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New Zealand The pay equity challenge [TEU] For more info 2009-07-02

New Zealand Pay equity rally [NZEI Te Riu Roa] For more info 2009-07-02

Ireland SIPTU cleaners to picket Custom House from Wednesday over refusal of contractors to honour job commitments [Siptu] For more info 2009-07-02

Ireland Unions secure commitments on employment in the Health Service [Irish Nurses Organisation] For more info 2009-07-02

Ireland / Global Letter sent to the Leaders of G8, on behalf of all nurses and midwives in The Irish Nurses Organisation [Irish Nurses Organisation] For more info 2009-07-02

Ireland Trolley Watch daily figures [Irish Nurses Organisation] For more info 2009-07-02

New Zealand Women throw down challenge on pay equity [NZCTU] 2009-07-01

Dominican Republic Remittance Crunch, But Women Migrants Keep Sending [Inter-Press Service] 2009-07-01

Indonesia VIDEO: IMF's Union Roadshow screened at film festival [International Metalworkers Federation] 2009-07-01

Australia Working mums spend as much time holding their kids - study [Melbourne Herald-Sun ] 2009-06-30

Indonesia VIDEO: IMF's Union Roadshow screened at film festival [International Metalworkers Federation] 2009-06-30

New Zealand Low paid education workers at Pay Equity rally [NZEI] 2009-06-30

Bangladesh Sex Workers Union insures that prostitutes have dignity in death [BBC] 2009-06-28

China Ridiculous family planning rules could cost migrant worker her job [China Labour Bulletin] 2009-06-28

Germany Eastern German women are the surprise winners of the financial crisis [The Local] 2009-06-28

UK College nursery closures set to spiral, say unions [UNISON] 2009-06-28

UK BA - Loss-making airline seeks redundancies and drastic changes to conditions but Unite is determined not to retreat too far [Guardian] 2009-06-28

Australia / South Australia Adelaide sex discrimination case compo winner to face court [Sunday Mail] 2009-06-28

New Zealand Pay equity rally means business [NZCTU] 2009-06-28

Turkey Sex workers seek to establish a union [InfoShop News] 2009-06-26

Malaysia / Indonesia Maid abuse threatens to spark Malaysian labour crisis [Deutsche Presse Agentur] 2009-06-25

Global / Canada Women, Stephen Harper and the Economic Crisis [PSI Blog] 2009-06-25

Global Percentage of Working Women on Rise [Associated Press] 2009-06-25

Australia / South Australia Sex harassment payout 'a warning to employers' [The Australian] 2009-06-24

Australia / South Australia Woman wins workplace sexual harassment case against Hickinbotham Homes [Adelaide Advertiser] 2009-06-24

Palestine Spotlight interview with Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja (PGFTU - Palestine) [ITUC] 2009-06-24

Bahrain Alba Union to have a sub-committee for women members [AME Info] 2009-06-24

Sri Lanka 76 girls to be ousted from FTZ hostels: Union [The Daily Mirror] 2009-06-24

Palestine Capacity building of women in trade union bodies [PGFTU] 2009-06-24

Global International Congree of Nurses: lose no more time in creating a new UN agency for women [ICN] 2009-06-22

UK / Burma 2000 UNISON activists in Aung San Suu Kyi mask protest [Unison] 2009-06-19

UK / Ireland / Northern Ireland Unite union condems racist attacks on Romanian homes in Belfast [Unite] 2009-06-19

Australia Women losing battle for equal salaries [Brisbane Courier Mail] 2009-06-18

UK Together we can end violence against women and girls [TUC] 2009-06-18

New Zealand Calls to support migrant rural workers [TVNZ] 2009-06-17

Global Vieraskynä: Maailmanlaajuinen taantuma iskee kipeästi myös naisiin [Helsingin Sanomat] 2009-06-15

Indonesia Turning harassment into empowerment [Jakarta Post] 2009-06-15

Indonesia Nani Zulminarni: Empowering vulnerable families [Jakarta Post] 2009-06-15

UK Mary Turner From Brent And Malcolm Sage From Mansfield Re-Elected As National President And Vice President Of GMB Union [GMB] 2009-06-15

Israel Dismissal of pregnant women on the rise [YNet News] 2009-06-14

Haiti Salè minimòm : Mouvman fanm nan apiye mouvman etidyan yo [Alterpresse] 2009-06-14

UK / Global Send girls to school not making goods for the London 2012 Olympics, says TUC [TUC] 2009-06-13

Australia / New South Wales Unionist, Community heroine Marlene McAlear dies [Illawarra Mercury] 2009-06-13

Global Financial crisis could force more girls into work [UN IRIN] 2009-06-13

Finland SAK:n seminaari seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöjen oikeuksista työelämässä 25.6. [SAK] 2009-06-12

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food [BBC] 2009-06-12

India Indian sex workers learn karate [BBC] 2009-06-12

Asia Women to suffer most in Asian economic crisis [Radio Australia] 2009-06-11

UK / Scotland Local Government Committee Misses An Opportunity To Help Resolve Long Standing Equal Pay Issue In Scotland’s Councils [GMB] 2009-06-11

