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Protecting the right to strike in Canada [RadioLabour] 24-10-2026


PSI Inter-American Unions Reaffirms Solidarity with Cuba and Condemns US Blockade at Quito Summit [PSI] 24-10-2026


Construction Workers' Union, an model for independent unionism [ANF] 24-10-2026


Dear Domestic: The Union Appeals To Domestic Workers To Attend Annual Conference [The Labour Spokesman] 24-10-2026


Police occupy BEDC headquarters amid union leaders’ arrest [The Blueprint] 24-10-2026



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British Columbia More than 1,200 Highland Valley workers strike as Teck scales back at mine 2026-10-24 [Castanet]

Thousands of tertiary education staff are striking over pay 2026-10-24 [RNZ]

Southern European education unions strengthen regional action for quality public education 2026-10-24 [EI]

Unions call for sustained public investment, stronger social alliances, and regional solidarity 2026-10-24 [EI]

ITUC announces 2026 Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2026 - including Palantir 2026-10-24 [EPSU]

IndustriALL women’s committee sets pay equity priorities 2026-10-24 [IndustriALL]

Building class consciousness among Tanzania’s young workers 2026-10-24 [IndustriALL]

IFJ passes solidarity motion with imprisoned journalists 2026-10-24 [IFJ]

Four years without justice for murdered journalist Arshad Sharif 2026-10-24 [IFJ]

Sign the petition to free Matsada2sh journalists now  ActNOW!  2026-10-24 [IFJ]

IFJ and 44 others organisations call for urgent accountability and protection of fundamental rights 2026-10-24 [IFJ]

Pacific Islands Frontline Workers Demand a Voice in Just Transition 2026-10-24 [PSI]

UNI backs Unite as Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs and hands shareholders £500 million 2026-10-24 [UNI]

Mobilisations and general strike in Spain 2026-10-24 [ICL]

How vulnerability is structurally produced for Bangladeshi migrant workers 2026-10-24 [GLC]

Texas Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders unionize after years of fighting for higher pay 2026-10-24 [AP]

Alberta Red Lobster workers want $22.30 minimum wage 2026-10-24 [Alberta Worker]

Union head calls MLB's salary cap proposal 'nuclear bomb' ahead of World Series opener 2026-10-24 [AP]

Alberta Paramedics get 12% raise in new contract 2026-10-24 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Dairy workers ask for 20% raise 2026-10-24 [Alberta Worker]

Ontario Most of Ontario’s public school teachers will vote to strike next month 2026-10-24 [rabble]

Ontario Teachers unions prepare for November strike vote 2026-10-24 [rabble]

Global unions to converge in Bogota in solidarity with Colombian trade union movement, October 29-30 2026-10-24 [PBI]

Who protects workers from the haze? 2026-10-24 [Aliran]

Workers Pay Attention! 2026-10-24 [The Labour Spokesman]

Unions slam Reform’s plan to turn council workers into ‘Trump-style deportation police’ 2026-10-24 [The Bureau of Investigative Journalism]

Are cops part of the labor movement or an existential threat to it? 2026-10-24 [TRNN]

New York TWU and building trades rank-and-file activists want one big union 2026-10-24 [The Chief]

New York TWU wows lawsuit after Council votes to ban horse carriages 2026-10-24 [The Chief]

Tripartite “superpower” to help roll out AI in Norwegian working life 2026-10-24 [The Nordic Labour Journal]

Alberta STATEMENT: “Celebrate and rest … but don’t go back to sleep” 2026-10-24 [AFL]

Alberta ATA Responds to New School Flag Regulations 2026-10-24 [ATA]

Quebec Healthcare professionals’ vacation pay must be more than what is set out in the Act respecting labour standards 2026-10-24 [FIQ]

Ontario Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Skilled Trades Survey 2026-10-24 [OFL]

Ontario OPSEU/SEFPO: Private plasma collection restarting without adequate safeguards 2026-10-24 [OPSEU]

Ontario Hornick on CBC: Bargaining is key to protecting workers and families from the dangers of AI 2026-10-24 [OPSEU]

Ontario Editors’ Weekend 2026 – workers hone their comms skills, celebrate success, elect new inSolidarity Committee executive 2026-10-24 [OPSEU]

Saskatchewan Marilynne MacFarlane acclaimed as Saskatchewan Federation of Labour President 2026-10-24 [SFL]

Manitoba MTS and Metro School Divisions Unite to Support United Way Campaign 2026-10-24 [MTS]

Alberta Rocky Ridge: Employer keeps insulting offer, informal mediation fails 2026-10-24 [AUPE]

  JOB   Temporary Administrative Assistant 2026-10-24 [BCGEU]

  JOB   Administrative Assistant—Full-time, temporary position 2026-10-24 [BCGEU]

Manitoba Members at St. Amant Trades ratify new agreement 2026-10-24 [MGEU]

Manitoba Assiniboine Early Learning Centre members ratify new agreement 2026-10-24 [MGEU]

Saskatchewan 1,483: Bringing the Cost of Education Underfunding Home 2026-10-24 [STF]

Public sector pay talks may end next week, but senior union negotiator unsure if deal ‘will be possible’ 2026-10-24 [The Irish Independent]

Labour ministry summons unions and varsity councils to Monday talks to end strike 2026-10-24 [Education News]

Resident physician vacancies lead to 200 nurses being reassigned… Seoul National University Hospital union declares “indefinite strike starting the 28th” 2026-10-24 [Money Today]

School support unions deny ministry deal and warn of further strikes 2026-10-24 [Cyprus Inform]

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