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The Climate Crisis Hit Home-based Workers Hardest

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Unions rally against Mark Carney and Bill C-39 [RadioLabour] 17-10-2026


In Europe’s tech capital, Irish labor unions are booming amid AI-driven layoffs [Politico] 17-10-2026


Organizing despite union busting [IndustriALL] 17-10-2026


Trade unions push for EU law to address menopause at work [EuroNews] 17-10-2026


Investors urged to push brands to sign ACT-Cambodia agreements [IndustriALL] 17-10-2026



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The Climate Crisis Hit Home-based Workers Hardest 2026-10-17 [HomeNet]

NUGFW: 124 SWRHA workers sent home 2026-10-17 [The Guardian]

Government urges Volkswagen, workers to resume talks after wage deal rejected 2026-10-17 [Reuters]

New York Dattner’s Architects Say They Want a Union 2026-10-17 [Jacobin]

Ontario ‘Exhausted’: Workers at downtown drop-in centre still on strike after 20 weeks 2026-10-17 [Toronto Today]

Ontario ‘Deeply disturbing’: Mayor, TTC union condemn reported noose incidents 2026-10-17 [Village Report]

Northwest Territories Former executives sue Union of Northern Workers over building decision 2026-10-17 [Cabin Radio]

VIDEO Newfoundland and Labrador Mill workers, union reps praise Kruger project on day of action 2026-10-17 [CBC]

GAUA Strike Off: Kwaku Karikari Amoah Explains Union’s Decision 2026-10-17 [Modern Ghana]

First National Strike Against De la Espriella Met With Police Crackdown 2026-10-17 [The Tribune]

Court curbs Samsung Biologics union's second strike, expanding ban to 9 processes 2026-10-17 [The Herald]

England Havering to face bin strikes in October as union confirms walkout dates 2026-10-17 [My London]

The pressure is working! 2026-10-17 [SIPTU]

A rich tradition of industrial action helped shaped this State 2026-10-17 [The Irish Examiner]

Phone calls that helped get next Wednesday's strike suspended 2026-10-17 [RTE]

Goa KTCL employees call statewide strike on Nov 12 over app-based ticketing system 2026-10-17 [The Goan]

Schools in Portugal may close on Monday due to strike 2026-10-17 [The Portugal News]

Lisbon Metro workers announce two strikes 2026-10-17 [The Portugal News]

Wednesday’s public sector strike called off after unions and Government agree on talks 2026-10-17 [The Times]

Striking unions at Antofagasta's Centinela copper mine reach preliminary deal, ending strike 2026-10-17 [Reuters]

Delhi Delhi Women Workers Get Nutrition Kits As Rekha Gupta, NCW Chief Highlight Health And Workplace Safety 2026-10-17 [Oneindia]

MHWUN Leaders Demand End To Gender Discrimination 2026-10-17 [The Pointer]

NUJ, Maryam Babangida Centre partner for women inclusion 2026-10-17 [The Sun]

England Leeds council women in favour of strike action over equal pay 2026-10-17 [The Gazette]

England Sunderland carers ready to strike over equal pay 2026-10-17 [GMB]

Farmworkers rally against rising evictions and housing insecurity 2026-10-17 [Food for Mzansi]

Investors urged to push brands to sign ACT-Cambodia agreements 2026-10-17 [IndustriALL]

Trade unions push for EU law to address menopause at work 2026-10-17 [EuroNews]

Martlé Keyter Secures Second Term as FEDUSA Deputy President in Landmark Congress 2026-10-17 [Central News]

Organizing despite union busting 2026-10-17 [IndustriALL]

Victoria Fair Work orders Victoria University to grant weekly WFH day 2026-10-17 [HRD]

In Europe’s tech capital, Irish labor unions are booming amid AI-driven layoffs 2026-10-17 [Politico]

Amazon uses AI surveillance to monitor union risk in UK warehouses 2026-10-17 [Open Democracy]

Ontario National Day of Action calls on Ottawa to protect right to strike 2026-10-17 [Your Thunder Bay]

Manitoba Violence against Winnipeg School Division staff spiking: union 2026-10-17 [CBC]

Ontario Library workers go on strike 2026-10-17 [The Chronicle-Journal]

Nova Scotia More than 5,500 school support workers in Nova Scotia closer to strike after latest breakdown in talks 2026-10-17 [The Chronicle-Herald]

New Brunswick Nackawic mill workers rally in face of impending layoffs 2026-10-17 [CBC]

Fighting poverty starts with decent work and safe homes 2026-10-17 [PSAC]

LabourStart Segment Script for RadioLabour Episode of 2026-10-16 2026-10-17 [RadioLabour / LabourStart]

Unions rally against Mark Carney and Bill C-39 2026-10-17 [RadioLabour]

New Brunswick Nackawic mill workers and union push for government action as shutdown looms 2026-10-17 [Global]

Newfoundland and Labrador Mill workers, union reps praise Kruger project on day of action 2026-10-17 [CBC]

Newfoundland and Labrador Province ‘Must Create Conditions’ to Support Nurse Recruitment and Retention says RNU 2026-10-17 [VOCM]

Nova Scotia How will parents cope if more than 5,500 Nova Scotia school support workers are forced into a province-wide strike? 2026-10-17 [CUPE]

VIDEO Ohio The Fight To STOP The Cameras & AI Spying On UPS Truck Drivers & Public With IBT100 Wayne Atkins For more info 2026-10-17 [LVP]

Trade unions continue blocking GSK work sites following mass job cuts 2026-10-16 [BT]

ITUC demands for COP31 2026-10-16 [ITUC]

Irish public sector workers strike for first time since 2009 over pay deadlock 2026-10-16 [devdiscourse]

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