Australia Two-thirds of women who take maternity leave do not get promoted [The Daily Telegraph] 19-Aug-2008
Australia Australian women are too timid at work [The Advertiser] 19-Aug-2008
Finland Tutkijat: Hoitotyö ajautumassa kriisiin [Yle uutiset] [Finnish] 11-Aug-2008
Finland Pätevien naisten syrjäyttäminen huolettaa [Aamulehti] [Finnish] 08-Aug-2008
UK Unions welcome Clampdown move on rogue employers - helpline to report the mistreatment of workers and illegal pay rates [BBC] 05-Aug-2008
UK Unite 'pleased it is not the 2,000 job cuts that had previously been talked about' - Northern Rock to make 1,300 staff redundant [BBC] 30-Jul-2008
UK A landmark Legal ruling over equality for low-paid women could cost local authorities and the NHS millions of pounds [PA] 29-Jul-2008
UK Unite - Pay strike to hit 'top people's' store Harrods [Unite] 28-Jul-2008
Chile UNI condemns Santander’s behaviour [UNI] 26-Jul-2008
Canada Phyllis Gallimore remembered as ‘great role model’ to women in construction unions [The Daily Commercial News] 26-Jul-2008
UK TUC launches new training programme to boost network of equality reps [TUC] 25-Jul-2008
Canada Young women get hooked on careers as crane operators [The Daily Commercial News] 25-Jul-2008
Hong Kong Migrant workers call for suspension of levy on domestic helper wages [ABS-CBN News] 25-Jul-2008
Philippines 200 workers picket shoe factory in Muntinlupa [GMA News] 25-Jul-2008
Canada Summer Institute for Union Women sees record turnout [BCFL] 25-Jul-2008
UK Minimum Wage offences - restaurant owner fined £3,500 for failing to provide HM Revenue and Customs compliance officers [this is nottingham] 24-Jul-2008
Malta Work-life balance and better security – GWU [The Independent] 24-Jul-2008
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Child Workers Die Digging in Congo Mines for Copper [Bloomberg] 23-Jul-2008
Israel Tel Aviv shelter provides refuge for sex workers [IRIN] 23-Jul-2008
UK TUC steps up employment status campaign with union seminar [TUC] 23-Jul-2008
Finland Ylipainoisia naisia syrjitään työmarkkinoilla [YLE uutiset] [Finnish] 23-Jul-2008
South Africa Help swept under the carpet [The Times] 22-Jul-2008
USA Sexist 'Men at Work' signs must be repainted [The Telegraph] 22-Jul-2008
Canada HEU sponsors women’s concert at Vancouver’s folk festival [HEU-CUPE] 17-Jul-2008
Argentina Despite violence and marginalisation, sex workers in are leading the way on HIV/Aids prevention [The Guardian] 17-Jul-2008
UK Unite union warned against imposing a deal - Equal pay wrangle continues in Aberdeen - [BBC] 15-Jul-2008
UK Unite - Toilet demonstration outside Tesco in Glasgow [Unite] 15-Jul-2008
Canada CUPE supports women’s voices rising at the festival [CUPE] 15-Jul-2008
Australia/UK Extra maternity leave 'sabotaging careers' [Canberra Times] 15-Jul-2008
UK GMB Say That Nicola Brewer Is Missing The Point That Maternity And Parental Rights Are Good For Employers, Parents And The Wider Economy [GMB] 14-Jul-2008
UK Family-friendly rights 'threat' to women is a myth peddled by backward-looking employers, says TUC [TUC] 14-Jul-2008
Australia Paid parental leave a better investment than child-care: expert [SMH] 15-Jul-2008
Cambodia Garment workers worry about future prospects [AFP] 13-Jul-2008
USA Union election to be lesson on women's achievement [The Tribune] 13-Jul-2008
Korea Supreme Court backs woman teacher over tea service [AFP] 13-Jul-2008
