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South America Domestic workers move closer to justice [Women News Network] 2013-05-25

Global ITF supports empowering maritime women conference [ITF] 2013-05-25

South Africa / Free State Persistent attack on health workers at Pelonomi shows lacks security – DENOSA Free State [DENOSA] 2013-05-25

Global / UK World Maritime University students in London [ITF] 2013-05-24

China Building jumping spreads to Samsung factory [China Labor Watch] 2013-05-24

Australia Women's cricket team has won a pay rise that means some players will be able to quit their day jobs [Crikey] 2013-05-23

South Africa Celebration of International Nurses Day [DENOSA] 2013-05-23

Europe Over a Third of Euro Journalists’ Union’s Members and Leaders are Women, says IFJ/EFJ Study [IFJ] 2013-05-23

Europe Women make up more than a third of journalists and their unions' leaders, international study shows [NUJ] 2013-05-23

USA / USA / Maryland Durham school bus drivers speak out [Baltimore Sun] For more info 2013-05-23

Australia Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies [AHRC] 2013-05-22

Cambodia Factory walkway collapses - pregnant woman among 23 hospitalised [Phnom Penh Post] 2013-05-22

Australia / New South Wales Domestic violence victims denied dedicated support by Charles Sturt University. [Public Service Association of NSW] For more info 2013-05-22

Qatar / Indonesia Who wants an Indonesian maid? Trafficking in Qatar [Migrant Rights] 2013-05-22

Bangladesh Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue: Refuse to sign Bangladesh workers' safety accord [LA Times] ActNOW! 2013-05-22

Qatar Call to extend maternity leave in Qatar [Gulf News] 2013-05-22

Jordan Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change [ILO] 2013-05-22

UK Government welfare and spending cuts are having a devastating impact on disabled people, says TUC [TUC] 2013-05-22

Australia / Victoria Australian Nursing Federation calls for state government action over hospital violence [Melbourne Herald-Sun] 2013-05-21

Indonesia CUMA 32% PEKERJA WANITA BERIKAN ASI EKSKLUSIF [BeritaburuhIndonesia] 2013-05-21

UK Models are workers too – Equity's new code should be taken seriously [guardian.co.uk] 2013-05-21

Australia / Victoria Nurses tell Napthine Gvt to spend $21 mill to stop violence in hospitals and make them safe at work [ANF Victoria] For more info 2013-05-20

Australia / Victoria Premier Napthine: Stop the violence in Victorian hospitals [ANF Victoria] 2013-05-20

UK / England Rochdale Carers to strike over cuts to pay and conditions [UNISON] 2013-05-20

Jordan Gender pay gap widest in manufacturing industries [Jordan Times] 2013-05-20

Vietnam Workers strike foreign firms seeking to sack pregnant workers [Thanh Nien News] 2013-05-20

Australia / Victoria Nurses say no to violence [NCAH] 2013-05-20

Australia / Victoria CCTV won't stop nurses being abused says union [Ballarat Courier] 2013-05-20

Australia / Victoria Nurses launch campaign for safer working conditions [Melbourne Age] 2013-05-20

Bangladesh Bangladesh Seamstress: 'I Had No Choice but to Go to Work' [Der Spiegel] ActNOW! 2013-05-19

Australia / Victoria Hospital violence rife, Vic nurses say, as campaign launched [Fairfax Media] 2013-05-19

India International Labour Organisation calls for secured working atmosphere for women [PTI] 2013-05-19

Jamaica Roger keeping abreast ... But more social protection needed [The Gleaner] 2013-05-19

Korea (South) Nursing home workers toil for pennies, patients suffer [The Hankyoreh] 2013-05-19

USA / USA / California $8000 A Week Scabs At Sutter Alta Bates Hospital As CNA NNU Nurses & Techs Strike For 9th Time [LVP] For more info 2013-05-19

UK / England Working class heroine Julia Varley to get blue plaque in Birmingham [The Post] 2013-05-18

USA / USA / California CNA/NNU Sutter Alta Bates Nurses 9th Strike And Rally Against Concession Demands [LVP] For more info 2013-05-18

USA / Florida Mothers Fighting Poverty: Lupe Gonzalo, Immokalee, Florida [Nat] 2013-05-17

Dominican Republic Government sets crackdown on prostitution [The Times-Union] 2013-05-16

UK RMT to ballot for action over 'undignified and degrading' Virgin rail staff uniforms [RMT] 2013-05-16

UK Unemployment high, wages low - life in Tory Britain [PCS] 2013-05-16

Venezuela The new labour law: The best Mother's Day gift [rabble.ca] 2013-05-16

UK Virgin Trains workers could go on strike in the row over new uniforms that are said to be too ‘skimpy’ [Metro] 2013-05-16

UK New pensions consensus needs further changes to deliver adequate retirement incomes, says TUC [TUC] 2013-05-15

Asia / Pacific Women transport workers from Asia-Pacific call for end to violence [ITF] 2013-05-14

China Police abuse female sex workers in Beijing [Human Rights Watch] 2013-05-14

China End violence against sex workers [Human Rights Watch] 2013-05-14

China Sex workers in China failed by the state and society [China Labour Bulletin] 2013-05-14

India / Madhya Pradesh Women health workers skip govt’s condom drive [The Times] 2013-05-14

Bangladesh Bangladesh Government Moves to Ease Unionization [Solidarity Center] For more info 2013-05-14

