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'Where trade unionists start their day on the net' News & campaigning website of the international labour movement
London, England
Joined June 2008
10-09-1897 USA: Nineteen unarmed immigrant miners are shot dead by a sheriff's posse in Lattimer, Pennsylvania.
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10-09-1917 AUSTRALIA: Mass meetings of Sydney workers railway express outrage at the unions' capitulation to the government's terms, but nevertheless a return to work from the general strike begins.
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10-09-1892 AUSTRALIA: The first train of contractors brought in to scab during the Broken Hill miners' strike arrives and is met with hostility from local men and women.
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SUDAN: Tea Sellers, Domestic Workers Access Decent Work
solidaritycenter.org
Each day as Yusriya starts work in her tarabiza in northern Sudan, she sets up the roadside stand with a few pots, a stove, plastic or wooden chairs, and hot beverages such as tea, coffee, ginger…
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KENYA: COTU raises concern over proposed Business Laws Bill
citizen.digital
The Bill, which is presently before the Senate as Senate Bill No. 51 of 2024, violates constitutional guarantees found in Articles 10, 27, 41, 47, 48, and 118, according to a statement released on...
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SINGAPORE: Why strikes rarely happen in Singapore as labour unrest rises worldwide
ntuc.org.sg
Once plagued by strikes in its early years, Singapore transformed labour relations through consensus and tripartism. While unrest disrupts industries abroad, Singapore’s unions and employers have...
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SRI LANKA: Inside the Lives of Female Workers in Free Trade Zones
groundviews.org
Photo courtesy of Ishankha Singha Arachchi Garment factory worker Archana Hariraman, after washing herself at the public shower sink, returned to her room to change clothes. Just as she finished she...
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CYPRUS: Workers to strike Thursday as government pushes ATA pay reform
knews.kathimerini.com.cy
Cyprus’ Labor Minister Yiannis Panayiotou made a last-minute appeal to trade unions Wednesday, urging them to hold off on Thursday’s planned general strike as he unveiled the government’s updated...
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SOUTH KOREA: SNUH union to launch general strike over pay, staffing, caregiver issues
koreabiomed.com
The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) labor union has announced a general strike.The Seoul National University Hospital branch of the Seoul Chapter of the Medical Solidarity of the Korea Pu...
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CURACAO: Education Workers Give Union DOEN Mandate to Demand Urgent Meeting With Minister Lew-Jen-Tai
curacaochronicle.com
Curacao teachers
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FRANCE: The history of strikes in union and political movements in France
theconversation.com
The ‘block everything’ movement aims to paralyse France, and a hard-left leader has called for a general strike. What role have strikes played in French trade union and political history?
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SOUTH AFRICA: SAFTU condemns 22 August gazetting of dismissal code, demands withdrawal, Parliamentary oversight, and 90 days of public hearings
saftu.org.za
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns the Department of Employment and Labour’s decision to gazette the Code of Good Practice on Dismissal on 22 August 2025. This was done...
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AUSTRALIA: It’s For Every Body: calling for reproductive health leave
australianunions.org.au
It’s for Every Body is a campaign led by union members to win 10 days paid reproductive health leave for all working Australians.
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LITHUANIA: Prime Minister-designate calls for review of annual leave length
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SPAIN: Yolanda Díaz Is the New Face of the Spanish Left
thenation.com
The labor minister hopes to keep Spain’s far right at bay, while winning workers more free time. Will she pull it off?
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USA: Amazon fires 150 unionized third-party drivers, Teamsters says
theguardian.com
Union says ‘Amazon is breaking the law’ after drivers working for contractor Cornucopia were terminated
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UK / PALESTINE: Unions call for Kosovo-style intervention to ‘stop the slaughter’ in Gaza
morningstaronline.co.uk
LABOUR-AFFILIATED unions are pushing for direct military intervention in Gaza as the time for diplomacy is over, Unison general secretary Christina McAnea revealed at TUC Congress today.Ms McAnea,...
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