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Oil workers finally achieve union registration

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The WFTU on the death of 46 coal miners in Kazakhstan 2023-11-08 [WFTU]

Oil workers finally achieve union registration 2023-09-01 [IndustriALL]

Journalists harassed, assaulted and obstructed in separate incidents 2023-08-29 [IFJ]

Why are oil workers protesting? 2023-04-26 [Global Voices]

Stop corrupt practices in oil and gas region, respect workers and their unions 2023-04-22 [CALRMM]

Stop corrupt practices in oil and gas region, respect workers and their unions 2023-04-19 [ITUC]

Kazakhstan needs genuine social dialogue 2023-04-11 [IndustriALL]

Nigeria Dr. Francis Atwoli Speech at the NLC Congress. 2023-02-12 [COTU]

Anti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan�s workers. But the fight isn�t over  ActNOW!  2022-08-13 [CALRMM]

Government apologized to well-known journalists Seitkazy and Aset Matayev 2022-07-25 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Respect freedom of association! 2022-06-08 [IndustriALL]

Kazakhstan From Belarus to Iran: Three Campaigns Combat Violence Against Trade Union Leaders  ActNOW!  2022-05-31 [Davar]

Free the worker activist Erzhan Elshibayev  ActNOW!  2022-05-05 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Hundreds Rally In Restive Kazakh Town Following Deadly Mass Protests 2022-02-13 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Asia Kazakhstan: a breach of the social contract and the end of a political cycle 2022-02-10 [Equal Times]

Unions push for labour reforms to address public unrest 2022-01-22 [BWI]

Unions push for labour reforms to address public unrest 2022-01-21 [BWI]

Democracy and workers' rights are the main guarantees of peace and stability in Kazakhstan 2022-01-20 [IUF]

Russia A Communique by the Confederation of Labor of Russia (KTR) on the events in Kazakhstan 2022-01-17 [KTR]

WFTU: Solidarity statement with the people of Kazakhstan 2022-01-17 [WFTU]

Russia 'Lessons of Kazakhstan': the FNPR assessed the events 2022-01-16 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Violence and repression of media grows amid anti-government protests 2022-01-15 [IFJ]

Respect democracy and fundamental rights 2022-01-15 [Central Asia Labour Rights Monitoring Mission]

Kazakhstan: ITUC demands inquiry into killings 2022-01-13 [ITUC]

Government must respect democracy and fundamental rights 2022-01-12 [IndustriALL]

Fundamental change needed 2022-01-12 [ITUC]

Kazakstan: Fundamental change needed 2022-01-12 [ITUC]

Kazakh president gives shoot-to kill order to quell protests 2022-01-07 [Reuters]

Russia sends troops to put down Khazakstan uprising as fresh violence erupts 2022-01-07 [Reuters]

Kazakh Oil, Gas Facility Workers Go On Strike As Rallies Continue In Republic - Reports 2022-01-06 [UrduPoint / CNN]

Global 10 Years Later, Many Questions Remain About The Zhanaozen Violence 2021-12-19 [RFE RL]

Global Who fired the shots? Ten years after the Zhanaozen massacre oil workers' fight to organis 2021-12-17 [The Ecologist]

Ten years after the Zhanaozen massacre: oil workers' fight to organise goes on 2021-12-16 [CALRMM]

Global Workers' Rights Denied: Zhanaozen's Legacy 2021-12-16 [The Diplomat]

Kazakhstan needs strong unions 2021-12-16 [IndustriALL]

Global 10 years after the Zhanaozen massacre: oil workers' fight to organise goes on 2021-12-15 [People & Nature]

Global Remembering Zhanaozen 2021-12-15 [CA Labour Rights Mission]

Union joins global ratification campaign of ILO Convention 190 2021-06-26 [BWI]

Respect union rights! 2021-06-16 [IndustriALL]

COTU (K) S.G meets designated delegates to the 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) 2021-05-22 [COTU]

Global unions condemn government attacks on unions  ActNOW!  2021-02-05 [ITUC]

Global Threat against fuel and energy workers union  ActNOW!  2021-02-04 [ITUC - PERC]

Kazakhstan must stop attacks on unions  ActNOW!  2021-02-04 [IndustriALL]

Independent Union Under Threat of Suspension 2021-01-28 [Human Rights Watch]

Safety at Workplace 2020-07-25 [COTU]

Kazakh union leader Erlan Baltabay released 2020-03-24 [IndustriALL]

Union develop strategies against gender-based violence 2020-02-29 [BWI]

Union develop strategies against gender-based violence 2020-02-23 [BWI]

They shot to kill: the massacre of Kazakhstan's striking oil workers, eight years on 2020-01-14 [Opendemocracy]

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This month in labour history


16-12-2011 Massacre of striking oil workers in Zhanaozen. [more]