
The Thorny Road to Freedom (of Association): A Dispatch from the Philippines
On January 24, women trade unionists in the Philippines held a silent protest in front of the Makati Diamond Hotel
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On January 24, women trade unionists in the Philippines held a silent protest in front of the Makati Diamond Hotel
The ILO High Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) is visiting the Philippines on 23-26 January 2023, and the Philippine labour movement has been mobilising to pressure the government to respect the rights of workers. We present a Prime to explain what the HLTM is and why this is a crucial moment for the Philippine labour movement.
On 18 January, the National Intelligence Service raided the headquarters of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). What happened, and why? Here is an Explainer.
The moment Kara Taggaoa and Larry Valbuena stepped out of the court for one false charge, they were immediately arrested and taken away by the police on another false charge. We spoke with Kara Taggaoa about her arrest, the red-tagging and surveillance, and dealing with fellow activists being killed, as well as her own organising background and campaigns.
Some analysts of the platform-based gig economy have argued that the potential of gig workers to resist their exploitation is low. I want to show the opposite: it is not only possible to organise drivers to resist precarity - it is already happening.