Tell DHL to stop union-busting



Workers in the Philippines need our solidarity today.

After DHL workers organised a union, management announced it was closing the warehouse, claiming its supermarket-chain contract had not been renewed.

Workers saw this as union busting, especially since DHL had announced in December that it had secured a three-year contract.

With negotiations blocked and their jobs at risk, the workers went on strike on 17 August, demanding that DHL sign a collective bargaining agreement and guarantee their jobs if the warehouse reopens.

They've requested an international online campaign and we've created one.

Please click here to learn more and to send off your message of protest and solidarity.


Unions and the climate crisis

Sean Sweeney is the founder and coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED), a global network of trade unionists who are trying change the way we deal with the global climate crisis. Instead of failed neo-liberal solutions, TUED is pushing for 'public pathways' to confront the climate emergency.

Yesterday, I interviewed him for the LabourStart podcast. Listen to it here.

In November, Sean will be in Turkey for COP 31, the People's Climate Summit and TUED's own Inter-Regional Meeting. (In the interview, he explains that these terms mean, as many of you may not know about COP 31).

LabourStart will be there as well, proud to be part of TUED's great initiative.

Organising workers in Kenya - where paying bribes to the police is just part of the job

This week I also interviewed Joseph Ndiritu Karobia, General Secretary of the Public Transport Operators Union (PUTON) in Kenya.

Joe's union has managed to win a couple of legal battles ensuring that drivers working in Kenya's informal sector have rights. But employers are resisting and the struggle is not yet won. Joe tells us about some of the challenges that his members face including 16 hour work days -- and regular bribes to the police.

Listen to this fascinating interview here.