Canada Mary-Lou Donnelly elected president designate of the Canadian Teachers' Federation [CTF] For more info 13-Jul-2008
Kenya Woman wins nearly 33,000 USD against her former employer for unfair dismissal after testing HIV-positive. [Catholic Information Service for Africa] 13-Jul-2008
Australia Paid maternity leave deals introduced with great fanfare by big retailers exclude tens of thousands of workers [Sun-Herald] 13-Jul-2008
Bahrain Maids Not Aware Of Their Rights And Contract Terms: Unionist [AHN] 12-Jul-2008
USA A Fighter Now Fights for Herself [The Times] 12-Jul-2008
Turkey Nannies on Ýncirlik Air base to be kicked out as union negotiates new labour agreement [The Daily News] 11-Jul-2008
Burma/Thailand Migrant workers, pregnancy and poverty [The Irrawaddy] 11-Jul-2008
Europe Business and trade unions in joint plea for 'accessible childcare' [EurActive] 09-Jul-2008
Canada Good Shepherd management denies living wage for women’s shelter staff – lockout or strike imminent [CUPE] 09-Jul-2008
UK Unite - Argos workers will hold two 24 hour stoppages on 17th July and 24th July 2008 [Unite] 09-Jul-2008
Canada Union members tackle issues facing apprenticeship system [The Journal of Commerce] 09-Jul-2008
Finland Raskaus päättää usein määräaikaisuuden [Yle uutiset] [Finnish] 09-Jul-2008
Australia Bullying caused woman's suicide, inquiry told [SMH] 09-Jul-2008
Bahrain Women shying away from union activities [The Khaleej Times] 08-Jul-2008
Finland Yksinhuoltajien edusnainen vaatii kodinhoitajia takaisin perheille [Helsingin Sanomat] [Finnish] 08-Jul-2008
Australia Research underlines need for universal paid maternity leave for women and job security [ACTU] 07-Jul-2008
Australia Maternity leave big lure in returning to work [The Age] 07-Jul-2008
Tanzania Over 36,000 trapped young girls saved [IPP Media] 06-Jul-2008
USA Chrysler, UAW face a slew of sexual harassment complaints [The Free Press] 06-Jul-2008
UK Tube workers 'were bullied during strike' [Metro] 05-Jul-2008
Tunisia Revolt in a mining town [Le Monde Diplomatique] [Reg. Req'd] 06-Jul-2008
Canada Travel, with a humanitarian purpose [The Citizen] 05-Jul-2008
Lebanon Few rights, low pay for 200,000 migrant domestic workers [UN IRIN] 06-Jul-2008
UK Feminism and the Tube [The New Statesman] 04-Jul-2008
USA Flight Attendants Face High-Pressure Cabins [NPR] 04-Jul-2008
UK LGBT equality education only way to stop homophobic bullying, says TUC [TUC] 03-Jul-2008
Australia Paid Parental Leave - what does it mean and why should we have it? [ASU] 04-Jul-2008
UK Sheffield butcher's shop ordered to pay over £11,000 to two former Workers after they failed to pay National Minimum Wage [24dash] 03-Jul-2008
Finland Miesalat lyövät selvästi naisammatit palkoissa [Taloussanomat] [Finnish] 03-Jul-2008
North America/UK Steelworkers Expand International Executive Board; First Woman Newest Member [USW] 02-Jul-2008
Canada Good Shepherd women's shelter staff ready to strike for living wage [CUPE] 02-Jul-2008
Korea Women’s Income Equals 61 Pct. of Men’s [Donga Ilbo] 02-Jul-2008
Italy/India Indian women's union can inspire others, says author [AKI] 01-Jul-2008
Australia Loan for 36 weeks' paid baby leave [The Australian] 01-Jul-2008
Finland Pääkirjoitus: Väkivallan uhrit jäivät väliinputoajiksi työelämässä [Uutispäivä Demari] [Finnish] 30-Jun-2008
Finland Leena Numminen omi ay-asiat kodinperintönä. Luottamustehtävät leipätyöksi [Turun Sanomat] [Finnish] 30-Jun-2008
