Colonialism, resource extraction and intergenerational violence against Indigenous women are connected in complex ways across Canada.
“When there is taking of the land—raping of the land without consent—it also affects us Indigenous women. There’s no free, prior and informed consent,” says Yvonne Tupper, a health worker from Saulteau First Nation in British Columbia.
At a press conference in Bogotá́, Colombia, IndustriALL Global Union and its affiliates launched a world-wide campaign against Glencore’s violations of labour rights.
A worker led movement for climate justice came one step closer to reality as the UK trade union movement unanimously passed a motion calling for a just climate transition for workers, divestment from fossil fuels and putting energy under public, democratic control. The motion was passed unanimously by the 5.7 million member TUC.
The London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was launched in 1995 for smaller and growing international companies looking to raise capital for expansion. AIM describes itself as “the most successful growth market in the world”.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Large-scale mining and extractive operations are failing to deliver economic benefits while causing environmental damage and human suffering throughout Latin America, said a coalition of church organizations and environmental groups.
