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China iPhone factory protests: foxconn workers clash with police [WSJ] For more info 2023-11-02

USA / Michigan Autoworkers are the latest to spotlight the power of US labor. What is the state of unions today? [WFXR] For more info Image 2023-11-02

USA / California Why does starbucks stall union negotiations? because it can. [MotherJones] For more info Image 2023-10-05

USA Lessons From COVID-19 for Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic [JAMA Network] 2023-06-24

USA / New York NY vaccine mandate for healthcare workers 'null, void' following judge ruling [WKBW] For more info 2023-01-17

USA / New York Nearly $30 Million in Final Excluded Workers Fund Payments to Be Sent to New Yorkers in Need [NY DOL] 2022-12-25

South Africa Numsa welcomes arbitration order in favour of employee dismissed for refusing Covid-19 jab [The Star] 2022-10-31

USA / Oklahoma Starbucks’ Decision to End COVID Protections Endangers Me and Other Baristas [Progressive] 2022-10-29

USA Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net [IA Capital Dispatch] 2022-10-23

USA Stress, burnout top concerns for long-term care workers, survey finds [McKnights Sr Living] 2022-09-27

USA Bosses Are Winning The Battle To Get Workers Back To The Office [Forbes] 2022-09-20

Global ‘This is crazy:' Rage boils over at Amazon sites over coronavirus risks [Politico] 2020-03-22

Ireland Pandemic Unemployment Payment extended to March 2021 [RTÉ] 2020-11-25

Ireland Childcare sector seeks clarity on who to prioritise [RTÉ] 2021-01-04

Ireland Teaching unions considering proposals for reopening of schools [RTÉ] 2021-02-23

Ireland Teacher unions seek clarity over vaccine decision [RTÉ] 2021-03-31

Ireland Withdrawal of goodwill by prison officers over vaccine [RTÉ] 2021-04-16

Ireland Taoiseach suggests some workers could return to the office in August [RTÉ] 2021-06-09

Ireland Construction group warns PUP an issue in return to work [RTÉ] 2021-07-06

Ireland PUP to be reinstated for jobs lost in new restrictions [RTÉ] 2021-12-03

Ireland Government announces expansion of Covid-19 supports [RTÉ] 2021-12-21

Ireland Business and employers' groups react to Covid-19 measures [RTÉ] 2020-03-13

Ireland Financial union criticises refusal by Government to make face coverings mandatory for customers [RTÉ] 2021-01-15

Ireland ISME: Employers want to know if workers are vaccinated [RTÉ] 2021-08-11

Ireland Nurses to begin vaccine training next week - INMO [RTÉ] 2020-12-18

Ireland 4,500 student nurses to receive new grant during hospital placements [RTÉ] 2021-01-04

Ireland 'Close contact' health workers called back to work [RTÉ] 2021-01-13

Ireland 'No moves' to shift teachers further up vaccine list [RTÉ] 2021-01-19

Ireland Pregnant teachers advised to continue to work remotely [RTÉ] 2021-02-26

Ireland HIQA recommends weekly antigen tests in meat plants [RTÉ] 2021-04-30

Ireland Upset among contract tracing staff as HSE defers promotional post plans [RTÉ] 2021-08-18

Ireland Minister 'confident' of measures in place for school reopening [RTÉ] 2021-08-25

Ireland Unions question assurances for pregnant teachers [RTÉ] 2021-08-27

Ireland Thousands of teachers 'will be absent' due to Covid [RTÉ] 2022-01-05

Ireland Staff at Wheatfield Prison test positive for Covid-19 [RTÉ] 2021-01-01

Ireland Minister will 'bow to public health' over priority vaccine for teachers [RTÉ] 2020-11-20

Ireland Teacher unions vote for motion backing industrial action [RTÉ] 2021-04-07

Ireland Pregnant teachers concerned about school return, say unions [RTÉ] 2021-08-13

Ireland Healthcare staff 'disappointed' that booster vaccines have yet to be rolled out [RTÉ] 2021-10-23

UK / Ireland / Northern Ireland Health workers honoured for work during pandemic [RTÉ] 2022-01-05

USA / District of Columbia Judge Rules COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement For D.C. Government Workers Is Unlawful [DCist] 2022-08-27

South Africa SADTU calls on ANC delegates at Nasrec to assess impact of Covid in education [Eyewitness News] 2022-07-29

