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NEW ZEALAND: Health workers and firefighters to strike again on Friday www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/psa-healt...
'We need commitment': 17,000 health staff, 2000 firefighters set for another strike
The industrial action follows failed mediation after last month's nationwide mega-strike.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW ZEALAND: Health workers and firefighters to strike again on Friday www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/psa-healt...
ITALY: Travel disruption to hit Italy as workers strike over pay and Gaza www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Travel disruption to hit Italy as workers strike over pay and Gaza
Train companies and airports have warned passengers of potential delays on Friday, 28 November
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ITALY: Travel disruption to hit Italy as workers strike over pay and Gaza www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
ASIA: Ahead of Black Friday, Report Reveals Attacks on Garment Workers’ Right to Organize www.commondreams.org/news/garment...
Ahead of Black Friday, Report Reveals Attacks on Garment Workers' Right to Organize | Common Dreams
As Black Friday deals tempt us, let's not forget the exploited garment workers in the Global South. Denied the right to organize, they face abuse and threats for demanding fair treatment. How can we s...
www.commondreams.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ASIA: Ahead of Black Friday, Report Reveals Attacks on Garment Workers’ Right to Organize www.commondreams.org/news/garment...
SOUTH AFRICA: Government declares gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster www.industriall-union.org/south-africa...
South Africa declares gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster
South Africa has formally declared gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national disaster, invoking the Disaster Management Act of 2002. The decision, announced in the wake of widespread protes...
www.industriall-union.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
SOUTH AFRICA: Government declares gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster www.industriall-union.org/south-africa...
GLOBAL: Global garment industry profits from denial of right to unionize in major sourcing countries www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Global garment industry profits from denial of right to unionize
Major fashion brands are growing on the back of underpaid work.
www.amnesty.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
GLOBAL: Global garment industry profits from denial of right to unionize in major sourcing countries www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
UK: Minimum wage rise 'fantastic news' for millions www.gmb.org.uk/news/minimum...
Minimum wage rise 'fantastic news' for millions
www.gmb.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
UK: Minimum wage rise 'fantastic news' for millions www.gmb.org.uk/news/minimum...
USA: “It Restores My Faith in Humanity”: Why Minnesota Workers Are Joining the Starbucks Strike workdaymagazine.org/it-restores-...
“It Restores My Faith in Humanity”: Why Minnesota Workers Are Joining the Starbucks Strike - Workday Magazine
Minnesota workers rally in support of striking baristas.
workdaymagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
USA: “It Restores My Faith in Humanity”: Why Minnesota Workers Are Joining the Starbucks Strike workdaymagazine.org/it-restores-...
SOUTH AFRICA: Podcast: What was it like to fight apartheid as a South African mining union leader? meu.org.au/podcast-what...
Podcast: What was it like to fight apartheid as a South African mining union leader? - Mining and Energy Union
Mining unions played a key role in bringing down apartheid in South Africa. We meet one mining union leader who was at the coal face of the struggle. Featuring Glen Mpufane – Director of Mining and Di...
meu.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
SOUTH AFRICA: Podcast: What was it like to fight apartheid as a South African mining union leader? meu.org.au/podcast-what...
GLOBAL: Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday uniglobalunion.org/news/make-am...
Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday
From November 28 to December 1, 2025, Amazon workers, unions and allies across six continents will join forces under the banner #Make Amazon Pay to strike and protest
uniglobalunion.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
GLOBAL: Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday uniglobalunion.org/news/make-am...
INDIA: Labour Unrest: Unions Rally Against New Labour Codes www.devdiscourse.com/article/busi...
India's Labor Unrest: Unions Rally Against New Labour Codes
Read more about India's Labor Unrest: Unions Rally Against New Labour Codes on Devdiscourse.
www.devdiscourse.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
INDIA: Labour Unrest: Unions Rally Against New Labour Codes www.devdiscourse.com/article/busi...
GLOBAL: Heat, Crunch, and Algorithmic Control: The Human Cost Pushing Amazon Workers into the Streets m.thewire.in/article/labo...
Heat, Crunch, and Algorithmic Control: The Human Cost Pushing Amazon Workers into the Streets - The Wire
This Black Friday, as protests unfold from New Delhi to Berlin to Montréal, we have a choice to make.
m.thewire.in
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
GLOBAL: Heat, Crunch, and Algorithmic Control: The Human Cost Pushing Amazon Workers into the Streets m.thewire.in/article/labo...
