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Middle East Seafarers’ lives matter [ITF] 20-03-2024

Middle East Seafarer safety in the Red Sea must come first [ITF] 09-03-2024

Middle East Shipping industry calls for release of Galaxy Leader crew still held captive [ITF] 19-02-2024

Middle East IBF Warlike Operations Area Committee: Increased support for IBF covered seafarers [ITF] 17-02-2024

Middle East IBF to implement High-Risk Area in the Red Sea [ITF] 03-01-2024

Middle East Gulf States Treat Migrant Workforce as Disposable [Human Rights Watch] 18-12-2023

Middle East Workers accuse Middle East operations of McDonald’s, Chuck E. Cheese and other Western brands of labor abuses [ICIJ] 12-10-2023

Middle East ITUC stands in solidarity with the PGFTU [ITUC] 11-10-2023

Middle East / Africa Workers want more heat stress protection, push for just transition [BWI] 17-07-2023

Middle East / Africa Planning for a just transition in MENA [IndustriALL] 27-05-2023


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Middle East ILO Director-General Houngbo calls for collective action in the Arab states to address growing challenges in the world of work 2024-04-29 [ILO]

Middle East ACTU Statement on Gaza 2024-04-22 [ACTU]

Middle East Lula tem razão, o governo de Israel comete genocídio na palestina 2024-04-09 [Intersindical]

Middle East Milhares na rua pelo fim do genocídio e Paz no Médio Oriente 2024-04-09 [CGTP]

Middle East Statement: Canada must suspend arms trade with Israel 2024-04-06 [PSAC]

Middle East Déclaration : Le Canada doit suspendre le commerce d'armes avec Israël 2024-04-06 [AFPC]

Middle East Manifestação - Paz no Médio Oriente 2024-04-04 [CGTP]

Seafarers’ lives matter 2024-03-20 [ITF]

Middle East 100,000 workers have just pledged to BDS a US oil company complicit in Israel’s genocide 2024-03-20 [The Canary]

Seafarer safety in the Red Sea must come first 2024-03-09 [ITF]

Middle East Acto público pela paz no Médio Oriente 2024-03-04 [CGTP]

Middle East Port workers refuse to handle military cargo bound for Israel 2024-02-26 [Aliran]

Middle East Centrais sindicais prestam apoio a Lula em fala contra guerra na Faixa de Gaza 2024-02-26 [CSB]

Middle East IFJ and unions in the Arab world join forces to promote press freedom in the region 2024-02-23 [IFJ]

Middle East AFL-CIO condemns Hamas attacks, calls for cease-fire 2024-02-20 [Northwest Labor Press]

Shipping industry calls for release of Galaxy Leader crew still held captive 2024-02-19 [ITF]

IBF Warlike Operations Area Committee: Increased support for IBF covered seafarers 2024-02-17 [ITF]

Middle East National Education Association Board of Directors takes action to reaffirm call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas 2024-02-15 [EI]

Middle East AAUP Joins Labor Union Call for Ceasefire in Gaza 2024-02-14 [Inside Higher Ed]

The WFTU on the forth-coming attack on Rafah 2024-02-14 [WFTU]

Middle East American Federation of Teachers Joins Call for Gaza Cease-Fire 2024-01-31 [Common Dreams]

Middle East BCFED endorses ITUC and CLC statements calling for a Gaza ceasefire 2024-01-29 [BCFED]

Middle East BWI-MENA welcomes new projects coordinator 2024-01-24 [BWI]

La ITF exige que se garantice la seguridad de la gente de mar tras los ataques en el mar Rojo 2024-01-03 [ITF]

IBF to implement High-Risk Area in the Red Sea 2024-01-03 [ITF]

Gulf States Treat Migrant Workforce as Disposable 2023-12-18 [Human Rights Watch]

Middle East Condolences on the Loss of Journalists in the Middle East Conflict 2023-12-10 [CMG]

Middle East Emergency: Landini, sottoscrivo appello “Per un cessate il fuoco permanente e una soluzione politica” 2023-12-09 [CGIL]

Middle East “Nous sommes dans le camp de la paix” 2023-12-07 [CFDT]

Middle East Principal sindicato dos EUA cobra “cessar-fogo em Gaza” 2023-12-03 [Hora do Povo]

Middle East United Auto Workers union calls for 'immediate, permanent cease-fire' in Israel-Hamas war, becoming largest labor union to do so 2023-12-03 [CBS]

Middle East Unions stand with Palestine, reject sending workers to Israel 2023-11-29 [Arab News]

Middle East Martes 28 de noviembre: Las ideas anarquistas y seculares en el mundo árabe e islámico 2023-11-28 [FAL-CNT]

Middle East Unions endorse BWI’s climate manifesto, call for more health and safety protection for workers§ 2023-11-27 [BWI]

Middle East Iniziative per la pace in Medio Oriente 2023-11-25 [CGIL]

Middle East Pushing for trade union innovation in a changing world of work 2023-11-21 [BWI]

Middle East Alberta UNA joins CFNU and Doctors without Borders in call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza 2023-11-19 [UNA]

Middle East Manitoba CUPE Manitoba Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and End to the Genocide in Gaza 2023-11-16 [CUPE]

Middle East Pronunciamiento de ANDE a favor de la paz y la defensa de los derechos humanos ante el conflicto Israel-Palestina 2023-11-15 [ANDE]

Middle East 18 novembre : appel à manifester pour un cessez-le-feu à Gaza 2023-11-14 [CGT]

Middle East Harvard Grad Union Endorses BDS and Calls for Ceasefire, Drawing Member Criticism 2023-11-13 [The Crimson]

Middle East Don’t Send Indian Construction Workers to Israel to Replace Palestinian Workers 2023-11-11 [CITU]

Middle East MUA Sydney Demands Termination of Palestine War Crimes 2023-11-10 [MUA]

Middle East Don't send Indian construction workers to Israel to replace Palestinian workers-CWFI 2023-11-08 [CITU]

Middle East La Internacional de la Educación América Latina se suma al pedido de cese al fuego entre Israel y Hamás 2023-11-07 [Latam Gremial]

MEAA statement on Israel and Palestine crisis 2023-11-06 [MEAA]

Middle East How unions are responding to the Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-05 [Politico]

Middle East Letter to the Prime Minister 2023-11-05 [NZCTU-Te Kauae Kamahi]

ICM and member assocaitions call for peace and resourcing during violence in Israel and Palestine 2023-11-04 [International Council of Midwives]

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