Public transport is the future" #OurPublicTransport @FTTUB @ITF_Women @USILive @ETF_Europe @ETF_women @Teamsters goo.gl/vY7ya6
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Those three little words...
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Equal Times ⏸️@equaltimes1 May 2017
Honduran workers’ rights activists face rising violence bit.ly/2oOD6Rl #Honduras #workersrights #MayDay #1stMay #tradeunions
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Hemant Jain@BestTweet___1 May 2017
We salute to those hard workers without whom our country can't prosper. #MayDay2017 #RahulGandhiInGujarat #RERA #MamataBanerjee #Poonch
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Sadly, very true. Which is why we must organise in all sectors, whenever and wherever we can.
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