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Working Women: Daily News
Ireland SIPTU welcomes agreement for the contract cleaning industry [SIPTU] 2012-02-04
France / Philippines Providing union support for Filipino domestic workers in Paris - Spotlight interview with Zita Cabais-Obra (France – CFDT) [ITUC] 2012-02-04
Australia Employers stuck in past and must catch up to values on equal pay for women [ACTU] 2012-02-04
Cambodia Workers hold 'people's tribunal' to look at factory conditions [The Guardian] 2012-02-03
South Africa Union happy with lesbian verdict [iAfrica] 2012-02-03
USA / Alabama VIDEO: Faces of Change: Lilly Ledbetter's Equal Pay Story [Barack Obama] 2012-02-02
USA / New York Realities of the runway: Models organize against abuse [Metro New York] 2012-02-02
Australia Win keeps everyday heroes working [The Canberra Times] 2012-02-02
Australia Pay boost of between 19 and 41 per cent for social workers [The Courier-Mail] 2012-02-02
Australia Women rejoice over equal pay [Herald Sun] 2012-02-02
Australia Landmark pay rise for Australia's community workers [TV-NZ] 2012-02-02
Australia Community sector wages win [The West Australian] 2012-02-02
Australia Community sector pay rates raised [Radio New Zealand] 2012-02-02
Australia Landmark deal a win for gender equality [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-02-02
New Zealand Pay equity boost for Australian workers – we need same in NZ [NZNO] 2012-02-02
Australia Employer groups sexist: ACTU [The Business Spectator] 2012-02-02
UK / England Bury equal pay case: Council settles with dinner ladies [BBC] 2012-02-02
UK / England Female workers win their equal pay fight with Bury Council at last [The Evening News] 2012-02-02
Australia Equal Pay Day: 150,000 low-paid workers granted historic pay rise [News.com.au] 2012-02-01
Australia VIDEO: Equal Pay victory and celebrations for 150,000 workers [ASU] For more info 2012-02-01
Australia HACSU welcomes Fair Work Equal Pay decision [HACSU] 2012-02-01
Australia Fair Work orders pay increase for community sector [ABC] 2012-02-01
Australia Unionists are ‘jumping for joy” in landmark equal pay decision by Fair Work Australia [Pro Bono News] 2012-02-01
Australia Pay descision a win for women: ASU [AAP] 2012-02-01
USA Fact Check – Obama and ‘Equal Pay’ for Women [ABC ] 2012-02-01
USA Three Years After Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Passed, Women Still Earn Far Less Than Men [Think Progress] 2012-02-01
Australia EQUAL PAY DAY: Huge win for women 'could help close wage gap' [News.com.au] 2012-02-01
Australia Equal-pay push lands workers big rise [SMH] 2012-02-01
Australia Fair Work Australia gives 150,000 low-paid workers a pay rise [Sydney Daily Telegraph] 2012-02-01
Australia Payday for Community Workers as FWA Agrees on Equal Pay [Pro Bono News] 2012-02-01
Australia Equal Pay Day arrives at last for community workers [Australian Services Union] 2012-02-01
Australia FWA decision on ASU Equal Pay case [Fair Work Australia] 2012-02-01
Australia Equal pay justice for social and community sector workers signals historic day [ACTU] 2012-02-01
Australia Community workers celebrate pay rise decision [ABC] 2012-02-01
Australia Final decision on pay rise for community jobs [Ethical Jobs] 2012-02-01
Bahrain معلمتان تنكران تهمة الإخلال بواجبات وظيفتهما [Al-Wasat] 2012-02-01
Australia Equal-pay push lands workers big rise [Melbourne Age] 2012-02-01
Australia Prime Minister applauds equal pay decision for low paid women workers [AAP] For more info 2012-02-01
Australia Community services sector in NT welcomes pay rises [ABC] 2012-02-01
Australia Community service workers set for pay increase [ABC The World Today] 2012-02-01
Australia Equal Pay Decision A ‘Disturbing Outcome’ - Chamber of Commerce [Pro Bono News] For more info 2012-02-01
Australia Decision on equal pay for community sector workers is a step forward for all Aussie women [AAP] For more info 2012-02-01
Australia / Queensland Nursing under attack: support Victorian and New South Wales nurses and midwives [QNU] 2012-01-31
Israel Report: Workplace sex harassment costs NIS 1 billion a year [Ha'aretz] 2012-01-31
Bahrain حبس مسئولة في التمريض لمدة 7 أيام [Al-Wasat] 2012-01-31
Jordan Bank of Jordan lay off 30 female employees [Ammon News] 2012-01-31
Jordan Nurses hold work stoppage [Ammon News] 2012-01-31
Korea Female health workers still struggle against discrimination over pregnancy [The Herald] 2012-01-31
Russia / Russia НКО и профсоюзные организации выдвигают на пост петербургского омбудсмена Риму Шарифуллину [http://cstp.trudprava.ru/] For more info Image 2012-01-31
