Today's labour news
Europe's travel strikes in June and July: When, where and what disruption you can expect 2023-06-19 [Euronews]
WFTU statement: The WFTU is on the side of the workers and the peoples of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua 2022-06-02 [WFTU]
Costa Rica, a well-known and applauded environmental model, is faced with lesser known but major challenges 2021-11-22 [Equal Times]
VIDEO Trade unions on Costa Rican pineapple plantations continue to grow 2021-07-27 [Banana Link]
Sixty workers dismissed at Costa Rican banana plantation undermining union recruitment efforts 2021-07-05 [Banana Link]
Their son was murdered on his way to the United States 2021-03-23 [Arbetet Global]
VIDEO Donations provide hurricane relief for banana workers in Central America For more info ActNOW! 2021-01-22 [Banana Link]
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua: so far from God, so close to the United States 2020-09-03 [Equal Times]
Central American Workers Demand $1.7B in Back Pay From U.S. Firms 2020-05-15 [WWD]
A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy: In the pandemic, “illegal” workers are now deemed “essential” by the federal government 2020-05-10 [NYTimes]
Deportation Contagions 2020-03-26 [Nacla]
COVID-19: ‘Maquila Workers Shouldn't Bankroll Employers' 2020-03-24 [Solidarity Center]
Guatemala: a workers' paradise? 2020-03-11 [Equal Times]
In Honduras and El Salvador, “trade union leaders are vulnerable to possible assassination at any moment” 2020-03-04 [Equal Times]
Robert Lobell: U.S. exploitation in South and Central America 2019-08-24 [The Union]
Declaration of solidarity with the Central American Migrant Caravan 2018-12-19 [PSI]
Immigration agents arrest 160 workers at Texas trailer plant 2018-08-30 [Reuters]
Uncontrolled development turns Mexican tourist paradise into an environmental time bomb 2018-01-18 [Equal Times]
Ending Temporary Protection For Foreign Workers Could Hurt U.S. Rebuilding Efforts 2017-12-07 [NPR]
Banana importer is trying to push Fairtrade into the mainstream 2017-10-23 [The Globe and Mail]
Young trade unionists organize 2017-09-11 [BWI]
The Inter-American Development Bank's ‘investment shock' will not benefit Central American workers 2017-08-15 [Equal Times]
As El Salvador increases its minimum wage, big business increases the pressure to reduce worker gains 2017-06-27 [Equal Times]
Hipster Icon American Apparel Buys Honduras Sweatshop Shirts 2017-04-09 [TeleSUR]