Working conditions are one of the reasons why Ghanaians have protested.
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Protests in Ghana are often misunderstood which is why the root causes need to identified.
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A good life for workers and a healthy natural environment aren’t mutually exclusive.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey gestures to the crowd at Labour conference.
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Despite promising to represent the membership, Corbyn has ended up relying on union bloc votes to push through his own Brexit motion.
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In order to achieve progressive change and combat the climate crisis, workers need to help build a movement powerful enough to challenge the status quo.
Teachers are now more the ‘union heartland’ than blue-collar workers. Union membership in the education and training sector is about 33%, compared with 15% generally.
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Teacher unions have a thing or two to teach the the union movement about how to succeed when strikes don’t work.
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) President Michele O'Neil (left) stands next to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus.
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ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government’s anti-union legislation
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ACTU President Michele O'Neil says that the decision over Setka's leadership lies with the union membership, and denounces the government's plans to bring back anti-union legislation.
Pro-democracy activists march in Hong Kong in May 2019 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
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Back in 1989, workers joined students in pro-democracy protests. Now students are joining workers agitating for better conditions.
The average rate of unionisation in OECD nations fell from 46% to 27% of the workforce between 1980 and 2015.
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The global evidence from more than 300 studies on the economic impact of unionisation shows unions do not, overall, reduce productivity.
On industrial relations policy, the Coalition and Labor offer starkly different choices this election.
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At this election there is a stark choice between the two major parties on industrial relations: the “small target” approach of the Coalition and the ALP’s more ambitious and detailed plan.
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Progress on gender pay issues in finance especially has been too slow, fragmented and uneven.
Market forces are unlikely to lift wage growth higher without help.
Wage growth has been at near depression levels for half a decade. It needs a push.
South African workers protesting against a proposed minimum wage earlier this year.
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Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights.
Fracking protestors Rich Loizou, Simon Blevins and Richard Roberts released from prison on October 17.
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The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
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A critical review of research into inequality shows the formula for reducing it is surprisingly simple.
CFMMEU workers protest on September 6, demanding the abolition of the federal government’s Australian Building and Construction Commission.
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The stand-off between the Morrison government and one of the country’s largest unions, the CFMMEU, should be seen as a contest of politics and ideology rather than simply one of industrial relations.
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The UK desperately needs a more robust system to lift standards in low paid sectors and protect workers.
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And it doesn’t involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
Nevada unions have been successful in part because of their political engagement.
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While the Supreme Court’s Janus ruling dealt a blow to organized labor, three lessons from Nevada’s unions suggest things aren’t as bleak as they appear.
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Often portrayed as an old plodding cart house, can the TUC become agile again?
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Brexit could erode workers’ wages and conditions, particularly if the British government deregulates employment laws and undercuts EU standards.