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South Africa SADTU takes action against gender-based violence in South African schools [The Mercury] 2025-11-26

UK Usdaw welcomes a 4.1% pay rise for millions of the lowest paid workers [USDAW] 2025-11-26

Somalia New report shows increase of online and offline violence against women journalists [IFJ] 2025-11-26

Global When it clicks, you can’t unsee it! When sexual harassment and racism intersect – ‘Misogynoir’ [Education International] 2025-11-26

Africa African trade unions raise alarm over upsurge in digital violence on women [Vanguard] 2025-11-26

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UK Wage boost will bring relief to families, says UNISON [UNISON] 2025-11-26

Canada Unions Rise Up Against Gender-Based Violence [CLC] 2025-11-26

Bangladesh Mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers after pay protest are dropped [BHRRC] 2025-11-26

UK Budget will deliver “urgent relief” for millions of families and help rebuild public services [TUC] 2025-11-26

UK Usdaw welcomes the Chancellor’s focus on tackling child poverty [USDAW] 2025-11-26

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South Africa COSATU observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign [COSATU] 2025-11-26

South Africa EThekwini metro accused of protecting senior official facing sexual harassment allegations [Mail & Guardian] 2025-11-25

Europe International Day Against Violence Against Women - Education unions as a lever for change [ETUCE] 2025-11-25

Europe Breaking Myths About Violence in the Workplace [IndustriAll Europe] 2025-11-25

Europe Stand Up for Journalism: New report urges recognition of online harassment as a systemic professional risk [EFJ] 2025-11-25

Europe Ending gender-based violence: unions demand action and investment [EPSU] 2025-11-25

Europe Austerity stops women escaping rising violence, unions warn [ETUC] 2025-11-25

Global Mobilising against misogyny and gender-based violence in schools [Education International] 2025-11-25

Global Women are always the first target of extremism, warns IFJ [IFJ] 2025-11-25

Global 25 November: IFJ Gender Council Statement [IFJ] 2025-11-25

Global Safe Workplaces for All - From Risk to Respect, Powered by Union Strength [PSI] 2025-11-25

UK Fifty years on, GMB women fighting equal pay wrongs [GMB] 2025-11-25

South Africa NEHAWU statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [COSATU] 2025-11-25

South Africa SAFTU on 16 Days of Activism: “South Africa’s war on women must end: in homes, streets, workplaces, and public institutions” [SAFTU] 2025-11-25

South Africa SADTU supports calls for a national shutdown to highlight the scourge of GBVF [SADTU] 2025-11-24

Global Ending digital violence in the world of work: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence [The ITUC] 2025-11-24

Australia Three in four women in transport battle health issues from unsafe, unclean toilets [RTBU] 2025-11-24

Australia Female transport workers suffer health issues over lack of clean toilet access, union says [ABC] 2025-11-24

Australia Transport women suffer indignities over personal care [AAP] 2025-11-24

Australia The transport worker safety scandal Australia ignored, until now [Australasian Bus and Coach] 2025-11-24

Australia Transport women suffer indignities over personal care [Magnet] 2025-11-24

Korea (South) What drove Korea's school meal workers out of the kitchen? [The Herald] 2025-11-24

Cambodia Labour unions reach out to embassies over gang-rape probe [The Times] 2025-11-24

Pakistan Rethinking Domestic Work in Sindh [The Minute-Mirror] 2025-11-24

India Night shifts for women: Opportunity or exploitation? [Frontline] 2025-11-24

UK Equal Pay Day: Unite calls for concerted action to tackle gender pay gap [Unite] 2025-11-24

Pakistan Labour leaders vow to defeat bids to divide on racial and linguistic lines [NTUF] 2025-11-24

Global UNiTE: IndustriALL calls affiliates to action during the 16 days of activism [IndustriALL] 2025-11-24

Global ÚNETE: IndustriALL llama a sus afiliados a la acción para los 16 Días de activismo [IndustriALL] 2025-11-24

UK / Wales Healthcare staff in Wales win major payout after years of underpayment [pembrokeshire-herald.] 2025-11-23

UK Usdaw condemns Tory chaos and incompetence, while calling for the lessons to be learnt [USDAW] 2025-11-22

Europe Plight of health and social sector workers laid bare [Eurocadres] 2025-11-22

Finland 25 years as the voice of workers [PAM] 2025-11-22

South Africa NUMSA will participate in the National Shutdown to protest against the alarming levels of GBV, femicide and violence against children [NUMSA] 2025-11-22

Canada / Manitoba Sewing solidarity in Winnipeg’s Canada Goose factories [Briarpatch] 2025-11-22

South Africa COSATU’s “40 Women • 40 Years” Exhibition at the People’s Summit – We the 99% [COSATU] 2025-11-21

UK RMT warns women are being ‘failed every day’ and denied basic toilet access [Morning Star] 2025-11-21

UK Why I will always fight for equal pay [UNISON] 2025-11-21

Global #16Days – UNI mobilizes unions to confront online violence and harassment [UNI Global Union] 2025-11-21

Korea (South) Behind Korea's school meal strike — What pushed workers outside the kitchen [The Herald] 2025-11-21

USA Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE [The 19th] 2025-11-21

Korea (South) More than 800 schools halt meal services due to ongoing staff strike [JoongAng Daily] 2025-11-21

