Inside LabourStart

Podcasting: We will resume interviews in January. Derek and Pat have some ideas in Canada. If others have suggestions, please let me know. According to Buzzsprout, which hosts our podcasts, in 2024 we were in the top 25% of all podcasts and we had listeners in 117 countries. With a bit of a push we can probably make it to the top 10% in 2025.

Thailand campaign: Just eight days ago this was our smallest campaign with 3,842 supporters. It has picked up 982 new supporters in the last week and is 176 supporters shy of 5,000 today.

Turkey campaign: Slow growth this week as support rises by just 64. Ismet has been hospitalised and we’ve asked if we should use that to focus more attention on his situation.

Urdu: We’re making final tweaks to ensure that our campaigns display correctly in Urdu. For 70 million people, Urdu is a mother tongue and this is a big step forward for us.

Amazon: We contacted the union in New York City offering help again, but receive no reply yet. Meanwhile, we’ve shared UNI’s statement about Amazon strikes in the USA and Germany.

Mailing lists: Slow growth this week as we picked up just 35 new subscribers (24 of those for the English list).

Recruiting new correspondents: Our mailing last week to our 459 email subscribers in South Africa did not generate any response, even though 41 of those opened the message and 11 clicked on the link to become correspondents. We’ll be writing to those 11 next weekm to see if we can help them to sign up.