Fiji Women should have more of a voice in Fiji trade unions [FijiVillage] 28-Jun-2008
Ghana Societal and cultural constraints affecting women’s access to ICT – Botchway [The Accra Daily Mail] 27-Jun-2008
UK PCS and FDA - Data loss report prompts unions to call for halt to jobs cull at HMRC [personneltoday.com] 27-Jun-2008
Finland Naisyrittäjät voivat huonosti töissä [Helsingin Sanomat] [Finnish] 27-Jun-2008
UK Occupational health and safety – a gender issue [SHP] 26-Jun-2008
UK Unite - Tesco is accused of 'Dickensian employment practices' by not paying staff for toilet breaks [BBC] 26-Jun-2008
Finland Yli 50-vuotiaan on vaikea löytää töitä kaupan alalla [Etelä-Saimaa] [Finnish] 26-Jun-2008
Bangladesh Woman wins rights for garment workers [The Christian Science Monitor] 25-Jun-2008
Global Women activists attend ITF's school for success [ITF] 25-Jun-2008
Uganda Teso Women in Battle [AllAfrica] 24-Jun-2008
UK Birmingham Council faces £10m bill on women's fair pay claim [The Post] 24-Jun-2008
Spain CC OO denuncia que las mujeres salen perdiendo en todos los indicadores del mercado de trabajo [CC OO] For more info [Spanish] 23-Jun-2008
Bangladesh On the Factory Floor, an Activist Is Born [The Post] 21-Jun-2008
Canada Work begins to heal lockout rifts at women's shelters [The Record] 20-Jun-2008
UK Women's low pay is the key to tackling child poverty, says TUC [TUC] For more info 20-Jun-2008
UK Women's pay 'key to child poverty' [Press Association] For more info 20-Jun-2008
UK The iron triangle: Women's poverty, children's poverty and in-work poverty [TUC] 20-Jun-2008
Canada Women's shelter staff head back to work [570 News] 19-Jun-2008
Australia Small business needs to think big about paid maternity leave [SMH] 19-Jun-2008
Netherlands Paternity leave unpopular [Dutch News] 18-Jun-2008
USA ‘Magnificently Overqualified Mothers’ to McCain: Women Deserve Equal Pay [AFL-CIO] 18-Jun-2008
Finland Tasa-arvovaltuutettu vaatii palkkatasa-arvoa kuntaliitoksiin [Turun Sanomat] [Finnish] 18-Jun-2008
India Garment workers call off strike [NewIndPress] 18-Jun-2008
India SEWA – The Abodana for Muslim Women [Indian Muslims] 18-Jun-2008
Canada Spokesman says new employees aren't replacement workers for striking health unit program assistants [The Sun-Times] 18-Jun-2008
Australia Employment standards should include paid maternity: union [ABC] 18-Jun-2008
Nepal Girls sold by parents for domestic labour [UN IRIN] 18-Jun-2008
Canada Women still have not reached equality [Straight Goods] 17-Jun-2008
UK Restaurants and Bars have to pay staff the National Minimum Wage (NMW) regardless of tips says HM Revenue and Customs [HMRC] 17-Jun-2008
Australia A super start in correcting discrimination [ASU] 17-Jun-2008
New Zealand Low-status jobs for mothers returning to work [Massey University] 17-Jun-2008
Australia New parents to get 12 months' parental leave [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 17-Jun-2008
UK TUC Vulnerable Workers Project to share its findings with unions [TUC] For more info 16-Jun-2008
Israel Nazareth Women Conference: Employment is a precondition to fight poverty [WAC Maan] 15-Jun-2008
Australia Unions New South Wales has put forward a plan for 28-weeks paid maternity leave [ABC] 15-Jun-2008
Indonesia/UK Brit TUC Aid improves livelihood prospects of hundreds of women in Aceh, Indonesia. [TUC] 15-Jun-2008
