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Georgia Miners join ongoing protests against gov’t in Tbilisi [Militant] 15-04-2025

Georgia Two miners from Georgia’s Chiatura go on hunger strike [OC Media] 07-04-2025

Georgia Chiatura miners arrive in Tbilisi demanding government action [OC Media] 26-03-2025

Georgia Chiatura Miners Protest in Tbilisi [civil.ge] 25-03-2025

Georgia Rustavi Steel Plant employees go on strike [1tv] 22-03-2025

Georgia GD PM Kobakhidze rejects Chiatura miners’ demand for the state to take over management of underground mining [OC Media] 21-03-2025

Georgia Mining Shutdown Leaves Workers Abandoned [Jacobin] 15-03-2025

Georgia Independent journalism and media pluralism on the brink [EFJ] 11-03-2025

Georgia Chiatura miners protest and demand exit of Georgian Manganese from local mines [OC Media] 05-03-2025

Georgia Public Registry Blocks Registration of Civil Servants’ Trade Union [civil.ge] 28-02-2025


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Global Chiatura’s Past, Present, and Fight for the Future For more info 2025-04-21 [Labor.ge]

Georgia Youth Workers Take a Stand 2025-04-16 [Labor.ge]

Miners join ongoing protests against gov’t in Tbilisi 2025-04-15 [Militant]

Independent Trade Unions Stand in Solidarity with CHIATURA 2025-04-08 [Labor.ge]

Two miners from Georgia’s Chiatura go on hunger strike 2025-04-07 [OC Media]

Chiatura miners arrive in Tbilisi demanding government action 2025-03-26 [OC Media]

Chiatura Miners Protest in Tbilisi 2025-03-25 [civil.ge]

Rustavi Steel Plant employees go on strike 2025-03-22 [1tv]

GD PM Kobakhidze rejects Chiatura miners’ demand for the state to take over management of underground mining 2025-03-21 [OC Media]

Mining Shutdown Leaves Workers Abandoned 2025-03-15 [Jacobin]

Independent journalism and media pluralism on the brink 2025-03-11 [EFJ]

  JOB   Third Extraordinary Reporting and Election Congress of Labor For more info 2025-03-06 [https://labor.ge/2025/03/06/labors-3rd-congress/]

Chiatura miners protest and demand exit of Georgian Manganese from local mines 2025-03-05 [OC Media]

Public Registry Blocks Registration of Civil Servants’ Trade Union 2025-02-28 [civil.ge]

Free Mzia Today 2025-02-21 [EFJ]

Georgia Trade Unions for Social Justice in Sakartvelo. 2025-02-09 [https://www.facebook.com/events/613696464861890]

Six Labor Unions Initiate Collective Action Against State Repression 2025-02-08 [Civil Georgia]

IFJ urges authorities to release journalist Mzia Amaglobeli 2025-01-31 [IFJ]

Global Evolution workers deserve a fair deal! 2025-01-21 [UNI Global Union]

Unions divided as pro-democracy general strike takes place 2025-01-17 [OC Media]

Georgian workers to hold countrywide strike demanding new elections 2025-01-06 [bne Intellinews]

Tkibuli miners allege political dismissals amid company’s ‘reorganisation’ 2024-12-26 [OC Media]

Europe Media and entertainment unions stand with Georgia’s cultural workers 2024-12-20 [UNI Global Union]

Union condemns draft changes to law 2024-12-13 [GTUC]

EFJ, IFJ and partner organisations call on the EU to react to press freedom crackdown 2024-12-13 [EFJ]

EFJ calls on authorities to stop assault on journalists during demonstrations in Tbilisi 2024-12-11 [EFJ]

There must be respect for democratic rights in Georgia 2024-12-10 [IndustriALL]

Global Respect democracy and freedom and the will of the people 2024-12-06 [ITUC]

Statement by the GTUC 2024-12-05 [GTUC]

Europe We call on the government and its police to stop brutalising journalists 2024-12-02 [EFJ]

Union Accuses Government of Collusion with Evolution  ActNOW!  2024-11-28 [Gambling News]

Will International Solidarity Turn the Tables in Favor of Striking Gaming Workers in Georgia?  ActNOW!  2024-11-20 [Labour Notes]

Global Four months on strike at Evolution Gaming 2024-11-14 [LabourStart Podcasts]

Evolution Gaming workers’ bravery wins UNI’s Freedom from Fear Award  ActNOW!  2024-11-13 [UNI Global Union]

Georgian Manganese to stop work at Chiatura mines and ferroalloy plant 2024-11-04 [OC Media]

Press freedom organisations demand protection for journalists 2024-11-01 [EFJ]

Irakli Petriashvili thanked the Union of Trade Unions of the European Union for their unanimity in the process of joining the Union of Georgian Trade Unions. 2024-10-25 [GTUC]

Alarmed by the Georgian government’s authoritarian and anti-European shift, the cultural sector is mobilising through trade union action 2024-10-24 [Equal Times]

Global Global solidarity for Evolution workers in Georgia  ActNOW!  2024-10-24 [UNI Global Union]

Evolution Gaming: This strike matters  ActNOW!  2024-10-23 [Solidarity - Eric Lee]

Press Freedom and the Safety of Journalists in Peril, Rising Polarization and a Climate of Fear – Findings of the Press Freedom Mission to Georgia 2024-10-04 [EFJ]

The dismissal of the doctor and the driver of the ambulance brigade was considered illegal by the court and reinstated. 2024-10-04 [GTUC]

Parliament approves a censorship bill 2024-10-02 [EFJ]

Family Values Bill imposes censorship on media 2024-10-01 [EFJ]

Global Luke Triangle, Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) arrived in Georgia on an official visit 2024-09-25 [GTUC]

Online Casino Workers Went on Hunger Strike Over Working Conditions  ActNOW!  2024-09-24 [Wired]

Sweden Swedish unions call out Evolution Gaming for anti-union stance  ActNOW!  2024-09-24 [UNI Global Union]

Belarus Exiled Belarusian journalist and Armenian journalist denied entry without explanation 2024-09-24 [EFJ]

Denmark Danish-Georgian trade union training program holds final event 2024-09-24 [GTUC]

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