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Tripartite constituents advance dispute resolution through social dialogue

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Tripartite constituents advance dispute resolution through social dialogue [ILO] 04-02-2026


Sixteen journalists denied accreditation, amidst growing press freedom restrictions [IFJ] 25-07-2025


Esther Lynch speech at FPRK Congress [ETUC] 11-07-2025


Tengiz oil field reports strike [Kursiv] 22-04-2025


ILO supports Kazakhstan in advancing occupational safety and health through tripartite dialogue [ILO] 03-03-2025



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Tripartite constituents advance dispute resolution through social dialogue 2026-02-04 [ILO]

China More Than a Third of Migrant Workers in Kazakhstan Are Chinese Citizens 2025-12-26 [Times of Central Asia]

Sixteen journalists denied accreditation, amidst growing press freedom restrictions 2025-07-25 [IFJ]

Esther Lynch speech at FPRK Congress 2025-07-11 [ETUC]

Tengiz oil field reports strike 2025-04-22 [Kursiv]

ILO supports Kazakhstan in advancing occupational safety and health through tripartite dialogue 2025-03-03 [ILO]

Asia Kazakh unions demand decent wages 2024-11-13 [IndustriALL]

Kazakhstan Prominent journalist killed in Ukraine 2024-07-04 [IFJ]

Kyrgyzstan Moving Disability Rights Forward For more info 2024-03-18 [Solidarity Center]

Oil Workers Fired As Strike Rages On 2024-03-01 [Eurasianet]

ITUC demands social dialogue and dropping of sanctions against striking workers 2024-02-10 [CALRMM]

ITUC demands social dialogue and dropping of sanctions against striking workers 2024-02-07 [ITUC]

ITUC demands sanctions against striking workers are dropped and social dialogue is established 2024-02-06 [ITUC]

State must respect workers’ right to strike 2024-02-03 [CALRMM]

Kazakhstan must respect workers’ right to strike 2024-01-29 [IndustriALL]

Hundreds Of Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Urge President To Intervene 2024-01-09 [RFE]

Oil workers persist with protest, government ignores 2024-01-04 [Eurasianet]

The WFTU on the death of 46 coal miners in Kazakhstan 2023-11-08 [WFTU]

Oil workers finally achieve union registration 2023-09-01 [IndustriALL]

Journalists harassed, assaulted and obstructed in separate incidents 2023-08-29 [IFJ]

Why are oil workers protesting? 2023-04-26 [Global Voices]

Stop corrupt practices in oil and gas region, respect workers and their unions 2023-04-22 [CALRMM]

Stop corrupt practices in oil and gas region, respect workers and their unions 2023-04-19 [ITUC]

Kazakhstan needs genuine social dialogue 2023-04-11 [IndustriALL]

Nigeria Dr. Francis Atwoli Speech at the NLC Congress. 2023-02-12 [COTU]

Anti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan�s workers. But the fight isn�t over  ActNOW!  2022-08-13 [CALRMM]

Government apologized to well-known journalists Seitkazy and Aset Matayev 2022-07-25 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Kazakhstan: ITUC demands inquiry into killings 2022-01-13 [ITUC]

Kazakh president gives shoot-to kill order to quell protests 2022-01-07 [Reuters]

Russia sends troops to put down Khazakstan uprising as fresh violence erupts 2022-01-07 [Reuters]

Kazakh Oil, Gas Facility Workers Go On Strike As Rallies Continue In Republic - Reports 2022-01-06 [UrduPoint / CNN]

Global 10 Years Later, Many Questions Remain About The Zhanaozen Violence 2021-12-19 [RFE RL]

They shot to kill: the massacre of Kazakhstan's striking oil workers, eight years on 2020-01-14 [Opendemocracy]

Kazakhstan Железнодорожные профсоюзы Киргизии и Казахстана организуются и готовятся к новым вызовам 2019-11-08 [ITF]

IndustriALL призывает освободить казахстанского профсоюзного лидера 2019-07-24 [IndustriALL]

President Resigns - Now Is a Chance to Guarantee the Citizens Their Rights 2019-03-20 [Svenssonstiftelsen]

Workers At Kazakh Pipeline Firm End Strike After Promise Of Salary Raise 2019-02-08 [RFE]

VIDEO Global Delegate of banned Independent Trade Union Confederation address ITUC Congress  ActNOW!  2018-12-04 [KTR]

Global International Trade Union Conference on Chrysotile Asbestos 2018-10-15 [ International Trade Union Alliance for Chrysotile]

Activist Who Claimed Torture After Zhanaozen Oil-Strike Crackdown Buried 2018-10-01 [RFE]

Kyrgyz Worker in Kazakhstan Paid $100 for 6 Months' Work 2018-07-27 [Solidarity Center]

Migrant Workers & Children Exploited in Kazakhstan For more info 2018-07-19 [Solidarity Center]

Jailed Labor Union Leader Ordered Released On Parole 2018-05-11 [RFE RL]

What I didn't write about Zhanaozen 2018-01-18 [Open Democracy]

Hundreds Of Kazakh Miners Call Off Strikes, Leave Mines 2017-12-17 [RFE/RL]

Mine Owner Sues Hundreds Of Striking Workers Remaining Underground 2017-12-14 [RFE]

Coal Miners' Strike Spreads In Kazakhstan As Workers Stay Underground 2017-12-13 [RFE/RL]

Ex-Chief Of Kazakh Journalists' Union Released From Prison 2017-12-05 [RFE/RL]

Copper Miners In Kazakhstan Refuse To Leave Mine, Demand Higher Wages 2017-12-02 [RFE/L]

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