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Ethiopia Crackdown on Health Workers’ Protests [Human Rights Watch] 26-06-2025

Ethiopia Journalist released after six days in custody [IFJ] 20-06-2025

Ethiopia Health Professionals Strike Continues Amid Gov’t Crackdown [Borkena] 19-05-2025

Ethiopia Amnesty Raises Concern Over 'Crackdown' On Health Workers - Multiple Detentions Reported As Nationwide Strike Continues for Third Day [The Standard] 16-05-2025

Ethiopia White Coats Down: 70% of Ethiopia’s Health Services Halt in Nationwide Protest [Addis Insight] 15-05-2025

Ethiopia DHL Ethiopia Workers Union Strikes for Better Pay [The Reporter] 10-05-2025

Ethiopia Safaricom Ethiopia Employees Go on Strike [Ethio Negari] 22-01-2025

Ethiopia 'Go Public! Fund Education' campaign launched [Education International] 17-10-2024

Ethiopia Numerous Violations at Collegiate Supplier in Ethiopia Remedied [WRC] 05-10-2024

Ethiopia / France French journalist detained while on assignment in Addis Ababa [EFJ] 28-02-2024


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Crackdown on Health Workers’ Protests 2025-06-26 [Human Rights Watch]

Journalist released after six days in custody 2025-06-20 [IFJ]

Deafening silence of CETU and ETA: A crisis of representation in Ethiopia’s labor struggles 2025-05-30 [Borkena]

Health professionals on strike continue to vacate hospitals despite Health Ministry’s claim of holding talks 2025-05-19 [The Standard]

Why are health workers striking? 2025-05-19 [BBC]

Health Professionals Strike Continues Amid Gov’t Crackdown 2025-05-19 [Borkena]

Amnesty Raises Concern Over 'Crackdown' On Health Workers - Multiple Detentions Reported As Nationwide Strike Continues for Third Day 2025-05-16 [The Standard]

White Coats Down: 70% of Ethiopia’s Health Services Halt in Nationwide Protest 2025-05-15 [Addis Insight]

DHL Ethiopia Workers Union Strikes for Better Pay 2025-05-10 [The Reporter]

Ethiopia DENOSA condemns harassment of male nurse as xenophobic 2025-02-06 [IOL]

Safaricom Ethiopia Employees Go on Strike 2025-01-22 [Ethio Negari]

Serious obstacles are preventing Tigray’s IDPs from going home and getting back to work 2025-01-17 [Equal Times]

Ethiopia Police union praises SAPS for suspected human trafficking bust in Sandringham 2025-01-13 [Eyewitness News]

Ethiopia Why human rights due diligence is crucial for African industrialization 2024-11-05 [IndustriALL]

Ethiopia’s Bole Lemi industrial park sets up workplace daycare centres 2024-10-30 [IndustriALL]

'Go Public! Fund Education' campaign launched 2024-10-17 [Education International]

Numerous Violations at Collegiate Supplier in Ethiopia Remedied 2024-10-05 [WRC]

South Africa SAFTU mourns deaths of Ethiopians who perished in landslide disasters 2024-07-26 [SAFTU]

Guterres leads tributes to UN workers 2024-03-04 [United Nations]

France French journalist detained while on assignment in Addis Ababa 2024-02-28 [EFJ]

Cost-of-living crisis hurdle for organizing 2024-02-15 [IndustriALL]

The road to reforming Ethiopia’s policies on maternity and paternity leave 2024-01-20 [The Reporter]

CETU discloses women workers in industrial parks have faced violations of rights 2023-12-08 [borkena]

Job losses wreck livelihoods in Ethiopia’s garment industry 2023-09-06 [IndustriALL]

Violence against women and associated factors among female construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2023-07-29 [BMC Psychiatry]

Education union’s plea for peace 2022-12-20 [Education International]

Trade union demands de-escalation of military hostilities and continued humanitarian assistance 2022-10-13 [Education International]

‘Decline’ of unions greatly exaggerated 2022-07-30 [GLU]

Massive job losses reverse union gains in Ethiopia's Hawassa Industrial Park 2022-07-23 [IndustriALL]

Media houses raided and 9 media workers arrested 2022-05-25 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: CPJ calls for release of journalists 2022-05-08 [Africa News]

Ethiopia Abused migrant worker in Lebanon dreams of justice in rare court case 2022-02-17 [N MENA]

USA Unions fear job losses if AGOA eligibility is withdrawn from Ethiopia 2021-10-21 [IndustriALL]

Media regulator suspends Addis Standard 2021-07-19 [IFJ]

Journalist attacked and threatened with death 2021-02-12 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: Garment workers report pay cuts, unpaid & forced overtime at Indochine Apparel and KGG Garments factories; Incl. brands' responses 2021-01-21 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Media crackdown amid military offensive in Tigray region 2020-11-17 [IFJ]

Ethiopia 'Ethiopian Airlines joint venture can save SAA' 2019-12-02 [Sowetan]

Africa Unions enlighten Ethiopia on collective bargaining 2019-08-24 [Just Style]

MoLSA to push for livable wages in ind. parks 2019-05-25 [The Reporter]

Ethiopia needs minimum wage law to protect workers – Investment chief 2019-05-24 [Africa News]

Worker turnover and unrest undermines Ethiopia sourcing 2019-05-10 [Just Style]

Global Garment workers are the lowest paid in the world 2019-05-07 [FOX]

India Police take 3 IL&FS officials into custody over unpaid wages 2018-12-05 [PTI]

India IL&FS workers held hostage by unpaid staff 2018-12-01 [Bloomberg]

Project helps female garment workers guard against exploitation 2018-12-01 [Just Style]

Lebanon Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-23 [ET]

Lebanon Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-22 [Equal Times]

Unions campaign for Ethiopia garment wage increase 2018-05-17 [Just Style]

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