A political earthquake is taking place in North America – and it’s completely off the radar of the mainstream media in most countries. In another week, it is entirely possible that Jack Layton (pictured), a…

Every year, Cindy asks friends and family to say something at the Passover seder she hosts at her home – something about Passover, about what it means to them.  This is what I said this…

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South Africa’s unions are cheering on the decision by the University of Johannesburg to cut ties with an Israeli academic institution. In a statement issued last week, the municipal workers union (SAMWU) said that it…

The best-selling book A Simples Life by the loveable meerkat Aleksandr Orlov may be unwittingly focussing attention on one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century. No doubt the creators of the British television…

Last week we told LabourStart’s email subscribers about an Amnesty International global appeal to protest arrest threats targetting union leaders in Cambodia. Many of you sent off protest messages — and several of you have…

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LabourStart held its first Global Solidarity Conference last week at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The conference opened on Friday, 9 July with a session we called “LabourStart 101”. It was supposed to be an…

I have just returned from a 3-day visit to Ankara, where I was the keynote speaker at the LaborComm 2010 conference. The conference coincided with the international labour film festival which was being held simultaneously…

I have seen the future — and it is 1980. I visited Egypt last week as the guest of the Center for Trade Union Rights and Workers’ Services which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. They…