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Global corporate minimum tax moving forward, with or without U.S.

Feb 15, 2023

The tax will be levied on companies with revenues of over $750 million, and it’s expected to generate $150 billion per year in revenue.

Massive strike in France opposes pension changes

Feb 2, 2023

Eight major unions took part in the strike, which shut down schools and trains nationwide and curtailed production at oil refineries.

Massive strike planned for Feb. 1 across the United Kingdom

Jan 18, 2023

While inflation runs rampant, employers are offering “raises” that amount to pay cuts. Sound familiar?

Sweatshop protest comes to Adidas

Dec 14, 2022

Led by Kalpona Akter, president of the Bangladeshi Garment and Industrial Worker Federation, about half the participants were from Machinists Lodge 1005.

International

Worker uprising at Foxconn in China

Nov 30, 2022

Workers at the massive Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China were barred from leaving dorms in the locked down facility.

The world’s worst countries for workers

Jul 13, 2022

The latest International Trade Union Confederation report shows an increase in workers rights violations in recent years.

Chinese crew freed from ship docked at Longview

May 18, 2022

An international union federation and the U.S. Coast Guard helped 12 Chinese crew members leave a ship they’d been on for 14 months.

Unions, and members, step up to support Ukraine

Mar 17, 2022

Unions in Poland, Slovakia and other countries sent members and trucks to pick up refugees. Members in the U.S. are donating to relief.

Employer-dominated union ousted at Mexican GM plant

Feb 16, 2022

An independent union won a landslide victory at a General Motors plant in central Mexico, a breakthrough for efforts to free Mexican workers.

Factory owner hires hit man in plot to take out union representative

Jun 16, 2021

CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: The owner worried that the union activist would destroy the “family spirit” at the company.