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Sean Sweeney is the founder and coordinator of a global network of trade unionists who are trying change the way we deal with the global climate crisis.  Instead of failed neo-liberal solutions, TUED is pushing for 'public pathways' to confront the climate emergency.

In November, Sean will be in Turkey for COP 31, the People's Climate Summit and TUED's own Inter-Regiona...


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Joe's union has managed to win a couple of legal battles ensuring that drivers working in Kenya's informal sector have rights. But employers are resisting and the struggle is not yet won.  Joe tells us about some of the challenges that his members face including 16 hour work days -- and regular bribes to the police. 


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According to the International Trade Union Confederation, Turkey is one of the worst countries in the world for workers' rights.  Union leaders continue to be arrested and jailed.  But recently, a number have been released, thanks in part to global online campaigns on LabourStart.

In o...


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The lowest gender pay gap ever recorded.  Food delivery workers winning new workplace protections and a new minimum hourly rate of pay, above the minimum wage.  Workers winning a 'right to disconnect' -- meaning that their employers cannot force them to be available after working hours. New paid leave in cases of domestic abuse. And the union movement beginning to grow agai...


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