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Activist alliance threatens China's Communist Party

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CHINA

The students had gathered from universities around the country to take part in a month-long protest that began as a dispute over the right of factory workers to unionise.

Chile's labour reform will pass this year

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CHILE

The pending labour reform bill.

Wage-price spiral risks should moderate in the West

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INTERNATIONAL

Many employees in sectors experiencing labour shortages are able to negotiate higher pay. Central banks are stepping up the pace of monetary policy tightening, both to slow down…

Australia's new labour reforms strengthen employees

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AUSTRALIA

Many of the changes were part of Labor’s election campaign in May, and others followed the government’s job summit in September, but last-minute changes involved multi-employer…

South Sudan faces a rocky road to first elections

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SOUTH SUDAN

The current government’s mandate was meant to end this year. Instead, elections prescribed for 2021 have been delayed to 2023, ostensibly to allow more time to implement the 2018…

London and Edinburgh are set to clash on fisheries

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UNITED KINGDOM

The UK government’s plans to take on key aspects of the governance and management of such issues have prompted accusations of a power-grab from Edinburgh and Cardiff, and threaten…

UK-EU trade negotiations to be contentious

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UK/EU

Outlook for UK-EU trade deals.

Canada faces the prospect of a public-sector strike

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CANADA

Employees at the Canada Revenue Agency voted for strike action last week, setting the scene for a potential showdown between the government and as many as 300,000 workers. Any…

Peace process becomes US-Afghan contest

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AFGHANISTAN

Ghani is trying to counter what he sees as precipitate decisions made during US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's recent meeting with Taliban representatives, which include a US…

US baseball dispute will bring risks for both sides

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UNITED STATES

The lockout followed failure to reach a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and pitches a cartel of owners against arguably the most powerful labour union in the United…