Workers & unions

Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea鈥檚 presidential elections. However, the DP鈥檚 failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes聽Youngsu Won.

Hundreds of mental health workers took stop-work action to demand better wages and conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

The corporate media, economists and employers are complaining that productivity in Australia is too low. Some describe it as a national disaster. But is it even a problem, asks Mary Merkenich?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a roundtable of big business, unions and civil society to 鈥渟upport and shape our government鈥檚 growth and productivity agenda鈥. History sheds light on what we expect from such a plan, writes聽Peter Boyle.

Pike River, depicting the events surrounding one of Aotearoa鈥檚 worst industrial tragedies, is an inspiring portrait of two ordinary women鈥檚 fight for justice, writes Zara Lomas.

NSW Labor鈥檚 controversial amendments to severely limit workers鈥 right to access compensation for psychological injuries suffered at work has been sent to a second parliamentary inquiry. Jim McIlroy reports.

Fuck ICE

Mass protests have broken out in response to聽United States mass arrests of migrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.聽Malik Miah聽补苍诲听Barry Sheppard聽report.

A Voice for Members, a聽rank and file ticket contesting the Community and Public Sector Union elections, is the first in 32 years to challenge the incumbent union leadership and has activists running for every position. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Trinity College Dublin, 2019

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement won an important victory when Trinity College Dublin cut institutional ties with Israeli universities.聽Alex Bainbridge reports.

The Australian Education Union Victoria told its members in the first week of June it was ready to fight Jacinta Allan鈥檚 Labor government for the full funding that it promised public schools. Adam Bremner reports.

a group of people at a community assembly in Colombia

Workers across Colombia went on strike to defend President Gustavo Petro鈥檚 proposed labour reforms against right-wing opposition obstruction in Congress, reports Ben Radford.

A Voice for Members, a rank-and-file ticket contesting the Community and Public Sector Union elections, organised a protest against Labor鈥檚 proposed job cuts. Jacob Andrewartha reports.