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'They Aren’t Anything Without Us': Gig Workers Are Striking Throughout Latin America [VICE] 2020-08-18

Unions join campaign to stop EU-Mercosur 'free trade agreement' [IUF] 2020-07-02

Social Dialogue and Quality Public Policies to Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis [PSI] 2020-05-28

Workers seek Covid 19 protection on Latin American plantations [Banana Link] 2020-04-17

BWI and ILO to conduct COVID-19 online training conferences [BWI] 2020-04-04

More women, more inclusion, more equality: historic agreement between Banacol, Sintrainagro, and IUF Latin America [IUF] 2019-11-18

Skills workshop for women in public transport [ITF] 2019-10-03

Latin America and Caribbean education unionists call for reforms of copyright rules for education and research [Education International] 2019-08-15

South American rail unions make plan to unite [ITF] 2019-08-02

IAMRECON is underway until 28 June in Buenos Aires [PSI] 2019-06-26

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Movements Sustain Historical Memory in Latin America 2020-08-21 [Nacla]

'They Aren’t Anything Without Us': Gig Workers Are Striking Throughout Latin America 2020-08-18 [VICE]

FARC formerguerrillas building new lives in Colombia 2020-08-04 [Justice for Colombia]

Women: the new political force in Latin America 2020-08-01 [Open democracy ]

Unions join campaign to stop EU-Mercosur 'free trade agreement' 2020-07-02 [IUF]

BWI releases full LAC report on COVID-19, recommends universal basic income 2020-06-10 [BWI]

Dismantling Anti-Blackness Together 2020-06-08 [Nacla]

Social dialogue, collective bargaining stand out in BWI COVID-19 webinar 2020-06-03 [BWI]

Social Dialogue and Quality Public Policies to Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis 2020-05-28 [PSI]

Latin American and the Caribbean unions maximise ICT opportunities 2020-05-08 [BWI]

Workers seek Covid 19 protection on Latin American plantations 2020-04-17 [Banana Link]

Pandemic, journalists and jobs 2020-04-11 [IFJ]

BWI and ILO to conduct COVID-19 online training conferences 2020-04-04 [BWI]

Tyre workers sent home as Covid-19 closes factories 2020-03-20 [IndustriALL]

Military temptation and institutional instability in Latin America 2020-03-12 [Opendemocracy]

UNI Americas signs new agreement with UPAEP to promote cooperation, social dialogue and sustainable development 2019-11-22 [UNI Global Union]

Andean Unrest: The Neoliberal Cycle Comes to an End? 2019-11-19 [NACLA]

More women, more inclusion, more equality: historic agreement between Banacol, Sintrainagro, and IUF Latin America 2019-11-18 [IUF]

Mass protests in Latin America against the neoliberal model 2019-11-13 [Equal Times]

New report sheds light on the threat privatisation poses for higher education in Latin America 2019-11-06 [EI]

Regional Solidarity with Cuba 2019-10-16 [BWI]

Skills workshop for women in public transport 2019-10-03 [ITF]

Workers discuss future of the mobility sector and employment in Latin America 2019-08-23 [IndustriALL]

Latin American unions condemn the rise of precarious work at General Motors 2019-08-20 [IndustriALL]

Latin America and Caribbean education unionists call for reforms of copyright rules for education and research 2019-08-15 [Education International]

South American rail unions make plan to unite 2019-08-02 [ITF]

The worrying reversal of peace in Colombia 2019-07-18 [Equal Times]

Workers connect to defend public services at PSI regional conference 2019-07-07 [CUPE]

IAMRECON is underway until 28 June in Buenos Aires 2019-06-26 [PSI]

Latin America defines the next steps in the fight against privatization 2019-05-25 [EI]

Despite its new rhetoric, the IMF still promotes failed policies 2019-05-23 [Equal Times]

Colombia’s medical marijuana industry: a way to end the stigma surrounding drugs? 2019-05-02 [Equal Times]

Latin American trade union alliance denounces anti-worker conduct at ICTS company Liberty 2019-04-23 [UNI Global Union]

Swedish unions help to strengthen their Latin American peers 2019-04-22 [IndustriALL]

In Brazil, thousands of people are still living under the threat of bursting mining dams 2019-03-25 [Equal Times]

Bodies of Pasta de Conchos victims may be recovered 2019-02-26 [IndustriALL]

Two decades of labour flexibilisation in Mexico has left workers facing “drastic” precarity 2019-01-30 [Equal Times]

Extreme poverty increases in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019-01-24 [BWI]

PSI Interamerica Regional Conference: The Future of Work and Ending Violence and Harassment in Public Services 2018-12-19 [PSI]

4th BWI Regional Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean 2018-12-19 [BWI]

Renewed leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018-12-19 [BWI]

In just seven months in power, Costa Rica’s new government has experienced three months of confrontation with public sector unions 2018-12-14 [Equal Times]

An equal seat at the table 2018-11-16 [PSI]

Brazil’s public universities are in crisis 2018-10-26 [Equal Times]

New project launched for young Latin Americans 2018-08-22 [IndustriALL]

IndustriALL creates a ‘macro sector’ for manufacturing industries 2018-08-21 [IndustriALL]

Public education is a social right and is essential to building equality 2018-08-01 [Education International]

Brazilian indigenous women’s leader, Leonice Tupari: “We not only want to be represented, we want to be heard” 2018-07-31 [Equal Times]

The Venezuelan exodus is already structural: migration agencies are appealing for more funding to assist the receiving countries 2018-05-28 [Equal Times]

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