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NAFTA talks will raise Mexican labour reform pressure

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MEXICO

Mexico's trade unions.

Biden will seek to strengthen trade unions

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UNITED STATES

Biden has long ties to the union movement, an important source of financial and organisational support for Democrats locally. His nominee for labor secretary has deep union roots…

USMCA labour provisions to define North America trade

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MEXICO/US

US President Joe Biden’s trade representative Katherine Tai was central to creating the USMCA’s labour provisions, and Biden has made enforcing them a priority in his trade…

South Africa’s COSATU may struggle to have influence

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SOUTH AFRICA

A squeezed economic climate, growing challenges from rivals and uncertainty over its relationship with the ruling ANC present the federation’s leadership with an existential…

US colleges are under political and financial pressure

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UNITED STATES

The move by non-tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral researchers came two months after Claudine Gay resigned under pressure as the university’s president. The two developments…

South African labour movement will fracture further

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SOUTH AFRICA

COSATU is part of the longstanding tripartite alliance with the ruling ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP). Relations between Zuma and COSATU are irreparably…

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…

South African mining sector turmoil could worsen

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SOUTH AFRICA

Lonmin has spent 1.6 billion dollars in cash since 2008 and lost 98% of its value since 2012. The takeover will reportedly see 12,600 of Lonmin’s 35,000 jobs cut over three years…

USMCA could influence future trade deals’ focus

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NORTH AMERICA

US President Donald Trump has left the Trans-Pacific Partnership and escalated trade frictions with China. The USMCA, by contrast, shows a trade deal renegotiated, the…

Biden is keeping his promise to support unions

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UNITED STATES

President Joe Biden has promised the most pro-union administration in modern history, with an aggressive use of executive power to support union organisation efforts and policy…