India What do new Labour Codes promise for women workforce? [Mint] 2025-11-21

Cambodia Labor Union Petitions World Powers Over Gang-Rape of Worker by Thai Soldiers [The Khmer Times] 2025-11-21

India / Tamil Nadu Chennai Women Auto Drivers Form Union for Safety and Support [The Times] 2025-11-21

South Africa Women’s rights organisations to stage shutdown against GBV [SABC] 2025-11-21

UK Pay in Wales: RCN secures landmark pay increase for nursing support workers [RCN] 2025-11-20

USA / Minnesota Woman welder’s workplace murder prompts calls for change [Construction Dive] 2025-11-20

Europe Pay inequality means women 'work for free' until year's end, European Commission says [Euronews] 2025-11-20

UK / England Hundreds of women launch equal pay claim against Barnet Council [IER] 2025-11-20

South Africa / Western Cape 'I felt humiliated': officer resigns after 'shameful' period incident on duty [The Weekend Argus] 2025-11-20

Korea (South) Nonregular school workers launch relay strike nationwide [JoongAng Daily] 2025-11-20

South Africa NUMSA to join national shutdown as union warns of deepening GBV crisis [IOL] 2025-11-19

UK RMT warns of widespread welfare failures leaving women transport workers without safe toilet access [RMT] 2025-11-19

Netherlands / Guatemala Pawel and Lesbia, sacked for their activism, need our solidarity [Solidarity - Eric Lee] ActNOW! 2025-11-19

Australia Women’s safety at work declines [IEU] 2025-11-19

Korea (South) School meal and care workers begin relay strike as Education Ministry readies alternatives [The Chosun Daily] 2025-11-19

India / Tamil Nadu Anganwadi worker in hospital after suicide bid over poll-roll workload [The Indian Express] 2025-11-19

Bangladesh Govt issues gazette allowing trade unions with minimum 20 workers; apparel sector leaders reject move [The Business Standard] 2025-11-19

USA / Illinois How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI [NPR] 2025-11-19

India / Karnataka Resident welfare associations, activists raise red flags over draft domestic workers Bill in Karnataka [The Times] 2025-11-19

Luxembourg Portuguese women in this country have been working ‘for free’ since this day: find out what happened [Life in Northern BC] 2025-11-19

Korea (South) Nonregular school staff to launch relay strike Thursday [The Herald] 2025-11-19

Nigeria NLC condemns Kebbi kidnap|-urges FG to act fast [Vanguard News] 2025-11-19

UK Teacher wellbeing hits record low amid ‘intolerable pressure’ on schools, annual survey warns [Morning Star] 2025-11-18

India / Tamil Nadu Four sanitary workers begin indefinite hunger strike in Chennai [Express News Service] 2025-11-18

UK ‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights [The Guardian] 2025-11-18

Europe Women’s rights face new attacks - but pushback grows across Europe [EPSU] 2025-11-17

UK Communists will fight for recognition of women’s sex-based rights across trade unions, party congress agrees [Morning Star] 2025-11-17

UK Record number of nurses suffering nightmares and panic attacks due to understaffing, RCN poll finds [Morning Star] 2025-11-17

UK Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union [The Guardian] 2025-11-17

Nepal Education unions unite for transformative gender justice [EI] 2025-11-17

Canada / Ontario New OBCT report highlights ongoing challenges facing tradeswomen [OCN] 2025-11-17

UK / England Phlebotomists mark longest strike in NHS history [BBC] 2025-11-17

UK / England Phlebotomists mark longest-running strike of NHS workers in history with Gloucester rally [UNISON] 2025-11-17

Canada Ottawa’s austerity plan pushes women out — just before pay equity kicks in [rabble] 2025-11-16

Senegal “Decent work and legal rights”: how training and unionisation empower migrant women in Senegal [Equal Times] 2025-11-16

Senegal “Un empleo decente y marco legal”: cómo la formación y la sindicalización pueden contribuir al empoderamiento de las mujeres migrantes en Senegal [Equal Times] 2025-11-16

India / Karnataka Domestic workers bill: Gaps in draft legislation worry unions, activists [The Deccan Herald] 2025-11-16

India / Punjab Mandatory face recognition rule impractical, say anganwadi workers [HT] 2025-11-15

Australia PFA’s A-League Women Report reveals urgent need to capitalise on Australian sport’s biggest opportunity [PFA] 2025-11-15

Canada Elevating Action showcases collaboration between White Ribbon, USW, and CFLPA to tackle gender-based violence ahead of the Grey Cup [USW] 2025-11-15

Pakistan Lady Health Workers of Pakistan win UNI’s Breaking Through Award [UNI Global Union] 2025-11-14

Global BWI women fight global rollback of rights, chart path to equality ahead of 2026 World Congress [BWI] 2025-11-12

Nigeria CEE-HOPE seeks media support for domestic workers’ rights, unionisation [The Nation] 2025-11-12

UK Waspi women 'must get justice' [GMB] 2025-11-12

UK Government must follow through on rethink over ‘Waspi’ compensation [Unison] 2025-11-12

Global How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement [Open Democracy] 2025-11-11

Bangladesh Trade unions call for worker inclusion in climate policymaking and COP30 agenda [BHRRC] 2025-11-11

Bangladesh Trade Union-Civil Society Action Alliance launched for migrant workers' welfare [The Business Standard] 2025-11-11