Inside LabourStart

It’s been a couple of busy weeks here at LabourStart.

Campaigns

We launched two campaigns in the last two weeks.

First, in support of DHL workers in the Philippines facing union-busting. That campaign had 3,994 supporters this morning, and appears in 15 languages.

Second, we launched a campaign a week ago in support of jailed Hong Kong trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. In its first 7 days online the campaign got 3,739 supporters and appears in 15 languages as well.

Podcasts

We recorded two new podcasts as well. One was an interview with Mark Bergfeld, Director of Property Services at UNI Europa. The other was an interview with Chanyoung Heo from the, Kuehne+Nagel Korea Labour Union.

Mailing lists

These grew by 533 supporters in the last couple of weeks — these are almost all new supporters of our online campaigns.

Podcasts: We released two more podcasts in the last few days. These were interviews with Sean Sweeney, coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED), and Joseph Ndiritu Karobia, General Secretary of the Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON) in Kenya. I think they’re both very good interviews and we’re promoting them widely. We have an interview scheduled for next week with a South Korean trade unionist and others in the pipeline.

Campaigns: After a ‘dry spell’ the number of new campaigns has increased. “Philippines: Tell DHL to stop union-busting” was launched today and we expect Hong Kong and Ukraine campaigns very shortly.

Climate: Our climate page went live this month.

Fundraising: We’ve begun a major fundraising effort for September to begin to rebuild our financial safety net. Without the support of our generous donors, both individuals and unions, LabourStart could not continue with our work.