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Indonesia Pricy shoes, underpaid workers, and a fearless union [Public Eye] 2026-07-07

Europe New Euro-Mediterranean award to celebrate women journalists [IFJ] 2026-07-07

Global What I am still learning, and why that matters - Atle Høie, IndustriALL general secretary [IndustriALL] 2026-07-07

Global What I am still learning, and why that matters [IndustriALL] 2026-07-07

Jordan / Global ILO and Jordan Trade Unions Strengthen Efforts to Protect Migrant Workers’ Rights [Funds for NGOs] 2026-07-07

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UK Returning to pharmacy after parenthood: a profession that must do better [PDA] 2026-07-07

Korea (South) Teachers report Korea school hate speech surge tied to online culture [The Chosun Ilbo] 2026-07-07

Mexico Mexico City Bakery Fights Gentrification as Women Knead Safety Again [The Post] 2026-07-07

USA / Maryland Baltimore nurses to hold one-day strike for patient safety and staff retention [National Nurses United] 2026-07-06

New Zealand Why the Government’s pay equity gutting needed international scrutiny [Kaitiaki Nursing] 2026-07-06

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Singapore Migrant domestic helpers: The untold sacrifice of the women who left their own homes and families to care for SG homes and families [The Independent News] 2026-07-06

Switzerland Unions launch referendum against a minimum-wage reform they describe as attack on women [Le News] 2026-07-04

India / Delhi Delhi's waste workers keep city running despite being underpaid, overworked and largely invisible [The New Indian Express] 2026-07-04

UK Unions Move to Support Sex Work Decriminalisation [Workers' Liberty] 2026-07-04

Latin America Domestic Workers at the Center of Latin America’s Care Agenda [IDWF] 2026-07-04

Ethiopia Garment boom relies on the super-exploitation of women workers [GLC] 2026-07-04

Gambia Union solidarity strengthens educators’ capacity to lead fight against gender-based violence [Education International] 2026-07-03

Africa ITUC-Africa urges Nigeria, others to crack down on workplace violence [The Vanguard] 2026-07-03

USA Revisiting the Speech That Made America See Farmworkers: Dolores Huerta and the Power of Saying, ‘We Exist’ [Ms.] 2026-07-03

UK / Northern Ireland NUJ statement on Lyra McKee murder verdict [NUJ] 2026-07-03

UK Women’s Council of the Isles [PCS] 2026-07-03

Libya ITUC calls for protection of trade union leader Nermin Al-Sharif and respect for democratic freedoms [ITUC] 2026-07-02

India / Himachal Pradesh Mid-day meal workers hold strike in himachal demanding better pay and social security [The News Mill] 2026-07-02

Spain CCOO and UGT pressure Labor to adapt the equal pay directive and activate the new timekeeping [Demócrata] 2026-07-02

UK PCS calls for action to keep members safe at the ICO [PCS] 2026-07-02

Ukraine How Ukraine is transforming anti-doping education in women's football [FIFPRO] 2026-07-01

France Marylise Léon re-elected as CFDT reaffirms its commitment to social justice and democratic values [ETUC] 2026-06-30

Canada / Saskatchewan CUPE 5080 secures groundbreaking wage protections for child care workers [CUPE] 2026-06-30

Canada Health Care Workers and the ‘Third Wave’ of Occupational Health [The Good Men Project] 2026-06-30

Indonesia A Study on Just Cities for Women Public Transport Workers in Jakarta [ITF] 2026-06-30

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador NDP MHA Astounded by New Report of Gender-Pay Gap in NL [VOCM] 2026-06-29

Singapore Labour body starts finding jobs for 400+ affected migrant workers as authorities investigate alleged employer abandonment [The Business Standard] 2026-06-29

India ILO Workshop Promotes Safer and Women-Friendly Workplaces in India [Devi Discourse] 2026-06-28

Germany Retail Workers Walk Off the Job as Survey Finds 73% Struggle to Cover Basic Needs [Ad Hoc News] 2026-06-27

Global UN Tourism and ITF call for action on women in tourism transport [ITF] 2026-06-26

Ireland Remembering Veronica Guerin [NUJ] 2026-06-26

Australia Big Sister Awareness Campaign [ETU] 2026-06-26

Australia Hints at rolling back paid parental leave must be quashed [Women's Agenda] 2026-06-25

Australia / Victoria State leads the way by restricting NDAs in sexual harassment cases [FSU] 2026-06-25

USA / Illinois Labor advocate, political activist and author Beatrice Lumpkin has died at 107 [The Labor Tribune] 2026-06-25

Moldova The Unique Role of Women in the Rural Economy of Moldova [Logos Press] 2026-06-25

Greece Draft law tabled on gender equality in pay, hirings [Kathimerini] 2026-06-25

UK Employers urged to do more to combat harassment at work [Morning Star] 2026-06-25

UK Leeds faces equal pay claim worth 'hundreds of millions' [GMB] 2026-06-25

Jordan Workers’ rights and gender equality drive new phase of Union Power project [ILO] 2026-06-23

Indonesia The Beginning of Sustainability: How Indonesian Trade Unions Are Carrying a Data-Driven Approach Forward on Their Own [WageIndicator] 2026-06-23

Germany Union's Internal Crisis: 9 of 28 Female Trainees Quit as IGBCE Confronts Systemic Sexism Claims [Ad Hoc News] 2026-06-23

Kiribati / Vanuatu Kiribati Looks to Vanuatu for Labour Mobility Lessons [Devi Discourse] 2026-06-23

