25 Nov 14 | Qatar migrant workers get global union support -- The plight of the migrants workers in Qatar has made the global union Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) take action. During its board meeting in Geneva last week the organisation made a policy decision to work out a proposal for how people working in countries where unions are banned could be offered membership in the BWI. ( Laborstart ) |
25 Nov 14 | Israel, unions to start minimum wage talks as national strike looms -- JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Finance Minister will start negotiations with the country's main labour union on Monday in a bid to avert a national strike over demands to sharply raise the minimum wage, the ministry said. ( Laborstart ) |
12 Nov 14 | Workers on hunger strike detained by police in Babruisk -- BelaPAN learnt it from Mikhail Kavalkou, the chairman of the branch of the Belarusian Free Trade Union at the plant of tractor parts and units in Babruisk. ( Laborstart ) |
12 Nov 14 | THE OTHER SUMMIT IN BRISBANE THIS WEEK -- BRISBANE is readying itself for the largest gathering of international leaders to ever visit Australian shores. ( Laborstart ) |