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March 8, 2010

Christians protest at attacks on Zimbabwe trade unionists

The World Student Christian Federation and its Zimbabwe Advocacy Office has expressed shock at recent attacks on trade union leaders by police and security forces in Zimbabwe.
May 8, 2009

Namibian church-backed coalition calls for basic income grant

Churches and civil society groups are urging the Namibian government to provide citizens with monthly basic income grants by raising taxes. They have called for a Basic Income Grant of 100 Namibian dollars (US$11) to alleviate poverty.
March 2, 2008

Topshop is in the frame over sweatshop accusations

As local action associated with fair trade and labour practices continues, Topshop is facing a day of protests from its core customers, with students across Britain staging demonstrations today at the company's stores.
February 15, 2008

Vatican observer at UN raises employment and job security concerns

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, has spoken up for employment and workers' rights at a gathering on social and economic development from 6-15 February 2008.
February 10, 2008

Abuse of Mexican electronics workers challenged in new report

Electronics workers in Mexico are regularly subjected to denial of labour rights and dignity by companies - practices which needed to be challenged and changed, says a new report from the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development.
November 2, 2007

US Christian-Muslim labour delegation coming to London for workers' rights

An imam, a Christian minister, and a striking janitor from Indiana are coming to London to speak at a trade union gathering, to stress the importance of workers' rights in Islamic social thought, and to take on a company they say is violating them.
August 24, 2007

British shopping giant attacked over Polish working practices

Britain's supermarket giant Tesco is under fire from Polish church and trade union officials after it ignored a new ban on trading during Roman Catholic festivals which are also public holidays. The shopping transnational is accused of "trampling" on workers' rights.