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SNPP, IFJ hold workshop on media, trade unions and labour rights

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SNPP, IFJ hold workshop on media, trade unions and labour rights 2023-12-06 [IFJ]

CAS decision rules in favour of Yves Diba in absence of sufficient NDRC in DR Congo 2023-12-03 [FIFPRO]

Cedric Bakambu: 'I want to offer these kids the same opportunities I had' 2023-11-18 [FIFPRO]

Glencore short-changing mine workers in the DRC 2023-05-24 [IndustriALL]

The Democratic Republic of Congo is searching for solutions to its health and social security shortcomings 2023-05-22 [Equal Times]

Battery manufacturing pact stimulant for decent jobs in Africa 2023-01-26 [IndustriALL]

Unions welcome revival of IndustriALL’s campaign against Glencore 2022-10-31 [IndustriALL]

PSI condemns Attacks on Health Care Workers in DRC 2022-07-27 [PSI]

US and Congolese journalists arrested and detained 2022-07-20 [IFJ]

En los mataderos de la República Democrática del Congo no solo se sacrifican animales 2022-06-13 [Equal Times]

In DR Congo, civil servants work until the end of their lives 2022-03-27 [The Citizen]

Domestic workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are campaigning for better working conditions 2022-03-16 [Equal Times]

Congo port workers clash with police over unpaid wages 2021-10-25 [HSN]

Congo port workers clash with police over unpaid wages 2021-10-23 [Canada.com]

Congo port workers clash with police over unpaid wages 2021-10-22 [Reuters]

Journalist and wife stabbed to death 2021-08-17 [IFJ]

Journalist killed in North Kivu Province 2021-08-13 [IFJ]

Doctors end three-week strike 2021-08-05 [News24]

An online union academy made in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2021-07-07 [EI]

An online union academy made in DR Congo 2021-07-02 [Education International]

Unions address accountability as Glencore prepares to reopen Mutanda mine 2021-06-19 [IndustriALL]

DRC unions confront challenges of supply chain due diligence 2021-05-03 [IndustriALL]

Online union training full of promise 2021-03-25 [Education International]

FAJ mourns the death of its Steering Committee Member and Congolese Journalists' Leader 2021-01-28 [IFJ]

Collaboration of education trade unions in the production of a guide on COVID-19 in schools 2020-11-07 [EI]

As incremental efforts to end child labour by 2025 persist, Congo's child miners – exhausted and exploited – ask the world to “pray for us” 2020-10-16 [Equal Times]

Nurses brutally raped while on duty 2020-09-22 [PSI]

The government must pay “new units” teachers and address COVID-19 financial deficit 2020-07-18 [EI]

Call for eased lockdown for miners 2020-06-21 [Yahoo]

Mining companies in DRC warned against confining workers at mining sites 2020-06-14 [Peoples Dispatch]

Mine Workers at Risk During Covid-19 2020-06-12 [Human Rights Watch]

Mineros de la RDC reciben bonificación después de hacer huelga 2020-06-11 [IndustriALL]

Workers paid allowance after strike at DRC mine 2020-06-11 [IndustriALL]

United teaching unions set out firm conditions for the reopening of schools 2020-06-04 [Education international]

Strike ends at Tenke Fungurume after workers agree “isolation bonus” following lockdown 2020-05-25 [MiningMX]

United teaching unions set out firm conditions for the reopening of schools 2020-05-25 [Education International]

Congo locks down mining area, some workers repatriated over coronavirus 2020-03-24 [The Financial Post]

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor 2019-12-17 [Reuters/Daily Maverick]

Development Banks Linked to Palm Oil Abuses, including violations of workers' rights 2019-11-25 [Human Rights Watch]

Workers fear job losses at Glencore cobalt mine 2019-08-14 [IndustriALL]

WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in the DRC an International Public Health Emergency 2019-07-22 [PSI]

Calls for sustainable mining after 43 artisanal miners killed in DRC landslide 2019-07-05 [IndustriALL]

South Africa Glencore's Congo tragedy highlights security conundrum for miners 2019-07-01 [Daily Maverick]

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