Tag: workers of the world
Millions join national strike in France against Macron’s pension reform
Unions and left-wing political parties are calling for the immediate withdrawal of President Macron’s pension reforms, which would raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64. Brandon Jourdan: Production, video, and editing Associate Producer: Daniel…
Greece now has the highest energy costs in the EU. These workers are fighting back.
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/greek-workers-resist-soaring-energy-prices-from-eu-imposed-privatization-and-ukraine-war Thousands of Greek workers have mobilized against runaway energy and fuel prices in recent weeks. Although spiking fuel and energy prices are now a global phenomenon tied to…
Greek workers want to overthrow their government after a train crash
On Feb. 28, 2023, two trains traveling along the same track collided in Greece, killing 57 people—many of them students in their teens and 20s returning home from university in Athens. The deaths of 11…
Indonesia protests big reversal on labor rights
Trade unions in Indonesia are mobilizing workers by the thousands to protest the 2020 Omnibus Bill, which significantly undermines many labor protections won under the 2003 Labor Law. President Jokowi Widodo argues that more labor…
‘The president forced our comrade to die’—South Korea’s unions vs. Yoon Seok Yeol
On May 1, 2023, Yang Hoe-Dong, district leader of the Korean Construction Workers’ Union, fatally set himself on fire in protest of the Yoon Seok Yeol’s racketeering charges against him. Yang was just one of…
Slave labor and sexism at Shoprite Namibia
Content warning: This story contains references to suicide. Shoprite Holdings, the largest supermarket retail chain in Africa, is under fire from workers organizing against grueling work conditions. The current surge in organizing follows the suicide…
‘A new form of colonization’: Argentinian workers confront the IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have a long history of plunging Global South nations into unsustainable cycles of debt. For Argentina, this process has been ongoing for decades, and is now reaching…