UK Carer calls on Government for better support [Usdaw] 2009-06-11

Colombia Trafficking Victims’ Ordeal Never Over [Inter-Press Service] 2009-06-11

Finland Laitinen-Pesola jatkaa Tehyn johdossa [Helsingin Sanomat] 2009-06-11

Finland Tyrmistynyt Korhonen tuomiosta: Jos tämä ei ole syrjintää [Uusi Suomi] 2009-06-10

UK / Scotland Equal pay delays 'unacceptable' [BBC] 2009-06-10

UK / Scotland UNISON demands Scottish Government action for pay equality in councils [UNISON Scotland] 2009-06-10

Morocco A Look At Women's Rights 5 Years After Reforms [Huffington Post] 2009-06-10

Uruguay ‘Just Like a Daughter’ – Until You Exert Your Rights [Inter-Press Service] 2009-06-09

Zimbabwe / Australia Top female union leader from Zimbabwe speaks to Aust'n media after addressing ACTU Congress [ABC] 2009-06-09

Finland Kirkko pestaa vain vähän vaikeimmin työllistyviä [Kaleva] 2009-06-09

Finland Osa-aikatyö voisi pelastaa parisuhteita [Turun Sanomat] 2009-06-09

UK Public school workers win pension fight after 10-year legal battle [Guardian] 2009-06-09

UK UNISON helps women members win pensions equal-pay fight [UNISON] 2009-06-09

USA / New Jersey http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/06/update_bayonne_nurses_union_vo.html [The Jersey Journal] For more info 2009-06-09

UK / Wales Women win 10-year pension battle [BBC] 2009-06-09

UK / Wales Women workers win legal pay-out [The Press Association] 2009-06-09

Pakistan People making a difference: Sheema Kermani [The Christian Science Monitor] 2009-06-09

Canada Labour backs FCM push to elect more women [CUPE] 2009-06-09

Canada Les syndicats appuient les efforts de la FCM pour faire élire plus de femmes [SCFP] 2009-06-09

Finland Raskaus säästää potkuilta [Taloussanomat] 2009-06-08

Africa / Middle East The Arab world is starting to address the tragedy of human trafficking [Al Ahram Weekly] 2009-06-07

Chile Goodbye to the Gender Wage Gap? [IPS] 2009-06-07

Canada / British Columbia An activist is born! [CUPE] 2009-06-07

UK Unite - Tip off - waiters still paid minimum wage out of your service charge [Observer] 2009-06-07

Australia Mothers on low wages pay the most tax, says economist [SMH] 2009-06-05

Finland SuPerin Määräaikaista ei mätkitä! -kampanja puri hyvin [STTK] 2009-06-05

Finland PAMin Selin: Silpputyöläisten asemaan saatava kohennusta [Helsingin Sanomat] 2009-06-04

Finland Häkämies haluaa lisää naisia hallituksiin [Helsingin Sanomat] 2009-06-04

UK Health visitors reject call for MMR to be made compulsory [Unite] 2009-06-04

Canada Woman of Distinction - Peggy Nash [CAW] 2009-06-04

Global Gender Equality in the Newsroom [Radio VoP] 2009-06-03

Global Ethics and Gender: Equality in the newsroom, Brussels Declaration [IFJ] 2009-06-03

UK Unite is launching a campaign against the latest ‘patchwork privatisation’ of the NHS entitled Transforming Community Services [Unite] 2009-06-02

USA / USA Blood, a Multi-Billion Dollar Business [uniongal] For more info 2009-06-01

Germany Revolutionary find:Berlin Hospital may have found Rosa Luxemburg's corpse [Spiegel Online] 2009-05-31

Germany Rosa Luxemburg's body likely found 90 years after murder [The Local] 2009-05-31

China Nanjing workers' leader remembers '89 protests which led to Tiananmen Square massacre [NYT] 2009-05-31

India / Maharashtra A woman of substance: Remembering Ahilya Rangnekar [Calcutta Telegraph] 2009-05-31

UK / Global Modern day slavery must end – Unite [Unite] 2009-05-31

UK / England GMB Appeal To Stuart Rose To Save Luton Sandwich Factory By Keeping Contract In Luton To Save 350 At Local Factory [Unite] 2009-05-31

Germany Mothers with full-time work most gratified [The Local] 2009-05-30

Australia / New South Wales Pregnant Defence childcare workers get their jobs back [The Australian] 2009-05-29

Kenya Les employées de maison font souvent plus que le ménage [AllAfrica] 2009-05-29

Canada / Quebec Équité salariale La position mi-figue mi-raisin du gouvernement critiquée [SCFP] 2009-05-29

France Romanian and Polish workers treated as slaves with a 18 euro salary/month [Hot News] 2009-05-29

France Investigation into ‘slave-like’ conditions for Poles [Polskie Radio] 2009-05-29

Canada / Ontario The Mine Strikes of 1953-54 Through a Woman's Letters [The Times] 2009-05-29

Australia Unions want parental leave extended to 26 weeks [The Australian] 2009-05-28

Malaysia Human Rights body slams private companies denying women maternity leave [The Star] 2009-05-28

Ethiopia Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions building capacity of female workers [Walta Info] 2009-05-28

Bolivia Women’s Remittances Come at High Cost [Inter-Press Service] 2009-05-27