Inside LabourStart

A very busy week at LabourStart as we launched two new campaigns, a new podcast, and our brand-new LabourStart-branded mugs and t-shirts.

Campaign Number 1: USA: Support striking workers at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. This campaign went live on Thursday and has already been translated into several languages. In its first 24 hours online it picked up 1,570 supporters.

Campaign Number 2: Nike: Women workers demand justice. Launched this morning and had over 750 supporters in the first few hours. Campaign is live in English, Spanish and Turkish.

Campaign Number 3: Belarus: Stop repression, free jailed trade unionists. Launched a bit more than a week ago, the campaign now appears in 13 languages and has 3,019 supporters — a gain of about 1,200 this week.

Podcasts: This week Pat Bulmer interviewed the National President of Canada’s largest union, CUPE. The interview is exceptionally good — and has had a great response. It is shaping up to be what is possibly our most popular podcast, and it will be aired on radio stations in both the USA and Australia too.

T-shirts and mugs: Working together with the Trade Union Football & Alcohol Committee in the UK, we have produced these lovely items for sale. Check them out here.

News: And meanwhile, our volunteer correspondents have posted, on average, 128 news stories every day so far in March. That’s a huge increase since February, when they were posting about 104 stories per day.