60 seconds on ... Lee Cheuk-yan, jailed leader of Hong Kong's trade union movement
"60 seconds on ..." is a new podcast series hosted by LabourStart and aims to provide the international trade union movement with bite-size nuggets of information about important campaigns and news. ...
8 Dec 202559s
USA: Professor Yiran Zhang on care work
Professor Yiran Zhang is a prominent emerging voice in the field of labor and employment law, focusing on how care work is governed at the complicated intersection of informal labor markets, the welfa...
5 Dec 202511min
Netherlands: Union leader Pawel Rudzki, unfairly dismissed for his activism
Pawel Rudzki has not worked for the Albert Heijn supermarket chain for some two months now. An exemplary worker, never late, with a spotless record, he was bullied and lied about, given warnings he co...
29 Nov 202510min
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
