{"id":5031,"date":"2026-01-23T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:41:13","slug":"from-greenland-to-minneapolis-labourstart-seems-to-be-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/blogs\/?p=5031","title":{"rendered":"From Greenland to Minneapolis, LabourStart seems to be everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very busy couple of weeks …<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Concerned with what is happening in Greenland, we shared widely an interview with the leader of the territory’s trade unions. We wrote to them twice, only getting a form response the first time. Our friends in the Danish unions have agreed to help us make contact. We are keen to interview a trade union leader from Greenland and are open to the possibility of a solidarity campaign if they want one.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we launched two new campaigns yesterday, the first in several weeks. We’re supporting teachers in Turkey and electrical workers making products for Apple in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

We also recorded and shared two podcasts — our first of the year — with the IFJ (to discuss the killing of journalists around the world) and a trade union leader in Minneapolis about what’s going on there. (Today is a day of action there in which unions are playing a key role.)<\/p>\n

We received generous donations from two global union federations (BWI and IndustriALL) and a pledge from EFFAT, the European food workers federation.<\/p>\n

We also mailed to most of our lists appealing for funds, and many of our supporters came through again this year.<\/p>\n

We closed several of our older campaigns, some of which have resulted in significant wins for the workers. These include Lesotho, Guatemala and Serbia. We’ll be sharing more details with our supporters soon.<\/p>\n

As we do every few months, we followed up with new correspondents who have signed up in the last year. Only 1 in 3 new correspondents have posted a news story. We offered to help anyone who didn’t understand what to do.<\/p>\n

We picked up one new volunteer from Denmark as part of our weekly outreach to recruit correspondents and translators. In the first 3 weeks of the new year, we have picked up new volunteers from Denmark, Sweden and Finland, and have begun again mailings to the Swedish and Finnish lists. Next week, we’ll turn to Poland.<\/p>\n

LabourStart has been invited to participate in a major global solidarity event organised by a Canadian union in British Columbia. Our Canadian coordinator, Pat Bulmer, will be representing us there.<\/p>\n

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