Bangladesh Factory death toll soars past 1,100 [CBC] ActNOW! 2013-05-13

Colombia Colombia: Many Women Workers Face Job Discrimination [Solidarity Center] For more info 2013-05-13

UK / England Trade Union chainmakers' festival celebrating women's equality returning to Cradley Heath [The News] 2013-05-12

Australia / Victoria Celebrating International Nurses Day and Mother's Day, [ANF Victoria] 2013-05-12

Bangladesh Doubling wages of Bangladeshi textile workers 'would add 2p to cost of a t-shirt' [Ekklesia] ActNOW! 2013-05-11

Canada / Ontario Union files mass gender discrimination complaint against LCBO at human rights tribunal [Global] 2013-05-11

Latin America Some Advances in Legal Rights for Domestic Workers in Latin America [Reuters] 2013-05-11

Canada / Ontario Union to file wage discrimination suit against LCBO [Canoe] 2013-05-11

Australia Nurses deserve day of acknowledgment [Newcastle Herald] 2013-05-10

Australia / New South Wales Time to care for carers [The Irrigator] 2013-05-10

Tanzania Nurses' Body Decries Acute Shortage of Medical Experts [Tanzania Daily News] 2013-05-10

Taiwan Local nurses earn average NT$41,878 per month: Taiwan Nurse Union [China Post] 2013-05-10

South Africa Union saddened by report on high rate of baby deaths [DENOSA] 2013-05-10

Lebanon Order of Nurses calls formproved working conditions and wages for nurses [Lebanon Daily Star] 2013-05-10

Australia / Tasmania Day to celebrate Tasmania Nurses [ANFTAS] 2013-05-10

Cambodia / Qatar Gvt denies plan to send women as domestic workers to Qatar [Phnom Penh Post] 2013-05-10

Bangladesh Korban gedung ambruk Bangladesh mencapai 900 jiwa [BBC Indonesia] 2013-05-10

Bangladesh The paradox for poor women workers [Bloomberg] 2013-05-10

Turkey Turkish Airlines backs down on red lipstick ban [Travel News] 2013-05-10

Canada En chiffres : l’écart entre les hommes et les femmes au Canada [TUAC] 2013-05-10

India / Uttar Pradesh Nurse's death sparks stir, medical staff goes on strike [TNN] 2013-05-10

Australia Abbiott's paid parental leave at mercy of right-wing lobby [Fairfax Media] 2013-05-09

Lebanon Survey shows two in three nurses want out of their jobs [Lebanon Daily Star] 2013-05-08

Global Women joining after maternity leave, save costs, increase productivity [Business Line] 2013-05-08

Canada By the Numbers: Canada’s equity and fairness gap between men and women [UFCW] 2013-05-08

Australia / Victoria Assault left Crown employee 'lost' [Fairfax Media] 2013-05-07

Bangladesh / Europe EU must push for fundamental rights in Bangladesh garment sector [IndustriALL Global Union] ActNOW! 2013-05-07

China Magazine that exposed horrors of Chinese Labor Camp for women gets the treatment by Beijing authorities [Radio Free Asia] 2013-05-07

Malawi Cities brace for shopworkers strike: Female workers bemoan sexual harassment [Nyasa Times] 2013-05-07

Kenya Kenya: Court Rules Employment Law Covers Domestic Workers [Solidarity Center] For more info 2013-05-07

Australia / Queensland Ambulance staff furious a manager demoted for sexual harassment will return to work alongside complainants [Brisbane Courier-Mail] 2013-05-06

Australia Abbott faces paid parental leave revolt [News Limited Network] 2013-05-06

Australia Liberal MP rejects Abbott parental leave plan [AAP] 2013-05-06

Egypt Tough penalties to be imposed after travel agencies raise concerns about sexual harassment of tourists by hotel staff [Ahram Online] 2013-05-06

India / Kerala Computer teachers plan hunger strike [The Hindu] 2013-05-06

India / Kerala Teachers put off agitation [The Hindu] 2013-05-06

Australia / New South Wales A proud past and fighting future: May Day 2013 [Nurses Uncut] 2013-05-06

Latin America Women Forge a Space for Themselves in Labor Movement [TruthOut] 2013-05-05

Canada / Quebec Les sages-femmes somment le ministre Réjean Hébert de se montrer logique avec les mesures de son parti [CSN] 2013-05-05

Canada / British Columbia HSABC offers scholarships for Summer Institute for Union Women [NUPGE] 2013-05-05

India / Andhra Pradesh Girl child worker rescued [TNN] 2013-05-05

Turkey Turkish Airlines bans red lipsitck, buns for flight attendants [Bianet] 2013-05-04

Saudi Arabia / Philippines Repatriation of stranded women OFWs with children, old and sick, eyed on or before May 15 [Migrante Middle East] 2013-05-04

Tunisia UGTT backs academic dean acquitted of assaulting veiled female student [Tunisia Live] 2013-05-03

India / Kerala Harassed woman CISF employee dismissed for speaking to media [The Hindu] 2013-05-03

Turkey Secularists concerned as Turkish Airlines bans red lipstick for flight attendants [RTÉ] 2013-05-03

Tunisia Airbus refuses to respect women workers' rights in Tunisia [IndustriALL Global Uniom] 2013-05-03

USA Overworking women: How long hours lead to gender segregated jobs [In These Times] 2013-05-02

South Africa Black women dealt a poor hand at work [The New Age] 2013-05-02

Zimbabwe Giving Women in the Informal Sector Rights [allAfrica] 2013-05-02