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Release Dr. Daniel Fentaneh, and all Detained Health Workers 2025-07-21 [PSI]

Go Public! campaign showing strong results with solidarity and strategic advocacy 2025-07-15 [Education International]

Crackdown on Health Workers’ Protests 2025-06-26 [Human Rights Watch]

Journalist released after six days in custody 2025-06-20 [IFJ]

Deafening silence of CETU and ETA: A crisis of representation in Ethiopia’s labor struggles 2025-05-30 [Borkena]

Amnesty Raises Concern Over 'Crackdown' On Health Workers - Multiple Detentions Reported As Nationwide Strike Continues for Third Day 2025-05-16 [The Standard]

Health professionals on strike continue to vacate hospitals despite Health Ministry’s claim of holding talks 2025-05-19 [The Standard]

White Coats Down: 70% of Ethiopia’s Health Services Halt in Nationwide Protest 2025-05-15 [Addis Insight]

Why are health workers striking? 2025-05-19 [BBC]

Health Professionals Strike Continues Amid Gov’t Crackdown 2025-05-19 [Borkena]

DHL Ethiopia Workers Union Strikes for Better Pay 2025-05-10 [The Reporter]

Safaricom Ethiopia Employees Go on Strike 2025-01-22 [Ethio Negari]

Serious obstacles are preventing Tigray’s IDPs from going home and getting back to work 2025-01-17 [Equal Times]

Ethiopia’s Bole Lemi industrial park sets up workplace daycare centres 2024-10-30 [IndustriALL]

'Go Public! Fund Education' campaign launched 2024-10-17 [Education International]

Numerous Violations at Collegiate Supplier in Ethiopia Remedied 2024-10-05 [WRC]

SAFTU mourns deaths of Ethiopians who perished in landslide disasters 2024-07-26 [SAFTU]

Guterres leads tributes to UN workers 2024-03-04 [United Nations]

French journalist detained while on assignment in Addis Ababa 2024-02-28 [EFJ]

Cost-of-living crisis hurdle for organizing 2024-02-15 [IndustriALL]

The road to reforming Ethiopia’s policies on maternity and paternity leave 2024-01-20 [The Reporter]

CETU discloses women workers in industrial parks have faced violations of rights 2023-12-08 [borkena]

Job losses wreck livelihoods in Ethiopia’s garment industry 2023-09-06 [IndustriALL]

Violence against women and associated factors among female construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2023-07-29 [BMC Psychiatry]

Education union’s plea for peace 2022-12-20 [Education International]

Trade union demands de-escalation of military hostilities and continued humanitarian assistance 2022-10-13 [Education International]

‘Decline’ of unions greatly exaggerated 2022-07-30 [GLU]

Massive job losses reverse union gains in Ethiopia's Hawassa Industrial Park 2022-07-23 [IndustriALL]

Ethiopia needs minimum wage law to protect workers – Investment chief 2019-05-24 [Africa News]

Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-22 [Equal Times]

Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-23 [ET]

Media houses raided and 9 media workers arrested 2022-05-25 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: CPJ calls for release of journalists 2022-05-08 [Africa News]

Unions fear job losses if AGOA eligibility is withdrawn from Ethiopia 2021-10-21 [IndustriALL]

Media regulator suspends Addis Standard 2021-07-19 [IFJ]

Journalist attacked and threatened with death 2021-02-12 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: Garment workers report pay cuts, unpaid & forced overtime at Indochine Apparel and KGG Garments factories; Incl. brands' responses 2021-01-21 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Media crackdown amid military offensive in Tigray region 2020-11-17 [IFJ]

Unions enlighten Ethiopia on collective bargaining 2019-08-24 [Just Style]

MoLSA to push for livable wages in ind. parks 2019-05-25 [The Reporter]

Worker turnover and unrest undermines Ethiopia sourcing 2019-05-10 [Just Style]

Garment workers are the lowest paid in the world 2019-05-07 [FOX]

Police take 3 IL&FS officials into custody over unpaid wages 2018-12-05 [PTI]

IL&FS workers held hostage by unpaid staff 2018-12-01 [Bloomberg]

Project helps female garment workers guard against exploitation 2018-12-01 [Just Style]

Unions campaign for Ethiopia garment wage increase 2018-05-17 [Just Style]

Occupation: girl 2018-05-11 [Equal Times]

Ethiopian Airlines Resume Service After a Brief Interruption - a rare strike by air traffic controllers 2018-04-19 [ENA]

Park life: workers struggle to make ends meet at Ethiopia's $250m industrial zone 2017-12-07 [Guardian ]

Unions prioritise women workers' rights in Ethiopia 2017-12-03 [Just Style]

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