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Cross-border ASEAN trade union cooperation to grow

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ASEAN

ASEAN integration and labour unions.

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…

Tensions will increase in Dutch government

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NETHERLANDS

The party campaigned strongly against the government’s plans to halve nitrogen emissions by 2030. The four coalition parties -- Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian…

Efforts to grow US union membership face hurdles

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UNITED STATES

The small, astute and independent labour unions leading these organising drives have made traditional 'big labour' look tired and out of touch. Yet their success remains…

Right-wing cooperation in the EU faces challenges

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EU

Polls suggest far-right groups may make significant gains in the EP elections, which could give the centre- and far-right a collective majority in the EP for the first time.

West Africa's Fulanis face mounting pressures

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WEST AFRICA

Problems facing Fulani communities in the Sahel.

Gig workers will slowly redress the benefits imbalance

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INTERNATIONAL

ILO employment-protection recommendations.

Chile constitutional convention may struggle to agree

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CHILE

The process of drafting a new constitution is scheduled to be completed by July 4. A period of public hearings is drawing to a close and the convention’s seven permanent…

Greece’s political and economic prospects are fragile

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GREECE

Thus ends eight years of economic policy oversight by the ECB, European Stability Mechanism and IMF, in exchange for some 275 billion euros (315 billion dollars) in soft loans…

Women gig workers raise pressure for labour reform

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INT

Women in the gig economy.