Is this the Nobel Prize for the international trade union movement?
Today we spoke with Amalie Hilde Tofte from the trade union Styrke in Norway. They're the sponsors of the annual Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights. (LabourStart was a recipi...
20 Nov 20258min
Serbia: Interview with SKL union leaders
This week, we talked with two leaders of the Sindikat kontrole letenja (SKL), the union representing Serbian air traffic controllers, who have been dismissed after their security clearances were revok...
31 Okt 20259min
Lesotho: Interview with Solong Senohe, General Secretary of UNITE
Solong is the general secretary of the United Textile Employees Union in Lesotho -- a union currently involved in a major struggle for workers' rights and dignity at Quantum Apparel. In this intervie...
23 Okt 202512min
USA: Interview with Chris Garlock of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network
Chris, who's based in Washington, D.C., is the founder of the Labor Radio and Podcasting Network. With around 200 members, the network shows the very widespread adoption of podcasting by activists in...
29 Sep 202513min
Canada: Interview with Paul Finch, President of the British Columbia General Employees Union (BCGEU)
This week we talked with Paul Finch at a particularly interesting moment. His union, the largest in the Canadian province of British Columbia, is on strike. The employer in this case, the provincial...
25 Sep 202511min
USA: Interview with Shawna Bader-Blau from the Solidarity Center
Shawna Bader-Blau heads up the Solidarity Center in Washington DC which has for many years been one of the great sources of support for workers around the world trying create and sustain independent, ...
25 Jun 202521min
Canada: Interview with Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour
The Alberta Federation of Labour and some 25 Alberta unions, representing more than 300,000 workers, recently unveiled the Solidarity Pact, a commitment to collective defence against any attack on wor...
14 Mai 202524min
USA: Interview with Dr Debbie Goldman, author of Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age
Dr Debbie Goldman worked for 28 years at the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and is an expert on the subject of call centre workers. In this short interview we discussed her new book, Disconne...
22 Apr 202513min
