LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.

About LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.

LabourStart is the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. Founded in 1998, we are the web's best source of trade union news, uploaded by our volunteers in dozens of languages. Our online campaigns, offered free of charge to trade unions, often help win victories for workers around the world. And from time to time, we hold Global Solidarity Conferences in different cities. Please visit our website at https://www.labourstart.org and support with a donation (if you can) here: https://www.labourstart.org/pico/?en/donate. THANK YOU!

Publisher

Eric Lee - LabourStart

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Feb 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Hong Kong: "There is no freedom of association"

   This week we interviewed Christopher Mung about the current situation in Hong Kong following the sentencing of union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. Christopher is the executive director of the Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor and was previously chief executive of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. We spoke about the attempts by the state to crush the once-vibrant trade union movement in Hong Kong, the ongoing resistance by workers, and the international campaign demanding the rele...

2. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Europe: Interview with Mark Bergfeld, Director of Property Services at UNI Europa

   We chatted today with Mark about the two groups of workers represented by UNI Europa's Property Services department -- security guards and cleaners. (UNI Europa represents 7 million workers in 272 national trade unions in 50 countries.) Mark explained some of the issues that these workers face and the challenge of organising them into unions. When asked about union density in these sectors, he threw out the astounding statistic that in Belgium, over 80% of these workers are unioni...

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   South Korea: Interview with Chanyoung Heo, Kuehne+Nagel Korea Labour Union

   Chanyoung is leader of a small union in Korea that represents workers at Kuehne+Nagel, a German-owned logistics company. For 20 years, industrial relations at the company were good. Now they aren't. What happened? Why did the workers vote overwhelmingly to go on strike? Listen to the podcast to learn more, including about the company's new manager, imported from Europe, who told the union that he did not feel bound by a collective bargaining agreement which he did not ...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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