‘Brazil must set the example’: Unions, MPs urge Lula to cut ties with Israel over Gaza genocide

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Brazil / Palestine ‘Brazil must set the example’: Unions, MPs urge Lula to cut ties with Israel over Gaza genocide [Green Left Weekly] 06-06-2025

Brazil São Paulo care workers support bill to expand training and protections [UNI Global Union] 05-06-2025

Brazil Workers push for shorter labor schemes [MercoPress] 03-05-2025

Brazil TUAC assessment highlights labour rights concerns in Brazil’s OECD accession bid [TUAC] 29-04-2025

Brazil BWI proposes to Lula “decent work program” for the Amazon [BWI] 09-04-2025

Brazil Hapvida Fails to honour collective labour agreements [UNI Global Union] 08-04-2025

Brazil Petrobras workers complete 24-hour strike [MercoPress] 28-03-2025

Brazil / Global BWI Trade Union Summit puts fight against forced labour in the Amazon at the centre of COP30 [BWI] 27-03-2025

Brazil Unions representing Engie workers define action plan based on GFA [PSI] 05-02-2025

Brazil / China Chinese workers found in 'slavery-like' conditions at BYD car factory construction site in Brazil [Euronews] 26-12-2024

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Palestine ‘Brazil must set the example’: Unions, MPs urge Lula to cut ties with Israel over Gaza genocide 2025-06-06 [Green Left Weekly]

Brazil NUPGE joins Inter-American health workers to strengthen regional union coordination 2025-06-05 [NUPGE]

São Paulo care workers support bill to expand training and protections 2025-06-05 [UNI Global Union]

Petrobras' Austerity Leads to Strike by Brazilian Oil Workers 2025-05-19 [Trading View]

Workers push for shorter labor schemes 2025-05-03 [MercoPress]

TUAC assessment highlights labour rights concerns in Brazil’s OECD accession bid 2025-04-29 [TUAC]

BWI proposes to Lula “decent work program” for the Amazon 2025-04-09 [BWI]

Hapvida Fails to honour collective labour agreements 2025-04-08 [UNI Global Union]

Petrobras workers complete 24-hour strike 2025-03-28 [MercoPress]

Global BWI Trade Union Summit puts fight against forced labour in the Amazon at the centre of COP30 2025-03-27 [BWI]

Brazil Save the Date: 6th BWI World Congress 2025-03-05 [BWI]

Unions representing Engie workers define action plan based on GFA 2025-02-05 [PSI]

Trade unions reject amnesty against coup leaders in Brazil 2025-01-12 [Prensa Latina]

Unions See Potential and Pressures From Chinese Carmakers 2025-01-12 [China Global South Project]

Brazil Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil 2024-12-26 [Buenos Aires Times]

China Workers rescued from 'slavery-like' conditions at BYD factory site in Brazil 2024-12-26 [NHK]

China Chinese workers found in 'slavery-like' conditions at BYD car factory construction site in Brazil 2024-12-26 [Euronews]

Brazil Belarusian trade unions appealed to Brazil for support in issues of freedom of association 2024-12-11 [salidarnast.info]

Brazilian court clears BHP, Samarco and Vale of environmental crimes in Mariana 2024-11-21 [IndustriALL]

Breaking Through Award 2024 goes to Franco da Rocha Union for Amazon organizing in Brazil 2024-11-13 [UNI Global Union]

National strike in Brazil as dockers defend working conditions 2024-10-27 [ITF]

IndustriALL trade union network at Klabin and Suzano sheds light on violations 2024-10-10 [IndustriALL]

Government responds to Aerolíneas union strikes with sell-off threat 2024-09-20 [Buenos Aires Times]

Worker at ArcelorMittal Brazil suffers electric shock 2024-09-16 [IndustriALL]

Brazil Drivers: iFood Must Keep Us Safe, Pay Decent Wages For more info 2024-09-04 [Solidarity Center]

UNI condemns violent response to peaceful protest against outsourcing at Banco Santander Brazil 2024-08-25 [UNI]

Environmental agency strike set to end as workers accept proposal 2024-08-14 [The Brazilian Report]

#SoniaLivre campaign 2024-08-07 [IUF]

Renault workers in Brazil on strike for more than 25 days 2024-06-04 [IndustriALL]

HEALTHCARE IS NOT A COMMODITY! Hapvida workers launch national campaign to demand better working conditions in Brazil 2024-05-22 [UNI Global Union]

Brazil Help street vendors affected by deadly floods in Brazil! For more info 2024-05-22 [https://www.givengain.com/campaign/help-street-vendors-affected-]

Brazil's Amazon fires off to record 2024 start as green union blames fire-fighting budget cut 2024-05-21 [Reuters]

Public service workers on the front line in assisting those affected by the rains 2024-05-15 [PSI]

Global In the face of climate change, workers’ health is put to the test by new dangers 2024-04-26 [Equal Times]

'Women couldn't even have an ID; only men had it,' says activist Maria Querobina 2024-03-09 [Brasil de Fato]

New Attempts to Reduce Gender Inequality 2024-03-07 [Global Issues]

Trade liberalisation can weaken unions and reduce votes for the left 2024-02-04 [CEPR]

Government to negotiate with aggrieved Central Bank workers 2024-01-13 [The Brazilian Report]

Unions file charges against Dexco before OECD 2023-12-31 [BWI]

Unions file charges against Dexco before OECD 2023-12-22 [BWI]

USA Uniting for workers' rights: the US-Brazil partnership 2023-12-19 [IndustriALL]

Brazil’s politicians, unions, and workers can’t agree on how to protect gig labor 2023-11-22 [Rest of World]

Union says Petrobras management under 'worrying' political pressure 2023-11-22 [Reuters]

Global Unions call for rally for peace 2023-11-14 [Prensa Latina]

Brazil NUMSA supports indefinite strike by Metalworkers at General Motors in Brazil 2023-10-27 [Polity/NUMSA]

GM workers in Brazil go on strike in protest against layoffs 2023-10-24 [Automotive News]

GM workers in Brazil go on strike in protest against layoffs 2023-10-24 [CNN]

Metalworkers suspend strike at Embraer plant in Brazil 2023-10-04 [Reuters]

Unions push for multiple responses to health and safety issues 2023-09-30 [BWI]

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