For months, Ukrainian citizens poured into the streets to drive a revolution built on their demands for social justice, democratic institutions and the elimination of corruption. From the beginning, Ukrainian unions were active participants in this struggle. Two major threats now threaten to rob a democratic Ukraine of their achievement.

It was clear from the launch that the housekeeper campaign would have outsourcing as one of its targets. It is a common experience for outsourced workers to be treated worse than those directly employed.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council is calling on the Australian Government to make sweeping changes to employment law to allow greater flexibility. The targets are workers' extra rates for working holidays and weekends, wages and conditions, a pay loading on the hourly rate for casual workers and 'union militancy'. On average,labour costs are 30% higher than in New Zealand and the employer prescription is to close the gap by reducing the incomes of Australian workers.

On June 6, 2013 IUF-affiliated unions and workers in over 30 countries joined the first McDonald's International Day of Action in solidarity with migrant workers on strike in the US. Now these workers have won a major victory.

Top law school report documents "sub-standard housing, acute hazards in sanitation and denial of statutory benefits" on Tata's tea plantations in Assam, India.

The dispute at Heinz Golden Circle plant has been resolved. AMWU members returned to work after voting to accept an offer of a 1 year agreement backdated to 10 January.

Decades of struggle by India's Self Employed Women's Association have come to fruition with the passing into law of a Street Vendors Act which recognizes, regulates and protects the livelihoods of India's 40 million street vendors, 200,000 of whom are SEWA members.

Workers at Coca-Cola Indonesia's operations in West Java organized a protest action at Coca-Cola Indonesia head office in Jakarta against jobs destruction on February 24 after management refused to engage in negotiations concerning the employment status and rights of over 1,800 contract workers. Management further redefined "core" and "non-core" positions to exclude the vast majority of permanent workers from core positions.

Members of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union at the Heinz Golden Circle juice plant in Mill Park, Melbourne, are continuing an indefinite stoppage with a 24 hour 7 day protest line outside the premises.