I thought I’d get off an update before 2018 ends. Here’s what we’ve been up to for the last 12 days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambodia<\/strong>: We publicised the story about 95 NGOs condemning convictions of union leaders in Cambodia, sharing it widely on social media and as a top global news story on LabourStart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Canada<\/strong>: Our CUPW campaign<\/a> got a boost, in part due to the Hungary mailing (see below), picking up 653 new supporters in the last week, and becoming our largest active campaign. It currently has 8,412<\/strong> supporters and we may be able to push this up to 10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China<\/strong>: A new campaign has been suggested to us; we’re waiting to see if a partner can be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Global<\/strong>: Today, we shared the IFJ’s news report about 94 journalists being killed this year both as a top global news story on LabourStart, and across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hungary<\/strong>: We closed our campaign eight days ago, after the President signed the “slave law”. The campaign was only live for five days, got 7,288<\/strong> supporters, and appeared in 13<\/strong> languages. The Hungarian unions gave us a text to use<\/a> to sum up what happened. We followed this with a mass mailing to all our lists reporting on this setback (because we make a point of being honest and transparent, and we share good news and bad). The mailing encouraged people to support our other active campaigns, to follow us on social media, and to donate — two days before Christmas. Because of that, response rates were low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India<\/strong>: We shared a story about the 30,000 strong farmers’ “long march” as a top global news story, and on social media, as well as making it our photo of the week. We did the same with a story about a hunger strike by Indian teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philippines<\/strong>: We shared a story about a protest camp story as a top global news story and across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UK<\/strong>: We supported the TUC’s campaign in support of restaurant workers at TGIF with a mass mailing to our UK list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n