Wall Street Journal fires new chair of Hong Kong Journalists Association
Samsung Electronics workers to extend strike indefinitely
June 2024
Rights and freedom
Saudi Arabia accused of using forced labour ahead of Fifa World Cup decision
Union’s claim of ‘epidemic of migrant worker abuses’ could force Fifa to reject state as 2034 host if it fails to meet rights obligations
May 2024
Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker
Up to 28,000 people at tech giant in South Korea will strike for one day on 7 June after negotiations over wages stall
April 2024
Hardline French union files public sector strike notice covering Olympics
Move allows CGT, which represents largest number of state employees in France, to call for industrial action over summer
March 2024
Deutsche Bahn files legal action over German rail strike
‘Two worlds colliding’: Berlin transport workers and climate activists unite over rights
February 2024
Public transport workers join climate activists for week of strikes across Germany
Verdi union in unusual alliance with Fridays For Future, founded by Greta Thunberg, based on common goals
Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after strike by workers who complained of rust
Paris attraction was closed for six days after union criticised operator for seeking ‘short-term profitability’
German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’
Bosses promise to go back to drawing board while carmaker faces industrial action from another union in Sweden
January 2024
Finland strikes expected to bring country to standstill
Hundreds of thousands expected to strike until Friday in response to proposed changes to employees’ rights and benefits cuts
Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda
Tens of thousands of marchers take to streets as schools and businesses close in protest at president’s extreme legislation
Elon Musk doesn’t understand Sweden’s unions. If he did, he’d work with them
German Bender
If the Tesla CEO studied the Nordic labour movement like he studies car batteries, he’d see that collective bargaining can suit employers too, says Swedish analyst German Bender
December 2023
Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death
Boots Riley on strikes, sedition and sex: ‘Being a communist is the closest to being a superhero there is’
Tesla loses legal action in Sweden as dispute with Nordic unions escalates
Danish union joins strike action against Tesla by Swedish workers
November 2023
Elon Musk calls strikes ‘insane’ as Swedish workers take on Tesla
Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions
Martin Gelin
October 2023
Iceland PM joins crowd of 100,000 for full-day women’s strike
Katrín Jakobsdóttir says she wants nation to achieve full gender equality by 2030 as over a quarter of population attend event in capital
