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Trade unions empower successor generation [BWI] 2022-07-30

African trade unions empower successor generation [BWI] 2022-07-29

​Women and Labor: Key Struggles in the MENA Region [PSI] 2022-03-16

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Shop stewards and organisers sharpen skills, prepare for “new normal” 2022-08-06 [BWI]

Shop stewards and organisers sharpen skills, prepare for “new normal” 2022-08-05 [BWI]

Trade unions empower successor generation 2022-07-30 [BWI]

African trade unions empower successor generation 2022-07-29 [BWI]

East Africa: Trade unions strengthen research on IFI-funded infra projects 2022-07-27 [BWI]

https://www.bwint.org/es_ES/cms/east-africa-trade-unions-strengthen-research-on-ifi-funded-infra-projects-2689 2022-07-27 [BWI]

BWI holds regional assembly, vows to push for more democracy and solidarity 2022-07-16 [BWI]

35th anniversary of the West Africa Health Organization 2022-07-09 [PSI]

Wood and forestry network revisits and strengthens strategies leading to BWI World Congress 2022-06-25 [BWI]

Africa wood and forestry network revisits and strengthens strategies leading to BWI World Congress 2022-06-24 [BWI]

Just Transition prominent at mining indaba discussions 2022-05-14 [IndustriALL]

Construction unions prepare for climate actions 2022-04-16 [BWI]

War in Ukraine: The ITUC-Africa calls for strengthening of worldwide solidarity 2022-04-13 [ITUC-Africa]

Educators united to resist privatisation and defend quality public education 2022-04-12 [Education International]

BWI welcomes newly elected ILO Director General 2022-04-07 [ICM]

Women mine workers share traumatic experiences on sexual harassment 2022-04-07 [IndustriALL]

Gilbert Houngbo Elected First African ILO Director General 2022-04-02 [COTU]

Workshop on Promoting Union To Union Agreements between Trade Unions for Migrant Workers 2022-04-02 [COTU]

Water Privateers turn Their Eyes to Africa - but the Resistance is Ready 2022-03-23 [PSI]

East African unions push for joint workplace inspections in IFI-funded infra projects 2022-03-21 [BWI]

East African unions push for joint workplace inspections in IFI-funded infra projects 2022-03-19 [BWI]

​Women and Labor: Key Struggles in the MENA Region 2022-03-16 [PSI]

Teachers on strike across continent for better salaries and benefits 2022-03-16 [Global Information Network]

Unions in Niger are fighting to end the practice of fixed-term contracts and ensure decent working conditions for teachers 2022-02-25 [Equal Times]

For workers in Africa, the digital economy isn't all it's made out to be 2022-02-23 [The Conversation]

Vaccine access symptom of uneven EU-Africa relations 2022-02-21 [ETUC]

African trade union group hails Qatar's efforts to improve work culture 2022-02-21 [Gulf Times]

Denmark's biggest union federation visits BWI's Regional Office 2022-02-16 [BWI]

As fighting persists, Cameroon's state agricultural workers are caught in the crossfire 2022-02-16 [Equal Times]

International solidarity allows for educators to teach using storybooks with local flavour 2022-01-22 [EI]

COSATU spokesperson, Sizwe Pamla: “With decent work, everyone – workers, employers and the economy – can emerge as winners” 2022-01-10 [Equal Times]

ITUC-Africa stresses need to rebuild, urges workers, to take vaccine 2022-01-07 [IPP Media]

ITUC-Africa stresses need to rebuild, urges workers to take COVID-19 vaccine 2022-01-04 [Tribune]

New Year: ITUC-Africa Calls For Rebuilding Process In Post Covid-19 2022-01-02 [Leadership]

Desmond Tutu was a soldier who fought for social justice, human rights 2021-12-30 [Tribune]

The future of Industry 4.0 and green technology in the Middle East and North Africa 2021-12-18 [IndustriALL]

Solidarity efforts strengthened in Africa and Middle East 2021-12-15 [BWI]

Union campaign pays off as Covid-19 vaccination rates hit 74% in South Africa's garment sector 2021-12-08 [IndustriALL]

NLC makes case for industrialisation of Africa 2021-12-06 [The Sun]

'Journalist unions in Africa are undergoing very challenging times' 2021-11-29 [IFJ]

Footballers in the Maghreb are still chasing their social rights 2021-11-28 [Equal Times]

Fighting for African industrialization 2021-11-25 [IndustriALL]

14th EATUC Summit. 2021-11-19 [COTU]

Unions sustain organising work in Chinese MNCs 2021-11-18 [BWI]

Unions sustain organising work in Chinese MNCs 2021-11-17 [BWI]

'Wage theft' in UAE robs African deportees of future 2021-11-12 [Thomson Reuters]

Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy comes under the spotlight at Sub Saharan Africa occupational health and safety meeting 2021-11-11 [IndustriALL]

The Sahel beyond the conflict: real economic and social development 2021-11-04 [Equal Times]

UNICEF's Innocenti Report on teacher absenteeism in Africa: The wrong approach at the worst time 2021-11-01 [Education International]

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This month in labour history


7-08-1944 The right to form trade unions is re-established in French colonies. This right remains limited for black Africans in the colonies. [more]