India / Andhra Pradesh YSRCP Alleges Privatization Bid Behind APSRTC PPP Plan [The Morning Voice] 2026-06-23

UK New survey of Ofsted inspection framework shows it is still failing school leaders [NEU] 2026-06-22

Jamaica Domestic workers deserve dignity and respect [The Gleaner] 2026-06-22

Europe ETF: 65.1% of women transport workers consider resigning due to violence [Safety4Sea] 2026-06-22

USA / Louisiana Stitched in struggle: The forgotten era of Black garment workers in N.O. [Verite] 2026-06-22

India / Himachal Pradesh Mid-Day Meal workers hold statewide strike in Himachal, demand better pay, social security benefits [ANI] 2026-06-22

India Visibilising The Invisible: Supreme Court Recognises The Economic Value Of Women’s Domestic Work [Feminism in India] 2026-06-22

India A domestic worker's murder raises questions about the value we place on the women who cook, clean, care for our families. [The Times] 2026-06-22

Haiti Factory Making Old Navy, Hanes Remedies Illegal Firing of Pregnant Workers, Union Leaders [WRC] 2026-06-22

Portugal Women construction workers: gender, technology, and fascist state-making in Portugal [TandFOnline] 2026-06-22

Europe And When They Had Money, They Had Power: 50 years of fighting for sex workers' rights [ESWA] 2026-06-22

India As ILO convention turns 30, India’s home-based workers demand equal rights [Al Jazeera] 2026-06-21

India / Punjab ASHA workers clash with police over pay, retirement demands [The Times] 2026-06-21

UK / Wales Teachers in Wales demand statutory violence reporting mechanism [Morning Star] 2026-06-21

Australia Nothing about us without us: sex workers at Women Deliver [Scarlet Alliance] 2026-06-20

India Rural workers announce indefinite nationwide protest against VB-G RAM G from July 1 [Maktoob Media] 2026-06-20

Canada / Nova Scotia Hundreds of long-term care home workers return to the picket line in Nova Scotia despite tentative agreement [The Chronicle-Herald] 2026-06-20

Canada / New Brunswick Advocates celebrate pay transparency law [The NB Media Co-op] 2026-06-20

UK ‘Pay gaps are not accidents’ [Unison] 2026-06-19

Canada / Northwest Territories Union says violence against N.W.T. health workers on rise — but territory no longer reports such incidents [CBC] 2026-06-19

Global Feminism: not only a women’s issue [IndustriALL] 2026-06-19

Namibia Equity body in violation of own rules [The Namibian] 2026-06-19

UK A million women's voices [Unison] 2026-06-19

Iceland Happy Women's Rights Day! [Efling] 2026-06-19

UK Police admit destroying files in Spycops inquiry [Morning Star] 2026-06-18

Africa ITUC-Africa decries low wages, poor working conditions for domestic workers [Nigerian Pilot] 2026-06-18

Australia Government paid parental leave increases to 26 weeks [IEU] 2026-06-18

USA / Texas The Hidden 100-Year Legacy of Latina Labor Activism in Texas [NPQ] 2026-06-18

India / Karnataka ‘ASHA Workers Have To Fight For Everything, That’s The Tragedy Of Our Lives’ [Behan Box] 2026-06-18

Europe / Türkiye Ankara: President’s speech at the EFJ Annual Meeting 2026 [EFJ] 2026-06-18

Canada / Quebec Orientation and mobility specialists awarded 16 years of retroactive pay [CUPE] 2026-06-17

Australia / Victoria Allied health workers call for fair pay, action on gender-based undervaluation [Green Left Weekly] 2026-06-17

Australia Strike dodged, fees tamed with childcare wage hike [The Advocate] 2026-06-17

Australia Major pay-rise win for early educators [UWU] 2026-06-17

Canada District 6 Women of Steel stand together to end period poverty [USW] 2026-06-17

UK Reform UK’s women’s rights plan criticised by unions [Personnel Today] 2026-06-17

India / Telangana Law for welfare of Telangana domestic workers on the horizon [The Indian Express] 2026-06-17

Indonesia 3 Demands Raised by Indonesian Women's Alliance in Jakarta Protest [Tempo] 2026-06-17

India / Meghalaya State domestic workers seek Rs 600 daily wage [The Times] 2026-06-17

UK Fewer than one in five Tube train drivers will be women in thirty years’ time [ASLEF] 2026-06-17

Hong Kong / Indonesia What they carry: The unseen burdens of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong [The Free Press] 2026-06-16

UK TUC slams Reform’s “shameless and deceptive” attempt to distract from policies which slash women’s rights [TUC] 2026-06-16

Global Feminism: not only a women’s issue [IndustriALL] 2026-06-16

UK Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions [The Guardian] 2026-06-16

Pakistan Call for safe workplaces, gender equality, living wages for women workers [The News] 2026-06-15

India / Nagaland Domestic workers urged to stand up for their rights [The Mirror] 2026-06-15

Global Defending gender equality at the 114th International Labour Conference [BWI] 2026-06-15

Zimbabwe Changing hearts and minds to end child labour and keep girls in school [EI] 2026-06-15

Indonesia The women workers doing the Indonesian nickel industry’s dirty laundry [GLC] 2026-06-15

Germany / Switzerland Gender Gap in Part-Time Work Exceeds 37 Percentage Points as German Retail Workers Strike for 7% Raise [Ad Hoc News] 2026-06-13

Indonesia / Global Investing in Women Leaders Today Means Building Stronger Unions Tomorrow [FSP KEP SPSI] 2026-06-12

USA In Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Often Worked in Fear [The Times] 2026-06-12