MEXICO: US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers' rights at wine manufacturing facility www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers' rights at wine manufacturing facility | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
MLex Summary: The US invoked the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement's rapid response labor mechanism by asking Mexico to review whether workers at a Freixenet facility in Mexico are being denied the rights to...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
MEXICO: US asks Mexico to review alleged denial of workers' rights at wine manufacturing facility www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
USA: Labour leader pleads not guilty to misdemeanor over immigration protest www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
California labor leader pleads not guilty to misdemeanor over immigration protest
The leader of a major labor union in Southern California who was arrested while protesting an immigration raid earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
USA: Labour leader pleads not guilty to misdemeanor over immigration protest www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
27-11-1989 CZECHIA: Workers stage a two hour general strike as the culmination of a series of protests known as the 'Velvet Revolution.'
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
27-11-1989 CZECHIA: Workers stage a two hour general strike as the culmination of a series of protests known as the 'Velvet Revolution.'
27-11-1974 FRANCE: 43 days postal workers strike wins the tenure of 6,000 casual workers, retirement at 55, improvement in compensation premiums and career development + a halt to the privatization of telecommunications.
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
27-11-1974 FRANCE: 43 days postal workers strike wins the tenure of 6,000 casual workers, retirement at 55, improvement in compensation premiums and career development + a halt to the privatization of telecommunications.
27-11-1945 CONGO-KINSHASA: Strike by workers at the Colonial Transport Office in Lubumbashi for an improvement in wages. The repression left 7 dead.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
27-11-1945 CONGO-KINSHASA: Strike by workers at the Colonial Transport Office in Lubumbashi for an improvement in wages. The repression left 7 dead.
After 1 week, 3,857 trade unionists from around the world have shown their solidarity. Will you join us? bit.ly/4nT78fB
Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco
Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After 1 week, 3,857 trade unionists from around the world have shown their solidarity. Will you join us? bit.ly/4nT78fB
MALTA: MOU signed between fleet operators association and General Workers’ Union www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...
MOU signed between fleet operators association and General Workers’ Union
Memorandum of Understanding between the General Workers’ Union and the Malta Delivery Fleet Operators Association will oblige operators to conclude collective agreements by 1 January 2026
www.maltatoday.com.mt
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
MALTA: MOU signed between fleet operators association and General Workers’ Union www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...
BELGIUM / UKRAINE: Ukrainians attend health and safety training in Belgium www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...
Ukrainians attend health and safety training in Belgium - BWI
For a week, 21 Ukrainians from various regions of their country participated in a health and safety training course generously provided by the Belgian parita…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
BELGIUM / UKRAINE: Ukrainians attend health and safety training in Belgium www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: TTUTA seeks clarification on wage increase implementation newsday.co.tt/2025/11/26/t...
TTUTA seeks clarification on wage increase implementation - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The TT Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) has written to the Ministry of Education and Minister of Finance seeking clarification on when a negotiated five per cent wage increase for the period Octo...
newsday.co.tt
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: TTUTA seeks clarification on wage increase implementation newsday.co.tt/2025/11/26/t...
SOMALIA: New report shows increase of online and offline violence against women journalists www.ifj.org/media-centre...
Somalia: New report shows increase of online and offline violence against women journalists / IFJ
A new report launched on 24 November by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), reveals an increase in violence, harassment...
www.ifj.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
SOMALIA: New report shows increase of online and offline violence against women journalists www.ifj.org/media-centre...
SOUTH KOREA: Workplace deaths becoming persistent issue at Coupang www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/com...
Workplace deaths becoming persistent issue at Coupang - The Korea Times
A Coupang employee in his 30s collapsed from cardiac arrest at the canteen of the company’s logistics base in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, at aroun...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
SOUTH KOREA: Workplace deaths becoming persistent issue at Coupang www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/com...
ITALY: Metalworkers’ unions secure pay rise and employer action on precarious work news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1388
Italian metalworkers’ unions secure pay rise and employer action on precarious work
IndustriAll Europe affiliates FIM, UILM and FIOM concluded a renewed collective agreement benefitting 1.5 million workers in Italy’s metal industries.
news.industriall-europe.eu
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ITALY: Metalworkers’ unions secure pay rise and employer action on precarious work news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1388
CANADA: Strengthening Worker Unity and Inclusion: A Unifor Guide for Supporting Migrant Worker Members www.unifor2002.org/News-Room/MI...
Unifor2002 - Strengthening Worker Unity and Inclusion: A Unifor Guide for Supporting Migrant Worker Members
Unifor strives to protect the economic rights of our members and every member of the workforce.
www.unifor2002.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
CANADA: Strengthening Worker Unity and Inclusion: A Unifor Guide for Supporting Migrant Worker Members www.unifor2002.org/News-Room/MI...
CAMBODIA / THAILAND: Returned Migrant Workers Face Hunger, Joblessness www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Cambodia: Returned Migrant Workers Face Hunger, Joblessness
The Cambodian government is failing to provide support to hundreds of thousands of migrant workers with microfinance debts who returned from Thailand because of hostilities in mid-2025.
www.hrw.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
CAMBODIA / THAILAND: Returned Migrant Workers Face Hunger, Joblessness www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...