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The Boiling Point: Inside the 19-Province Uprising Threatening Noboa's Presidency

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The Boiling Point: Inside the 19-Province Uprising Threatening Noboa's Presidency [The Latin Times] 09-10-2026


FEDESOMEC celebrates 65 years of organising and trade union struggle in Ecuador [BWI] 19-08-2026


Freedom of association in Ecuador: the ILO calls on the government to respond regarding the administrative dissolution of the education union [PSI] 24-07-2026


Magnum ice cream workers in Ecuador organize new unions [IUF] 16-04-2026


Brutal gov’t repression forces end to national strike [Green Left Weekly] 02-11-2025



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The Boiling Point: Inside the 19-Province Uprising Threatening Noboa's Presidency 2026-10-09 [The Latin Times]

FEDESOMEC celebrates 65 years of organising and trade union struggle in Ecuador 2026-08-19 [BWI]

Ecuador Canadian organizations condemn signing of high-risk Ecuador free trade agreement 2026-08-01 [USW]

Freedom of association in Ecuador: the ILO calls on the government to respond regarding the administrative dissolution of the education union 2026-07-24 [PSI]

Magnum ice cream workers in Ecuador organize new unions 2026-04-16 [IUF]

Brutal gov’t repression forces end to national strike 2025-11-02 [Green Left Weekly]

Trade union submits a complaint to the EC claiming that the banana industry is failing to protect human rights and the environment 2025-10-07 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Union denounces violation of banana workers’ rights 2025-10-05 [Latin America Reports]

Ecuador Labour unions express concerns about proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador 2024-10-20 [USW]

Ecuador Solidarity with Indigenous women resisting free trade, mining violations in Ecuador 2024-10-08 [CUPE]

Ecuador NUPGE hosts Why We Say No tour activists from Ecuador 2024-10-04 [NUPGE]

PSI sides with public sector workers in Ecuador to resist privatisation push 2024-09-04 [PSI]

ILO recognizes the rights of the Shuar Arutam people in Ecuador with PSI support 2024-04-04 [PSI]

We welcome the initiatives of the trade unions and popular movement to stop the war in Ecuador 2024-01-28 [PSI]

ITUC demands immediate government action 2023-08-15 [ITUC]

This month in labour history

15-11-1922 In the city of Guayaquil, workers come together in a general strike for pay rises and the 8-hour day. Soldiers fire on a mass rally, killing as many as 300 people. Workers won most of their demands a few days later, but the state repression of t [more]