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Union of Journalists Exposes KTN, Radio Africa and Mediamax After Journalists Unpaid for 10 Months

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Union of Journalists Exposes KTN, Radio Africa and Mediamax After Journalists Unpaid for 10 Months 2023-12-03 [Kenyans]

Atwoli Defends COTU’s Silence on the High Cost of Living 2023-12-02 [Nairobi Wire]

Workers unions demand refund of housing levy deductions 2023-11-29 [The Standard]

Kenya President Ruto to inaugurate ITUC-Africa Conference in Nairobi 2023-11-29 [The Star]

Labour court stops SRC bid to scrap medics’ allowance 2023-11-26 [The Nation]

Africa Joel Kandie elected new chairman of Cotu 2023-11-25 [Nation]

Kenya Kenya to host 5th International ITUC - Africa congress next week 2023-11-25 [The Star]

Kenya Airways to pay former staff Sh126m for unfair dismissal 2023-11-19 [The Standard]

Championing Integrity: Kenyan football’s fight against match-fixing 2023-11-11 [FIFPRO]

Why automation is pushing more women than men out of jobs 2023-11-07 [The Nation]

Kenya: More than 8,000 tea workers to receive pay rise after new CBA deal 2023-11-01 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Kenya Ex-Cotu staff Caroline Khamati appointed to international labour body 2023-10-29 [The Nation]

Postal workers’ union issue strike notice over delayed salaries 2023-10-29 [NTV]

Teachers sleep inside school to demand 3-month salary arrears 2023-10-29 [The Standard]

Facebook workers say Meta hasn’t paid them for 6 months amid legal case 2023-10-28 [Scheerpost]

Facebook workers in Kenya say Meta hasn’t paid them for 6 months amid legal case 2023-10-26 [Open Democracy]

KUJ, IFJ hold seminar on freelance journalists and trade unions 2023-10-26 [IFJ]

'Sex work is work': Lessons from my 24 years in the trade 2023-10-26 [Daily Nation]

Kenya Se elaboran estrategias en un taller para una Transición Justa con perspectiva de género en el África Subsahariana 2023-10-19 [IndustriALL]

Kenya Afrique subsaharienne : un atelier se penche sur une Transition juste sensible à l’égalité des genres 2023-10-19 [IndustriALL]

Kenya Активисты разработали стратегию Справедливого перехода с учетом гендерной проблематики 2023-10-19 [IndustriALL]

Mediation fails between Meta and moderators, rights group says 2023-10-17 [Reuters]

KNUT boss survives a grisly accident in Kombewa, Kisumu 2023-10-17 [The Standard]

Health workers unions submit views on proposed increase of NHIF deduction to 2.75% 2023-09-07 [The Citizen]

South Africa ‘Facebook’s contractor forced me to work alongside my rapist’ 2023-09-05 [Open Democracy]

Trade unions back Atwoli's move to work with President Ruto 2023-09-04 [The Standard]

Court orders Proto Energy to pay union dues 2023-08-27 [IndustriALL]

Un tribunal kényan ordonne à Proto Energy de verser les cotisations syndicales 2023-08-24 [IndustriALL]

Tribunal de Kenia ordena a Proto Energy que pague las cuotas sindicales 2023-08-24 [IndustriALL]

Суд Кении обязал Proto Energy удерживать профсоюзные взносы 2023-08-24 [IndustriALL]

Global Court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute 2023-08-24 [Reuters]

BWI on the passing of Rajabu Mwondi, a 'baobab' of the Kenyan labour movement 2023-08-23 [BWI]

Aviation workers lament over low wages 2023-08-20 [The Star]

COTU (K) Mourns Chairman General Rajab Mwondi 2023-08-19 [COTU]

Reasonable Accomodation of Workers with Disabilities 2023-08-19 [COTU]

Global Firm regrets taking Facebook moderation work 2023-08-18 [BBC]

Faceless Nairobi cartels back to torment Sakaja - workers union 2023-08-15 [The Star]

St Stephen's Cathedral's bond with the labour movement 2023-07-30 [The Star]

Africa Content Moderators for Facebook win vital case against employers for maltreatment 2023-07-20 [Impact International]

Machakos health workers suspend strike after deal with Governor Wavinya 2023-07-16 [The Citizen]

Relief as health workers suspend strike for 90 days 2023-07-14 [The Star]

Labour court set to unlock Etihad, staff union stalemate 2023-07-14 [The Business Daily]

Global Moderators behind ChatGPT want Parliament to probe OpenAI, Sama over exploitation 2023-07-13 [Citizen-Digital]

Sweden Sweden's SEKO and Kenyan union plan cooperation for next 3 years 2023-07-10 [BWI]

Health unions insist workers strike notice remains in force 2023-07-03 [The Star]

Global Facebook content moderators call the work 'torture'; their lawsuit may ripple worldwide 2023-07-02 [The Sumter Item]

Former Facebook moderator reveals torments, seeks justice in court 2023-06-30 [Africanews]

Union asks government to bail out Telkom 2023-06-19 [KBC]

Global 'No job for humans': the harrowing work of content moderators 2023-06-15 [AFP]

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