Australia Smaller firms want protection against maternity leave costs [SMH] 14-Jun-2008
Australia Push for 28 weeks' paid leave [SMH] 14-Jun-2008
Australia Paid maternity leave may be just around the corner, but a war of words continues on who should pay [SMH] 14-Jun-2008
Bolivia Domestics to Gain Healthcare Coverage [IPS] 13-Jun-2008
Canada Ottawa, provinces get poor grades for child care: union [Canada.com] 13-Jun-2008
Canada Need more females in emergency teams: National defence workers [Canada.com] 13-Jun-2008
Finland Syrjintäkielto laajenee [Verkkouutiset] [Finnish] 13-Jun-2008
USA/Spain Grand Rapids Starbucks Union and Spanish CNT Announce a Global Day of Action! [IWW.ORG] For more info Images 12-Jun-2008
Australia Bar urged to shoulder cost of more women [The Age] 13-Jun-2008
Australia Women in work bear the brunt of economic woes [The Age] 13-Jun-2008
Australia Retailers fear costs of a paid maternity leave scheme [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 12-Jun-2008
Australia 'Women would suffer' in paid leave plan [The Age] 12-Jun-2008
Canada Distinctions in the sex trade: PEERS agency works to demystify and normalize the inevitable profession [Straight Goods] 11-Jun-2008
UK Unison - Action urged on equal pay [Unison] 11-Jun-2008
Canada Home workers to get union help [The Star] 11-Jun-2008
Canada Bolton strikers in impasse: women workers resist wage cuts at auto parts plant [The Star] 11-Jun-2008
USA Ruth Pulda, Merilee Milstein Die; Advocated Women's, Workers' Rights [Courant.com] 11-Jun-2008
Australia Paid parental leave contributes to relieving skills shortage in professions says APESMA [APESMA] 11-Jun-2008
Australia 28 weeks' parental leave sought by white-collar union, APESMA [The Australian] 11-Jun-2008
Iran State-owned company tells single employees to get married by September or face losing their jobs [AFP/Egypt Daily News] 11-Jun-2008
Germany Wage Discrimination Hurting German Women and Economy [Spiegel Online] 11-Jun-2008
Australia Employers can afford paid maternity leave [ACTU] 11-Jun-2008
Sweden Wanja Lundby-Wedin re-elected president of the LO [LO] For more info 10-Jun-2008
UK Usdaw welcomes carers announcement [USDAW] 10-Jun-2008
Sweden/Europe Wanja Lundby-Wedin 1st woman to be president of the ETUC [Norden] For more info 11-Jun-2008
Australia Partial victory for Working Women’s Centres – the fight goes on for Queensland [ASU] 10-Jun-2008
Canada Locked-out women's shelter workers take protest to employer's workplace [The Record] 10-Jun-2008
Canada Good Shepherd Women's Shelter staff vote 97 % to strike for living wage [CUPE] 10-Jun-2008
USA Leadership gathering for union women set for July 22 [Workday Minnesota] 10-Jun-2008
UK Sex discrimination: Ministers urged to stick to equal pay promises [Guardian] 10-Jun-2008
UK Time for bold action on equal pay [Guardian] 10-Jun-2008
USA Because women's issues are Union issues [TWU Local 100] 10-Jun-2008
USA TWU Hotline for Female Members [The Chief-Leader] 10-Jun-2008
Colombia 13 female trade union leaders were killed in the first 11 months of 2006, 15 in 2005 and 16 in 2004 [Inter-Press Service] 09-Jun-2008
Europe/Germany EU wage gap 15 per cent between genders [UPI] 09-Jun-2008
Germany Women earn 22 percent less than men [Deutsche Welle] 09-Jun-2008
Germany/Europe Disparity in wages between men and women in Germany is one of the highest in the European Union [Spiegel Online] 09-Jun-2008
