Interview with Khaing Zar, trade union leader from Myanmar
Khaing Zar is President of the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) and Treasurer of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM). Forced into exile following the military coup d'et...
7 Mai 202413min
Interview with Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the European Public Service Union (EPSU)
This week we interviewed Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the European Public Service Union (EPSU). EPSU brings together trade unions from across Europe. It influences the policies and de...
30 Apr 202411min
Interview with Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Luc Triangle is the new general secretary of the global labour movement's peak body, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The ITUC represents 191 million workers united in 340 affiliat...
24 Apr 202412min
Interview with Rebecca Owens, flight attendant at Alaska Airlines and proud trade unionist
Rebecca Owens is a proud flight attendant and active member of AFA (Association of Flight Attendants)-CWA Council 30 in Anchorage, Alaska. She has stepped up as her union is in contract negotiations a...
19 Apr 202412min
Interview with Amanda Gearing and Darren Westwood about the strike by Amazon workers in the UK
Darren is an Amazon worker and Amanda is a senior organiser for the GMB union in the UK. Together, they tell a story of low pay, union busting and an atmosphere of fear at Amazon -- but also a story ...
11 Apr 202410min
Interview with Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress
When Bea Bruske was a teenager she found herself walking a picket line for many months -- a strike prolonged unnecessarily because her employer had hired scabs. Today she's the President of the Canad...
4 Apr 202413min
Interview with Ahmad Badawy, Egyptian trade union activist
The textile workers at Egypt's state-owned Mahalla factory have a history they can be proud of -- their strikes helped to bring down the Mubarak dictatorship. In March 2024, when the Egyptian governm...
3 Apr 202411min
Interview with Sally McManus, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australia under its new Labor government is seeing a huge revival of the trade union movement with new "closing loopholes" laws that strengthen workers' rights. At the centre of the struggle is Sally...
27 Mar 20248min