Australia / New South Wales Carrying Betty's fight forward on equal pay [Newcastle Herald] 2012-01-30
India / Kerala Nurses to strike work at Lakeshore [The Hindu] 2012-01-30
Nepal / Saudi Arabia Saudi warns it could end Nepal maids in country [Bikya Masr] 2012-01-30
New Zealand Service and Food Workers Union workers set up a picket line in Hillside Road [Channel Nine] 2012-01-30
Australia / Victoria Nurses' union boss Lisa Fitzpatrick remains unbowed [Melbourne Sunday Herald-Sun] 2012-01-29
Barbados Dignity delayed does not have to be dignity denied: Spotlight interview with Toni Moore (BWU - Barbados) [ITUC] 2012-01-28
Saudi Arabia Domestic workers fear for lives in modern day slavery: Saudi Arabia bans trade unions and violates all international labour standards [ITUC] 2012-01-26
South Africa Gains for domestic workers' rights : Spotlight interview with Myrtle Witbooi (SADSAWU-South Africa) [ITUC] 2012-01-26
Latin America The New Face behind Unionized (and Feminist) Bananas in Latin America [Labor is Not a Commodity] 2012-01-26
Hong Kong / China Watchdog warns against racist remarks on maids [HK Standard] 2012-01-26
Cambodia Time-out for fainting factory after 60 women rushed to hospital [The Post] 2012-01-26
India / Andhra Pradesh ‘People have false notions about commercial sex workers' [The Hindu] 2012-01-25
Palestine Women's affairs employees suspend protest [Ma'an] 2012-01-24
India / Karnataka Midday meal workers launch indefinite strike [The Hindu] 2012-01-24
India / Tamil Nadu Fix minimum wages: domestic workers [The Hindu] 2012-01-24
Latin America The New Face behind Unionized (and Feminist) Bananas in Latin America [Upside Down World] 2012-01-24
Australia / South Australia ASU Branch Secretary wins 'Women Hold Up Half The Sky' Australia Day award [ASU] 2012-01-23
USA / USA / California Dr. Diane Ravitch Speaks on Public Education, Privatization and Professionalization in San Francisco [KPFA WorkWeek Radio] For more info 2012-01-23
UK Usdaw wins £67 million compensation for former Woolworths workers [Usdaw] 2012-01-22
UK Pensions update [PCS] 2012-01-22
Australia Study shows how gender affects pay [Illawarra Mercury] 2012-01-21
Australia Exhausted new fathers face greater safety risk at work [SMH] 2012-01-21
New Zealand Margarets 80-year old placard [Simon Oosterman] 2012-01-20
Canada Sex-trade workers take case to top court [CTV] 2012-01-20
India / Tamil Nadu Women staff of NLC urged to work on night shifts [The Hindu] 2012-01-20
Turkey Decent Work for Domestic Workers [Bianet] 2012-01-19
Korea Sexual harassment widespread in workplaces [The Hankyoreh] 2012-01-19
Germany Firms in Germany 'still failing to promote women' [The Local] 2012-01-19
New Zealand Aunt fired neice for being pregnant [Fairfax media] 2012-01-19
UK Pensions - GMB with 10 other trade unions are appealing the ruling of the High Court [GMB] 2012-01-18
New Zealand / India Female mechanic claims sexism [Fairfax media] 2012-01-17
Canada / British Columbia Female bus driver groped in East Vancouver [The Sun] 2012-01-17
Canada / British Columbia Vancouver bus driver sexually assaulted; union offers reward for information [CBC] 2012-01-17
Malta Most working women feel discriminated against [The Times] 2012-01-16
Ireland La Senza workers call off demonstration [The Examiner] 2012-01-14
UK Keep Pension Funds Safe - Secret Talks [GMB] 2012-01-14
UK GMB Appeal CPI Pension Ruling [GMB] 2012-01-13
Canada Rough Trade: sex work hazards [OHS Canada] 2012-01-12
Jordan / Indonesia Underage girls trafficked to Jordan, discovered among domestic helpers seeking refuge in Indonesian embassy [Jordan Times] 2012-01-11
UK Thatcher film underfire from TUC’s veteran women [Today] 2012-01-11
Global / Canada Sex workers' rights organizing [rabble.ca] 2012-01-11
UK UNISON members give green light to pensions negotiations [UNISON] 2012-01-11
UK GMB On NHS Pensions Offer [GMB] 2012-01-11
UK Civil servants confirm rejection of pay more, work longer, get less [PCS] 2012-01-11
Sri Lanka Female Unemployment Rises With Education [Inter-Press Service] 2012-01-10
Turkey Defence Industry Ministry SSM employees asked to pledge not to wear headscarf [Today's Zaman] 2012-01-10
Australia Optus says 'no' to female doctors attempting to register [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2012-01-06
UK / England London IWW Cleaners: Workplace Occupation Stoped by Police Threats [IWW] For more info 2012-01-06
UK Retired female coal workers protest Iron Lady film [BBC] 2012-01-06
Tunisia Unionists, academics, students protest niqab (full-face veil) at Manouba University [Tunisia Live] 2012-01-05
Indonesia Jakarta plans to stop sending maids abroad by 2017 [Straits Times] 2012-01-05