USA Workplace Protocol: Is Pantyhose Over? [ABC] 09-Jun-2008
USA Why the Mann Act expansion is bad for women [Feministing] 09-Jun-2008
Australia Record number of young Australian women are signing up for jobs as cattle hands on vast outback farms [BBC] 10-Jun-2008
USA Domestic Workers Organize to End an ‘Atmosphere of Violence’ on the Job [NYT] 09-Jun-2008
Germany Women workers earn 22 percent less than their male counterparts [AHN] 09-Jun-2008
Australia Gender wage gap under review [SMH] 10-Jun-2008
Egypt Women lead, initiate strikes and growing workers' rights movement [Bianet] 09-Jun-2008
Finland Komissio: Suomelle moitteita tasa-arvolainsäädännöstä [Kauppalehti, Euroopan komissio] [Finnish] 08-Jun-2008
Canada Women's shelter protests intensify [The Record] 07-Jun-2008
Canada Locked-out Women’s Shelter Workers Rally in Kitchener [CAW] 07-Jun-2008
Taiwan Plans to introduce paid maternity leave find support [Taipei Times] 07-Jun-2008
Australia Maternity leave plan put by ACTU important 1st step to decent Paternity leave [AWU] 07-Jun-2008
UK Gender pay divide criticised by TUC [GAAPweb] 07-Jun-2008
Australia Maternity leave: the mother of all problems [The Age] 07-Jun-2008
Canada Rally in support of locked-out women’s shelter workers [CAW] 06-Jun-2008
Australia Low-wage earners 'missing out on paid maternity leave' [ABC] 06-Jun-2008
USA Parental leave elusive for many U.S. workers [Associated Press/CNN] 05-Jun-2008
Australia Woolworths wooing women with maternity leave [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 06-Jun-2008
Australia ACTU praises Woolworths' paid maternity leave [ABC] 05-Jun-2008
Australia Woolworth’s joins ranks of businesses that see the benefit of paid maternity leave [ACTU] 05-Jun-2008
Finland Kuntatyönantaja vaatii suojeluvelvoitetta kaikille viranhaltijoille ja työntekijöille. Suivaantunut Tehy jättäytyi pois Rauman työmarkkinaseminaarista [Turun Sanomat] [Finnish] 05-Jun-2008
Cambodia Investigation of alleged police abuse of sex workers opens [Monsters and Critics] 04-Jun-2008
Turkey Paid Vacation On May Day And International Women’s Day in Dikili [Bianet] 04-Jun-2008
Canada Company refuses third-party arbitration as lock out continues for women's shelter workers [CAW] 04-Jun-2008
India Poverty, starvation stalk Bengal tea garden workers [Thaindian News] 04-Jun-2008
Canada Crisis shelter talks break down [The Record] 04-Jun-2008
Australia Maternity leave stalls promotion [The Age] 04-Jun-2008
Australia PSA submission to parental leave inquiry [PSA of NSW] 04-Jun-2008
Australia Taking leave for our senses [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 04-Jun-2008
Finland Näin koulutus nostaa palkkaa kunnissa [Taloussanomat] [Finnish] 03-Jun-2008
Australia Mums' salary sacrifice backs paid leave push [Brisbane Courier-Mail] 03-Jun-2008
Fiji All for a dollar more: Women and the new employment law [The Times] 02-Jun-2008
Canada Defusing Family Violence: 'Men Speak Up' targets silence, and pain, in resource towns [The Tyee] 02-Jun-2008
Finland Miehen paikasta puhutaan seminaarissa [Turun Sanomat] [Finnish] 02-Jun-2008
Australia 'Women may leave civil service' Union warns [The Australian] 02-Jun-2008
Australia Women prone to job-stress blues [The Australian] 02-Jun-2008
Germany Privatizing Child Care Remains Controversial in Germany [Deutsche Welle] 01-Jun-2008
UK From matchgirls to matching money [The Observer] 01-Jun-2008
