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Military storming and forced shutdown of Uganda's leading independent media is illegal [IFJ] 29-06-2026

Union wins CBA in World Bank-funded road project [BWI] 22-06-2026

Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school [EI] 15-06-2026

Push for Stronger Protections as Digital Platform Economy Expands [Devi Discourse] 29-05-2026

Journalist abducted and detained by security agents [IFJ] 02-04-2026

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Military storming and forced shutdown of Uganda's leading independent media is illegal 2026-06-29 [IFJ]

Union wins CBA in World Bank-funded road project 2026-06-22 [BWI]

Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school 2026-06-15 [EI]

Push for Stronger Protections as Digital Platform Economy Expands 2026-05-29 [Devi Discourse]

Journalist abducted and detained by security agents 2026-04-02 [IFJ]

China BWI affiliate signs recognition agreement with Chinese engineering company 2026-03-27 [BWI]

Female Teachers Urged to Start Side Businesses During International Women’s Day 2026-03-09 [The Nile Post]

Obituary: Stephen Abima 2025-12-16 [ITF]

Govt to meet labour unions over salary disparities, strike issues 2025-11-10 [The Daily Monitor]

Govt Schedules High-Level Meeting with Public Service Unions to Resolve Salary ,Promotion Disputes 2025-11-10 [The Nile Post]

ITF mourns victims of Uganda bus crash and calls for urgent action to protect drivers and the public 2025-10-27 [ITF]

CLEAR Supply Chains project promotes safer workplaces in Uganda’s coffee sector through WIND training 2025-10-09 [International Labour Organizatio (ILO)n]

How strike by local govt workers could affect you 2025-10-02 [The Daily Monitor]

Phina Mugerwa Vows to Champion Labour Rights in Parliament Race 2025-09-10 [The Tower Post]

Project support helps HTS-Union build momentum in Uganda 2025-07-21 [UNI Global Union]

Despite harsh repression, opposition to the EACOP pipeline in Uganda remains strong 2025-06-12 [Equal Times]

Uganda Aid workers say USAID cuts are putting the lives of children with HIV at risk 2025-06-06 [ABC]

Union petitions parliament over workers’ rights violations at Fine Spinners 2025-05-07 [IndustriALL]

NUPAWU Raises Alarm Over Job Losses as Climate Change and Automation Threaten Agricultural Workers 2025-04-15 [The Nile Post]

Breaking Barriers: Uganda’s First-Ever Women Workers’ Celebration Makes History 2025-03-25 [PSI]

Journalists reporting on elections brutalised by security forces 2025-03-18 [IFJ]

Victory for Workers: PSI Uganda Affiliates Drive Change in Waste Management Leadership and Policy 2024-12-07 [PSI]

Collective bargaining in Uganda’s coffee supply chain 2024-10-17 [ILO]

Workers confront sexual exploitation at Ugandan cardboard manufacturing factory 2024-07-09 [IndustriALL]

Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park must comply with labour laws 2024-06-22 [IndustriALL]

Global PSI supports union campaign for implementation of ILO norms in Uganda 2024-05-31 [PSI]

Africa Will the push to get public sector workers to exercise slow the rise of non-communicable diseases in Uganda? 2024-05-27 [Equal Times]

Uganda faces scrutiny over child labour violations – ILO expert 2024-04-18 [New Vision]

Rebecca Mukoya: Holding the line against GBV in Uganda 2024-04-10 [BWI]

Rebecca Mukoya: Holding the line against GBV in Uganda 2024-04-08 [BWI]

Netherlands Solidarity project leads to the first agreement at Carrefour in Uganda 2024-02-06 [UNI Global Union]

Uganda New UNI project to lift retail workers in Nigeria and Uganda 2024-01-31 [UNI Global Union]

Uganda ‘Africa running out of time to sort looming pensions crisis’ 2023-11-29 [The Independent]

Workers’ Union drags govt to court 2023-11-13 [KFM]

ILAW files applications to appear as amicus curiae before Constitutional Court 2023-10-17 [ILAW]

Aloyo Stella's Classroom: a reflection on the education we want 2023-10-05 [Education International]

Uganda Trade unions and the new economy: workers are organising in new ways 2023-10-02 [TimesLIVE]

Uganda Trade unions and the new economy: 3 African case studies show how workers are recasting their power in the digital age 2023-10-01 [The Conversation]

Carry Out Treaty to Protect Everyone at Work 2023-09-19 [Human Rights Watch]

Global HTS Union in Uganda Receives UNI Global Union’s Breaking Through Award 2023-08-29 [UNI Global Union]

Unions sign MOU on social dialogue 2023-08-16 [IndustriALL]

ILO Convention 190 ratified 2023-08-15 [IndustriALL]

LG workers petition govt over salary cut threats 2023-08-15 [New Vision]

Uganda becomes 32nd country to ratify ILO Convention 190 2023-08-10 [BWI]

Carrefour workers in Uganda secure first ever collective agreement 2023-06-11 [UNI]

Amid threats and exploitation, Ugandan union strives to organize garment sector 2023-06-01 [The People's Dispatch]

Juniors launch pay war on supervisors 2023-05-17 [Monitor]

A year after deadly Holcim fire, justice eludes workers 2023-04-22 [BWI]

Workers angry after pay rise deal falls flat 2023-04-07 [Monitor]

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