UK The fight for equal pay ... 40 years on [Observer] 01-Jun-2008
Australia Discontent over union maternity leave plan [Sunday Age] 01-Jun-2008
Finland Terveysalan harjoittelusta voi jatkossa saada palkkaa [Turun Sanomat] [Finnish] 31-May-2008
Australia Unions push for national paid maternity leave scheme [AMWU] 31-May-2008
Sri Lanka Domestic workers promised new deal in Kuwait [Inter-Press Service] 01-Jun-2008
UK Unite gains recognition for over 200 cabin crew at Edinburgh based, low cost carrier Flyglobespan [T&G Unite] 31-May-2008
Mauritius 'We Are Not Animals,' Say Foreign Workers [AllAfrica] 30-May-2008
Finland Stubb keskusteli kansalaisjärjestöjen kanssa YK-asioista [Ulkoasiainministeriö] [Finnish] 30-May-2008
Canada Talks Stalled with Waterloo Region Women's Shelters [CAW] 29-May-2008
Canada Les délégués du CTC marchent pour l’égalité des femmes [SCFP] [French] 29-May-2008
Canada CLC delegates march for women's equality [CUPE] 29-May-2008
Australia Calls for paid maternity leave to equal army reserve wages [ABC] 29-May-2008
Australia The mother of all battles [The Manly Daily] 29-May-2008
Canada Talks stall between two women's shelters and their locked out workers [The Record] 29-May-2008
Australia SA urged to offer extra maternity leave [ABC] 28-May-2008
USA Three women rise to the top of AFT union [USA Today] 28-May-2008
UK Unite union, told will have to pay £150,000 to have a special resolution at Marks & Spencer annual meeting [Times] 28-May-2008
Finland Pentti Arajärvi ja korkean tason tukiryhmä selvittämään maahanmuuttajien tuloloukkuja [Sisäministeriö] [Finnish] 28-May-2008
Singapore No need for mandatory rest day for foreign maids: Minister [Straits Times] 28-May-2008
Australia New mums better off staying at home, says ACTU [Sydney Daily Telegraph] 28-May-2008
Australia Unions in South Australia to unveil 28-week paid maternity leave push [Adelaide Advertiser] 28-May-2008
Finland More Fathers Taking Paternity Leave [YLE] 27-May-2008
Australia 14 weeks for all women - ACTU paid maternity scheme affordable and good for families [ACTU] 27-May-2008
Australia Paid maternity leave 'could save millions' [Canberra Times] 27-May-2008
Fiji Claims about maternity leave baseless, union says [Fiji Times] 27-May-2008
Australia New parental leave option [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 27-May-2008
Australia Paid parent leave 'good for business' [The Age] 27-May-2008
UK Unison attacked Edinburgh council's proposals to save money by cutting back on hot meals in 18 nursery schools [Scotsman] 26-May-2008
USA Struggles of Women Film Series Opens [The Sentinel] 26-May-2008
Finland Mies repii palkkaeron naisiin heti alussa [Kauppalehti, HSE] For more info [Finnish] 26-May-2008
Thailand PPFT Renews its Executive Committee: More Women and Young People in Key Positions [UNI] 26-May-2008
UK Tulip staff meet to campaign for jobs justice over Selection for Redundancy [T&G Unite] 25-May-2008
Finland Yksinhuoltajan työmatka kaipaa tasoittajaa. Joustavuus auttaa äitiä [Kaleva] [Finnish] 25-May-2008
Pakistan Workers protest against exploitation by factory owners [The Daily Times] 24-May-2008
Canada Women's crisis centre workers locked out [The Record] 24-May-2008
Australia Women at Nine were playthings - reporter tells unfair dismissal case [SMH] 24-May-2008
Canada Women's shelter workers in KW-Region could face lock-out [CAW] 23-May-2008