Canada / British Columbia “It's going to be overwhelming,” : Postal workers union President lists packaging deadlines [My PG] 2020-12-01

USA / California Who Gets ‘Hazard Pay' During a Pandemic? Why Many Essential Workers Won't Be Paid More [NBC] 2020-05-05

USA / Massachusetts Transportation Workers for ‘The Ride' on Strike: Hundreds of transportation workers for the MBTA's 'The Ride,' program are walking off the job over health insurance [NBC] For more info 2020-07-13

USA / Mississippi MS ICU nurse: ‘I don't have any strength left' as Covid cases surge among unvaccinated patients [NBC] For more info 2021-08-12

South Africa Protecting healthcare workers ‘not rocket science' [New Frame] 2020-06-02

Australia Teachers union tells Scott Morrison to ‘butt out' of schools' reopening debate [News.com] 2020-04-15

South Africa / Eastern Cape Healthcare has collapsed: ‘Sick people are fighting each other' [City Press] 2020-06-29

South Africa / Gauteng Hospitals mixing Covid-19 positive and negative patients, exposing healthcare workers to risk of infection – Denosa [News24] 2020-08-19

South Africa Covid-19 tender corruption a 'horror story' – Cosatu [Fin24] 2020-08-06

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal New taxi laws ‘a joke' - COSATU [The Witness] 2020-07-16

USA / Massachusetts MA AFL-CIO Pres Says Coronavirus Job Loss ‘More Than We've Ever Seen In Our Lifetime' [Newsbreak] 2020-08-09

UK / Ireland / Northern Ireland Ulster University boss personally responds to staff union's vote of ‘no confidence' in him [Belfast News Letter] 2021-09-17

USA / North Carolina Durham McDonald's workers strike after COVID-19 case. ‘We can't survive on $7.25.' [News&Observer] 2020-12-11

Canada / Quebec The FSE-CSQ and QPAT light up Édifice Marie-Guyart - 'Enough contempt! Respecting teachers is non-negotiable!' [CSQ] 2020-11-13

Canada Unifor releases Road Map for a Fair, Inclusive and Resilient Economic Recovery Français [Unifor] 2020-06-25

Zimbabwe Govt using lockdown to mask clampdown on critics, media – labour boss [New Zimbabwe] 2020-05-28

Zimbabwe Hotels-Cum-Quarantine Centres Ignore Covid-19 Rules – ZCTU [New Zimbabwe] 2020-09-15

Zimbabwe ‘Many Covid-19 cases going unreported in mining sites' [New Zimbabwe] 2021-02-05

Australia Entertainment union voices sector's concerns at Senate hearing: “Many businesses will not survive” [NME] 2020-06-24

USA / Louisiana 'Save Us!' Unemployed tourism and convention workers plead for help at an ‘Empty Event' [NOLA] 2020-10-22

Ireland NUJ seeks review of Covid-19 breaches by RTÉ [NUJ] 2020-11-20

USA / New York Correction union sues city over ‘unsafe' conditions as DOC chief releases plan to address complaints [NY1] 2021-07-17

USA / Florida Miami transit workers call facility ‘Little Wuhan,' fear bosses did not take COVID warnings from NYC [NYDaily News] 2020-07-20

USA / New York NYC Amazon workers interviewed as part of AG Letitia James' probe into ‘inadequate' coronavirus response [NYDaily News] 2020-06-14

USA / New York Plight of Retail Workers: ‘I'm Scared to Go to Work' [NYTimes] 2020-03-19

Bangladesh ‘Our Situation is Apocalyptic': Bangladesh Garment Workers Face Ruin [NYTimes] 2020-04-01

USA ‘You're On Your Own,' Essential Workers Are Being Told [NYTimes] 2020-04-21

USA / Central America A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy: In the pandemic, “illegal” workers are now deemed “essential” by the federal government [NYTimes] 2020-05-10

Korea (South) Delivery Workers in South Korea Say They're Dying of ‘Overwork' [NYTimes] 2020-12-16

Canada / Ontario Toronto Rehab RN Lay-offs Are “Reckless and Foolish” as Second Wave of COVID-19 Looms [ONA] 2020-09-13

Canada / Ontario Pandemic ‘Heroes' Pay the Price as Hospitals Cut Registered Nurses to Balance Budgets [ONAQ] 2020-09-13

Canada / Ontario “Still Fighting” ONA Launches New Ad Campaign as COVID-19 Second Wave Begins [ONA] 2020-10-11

UK COVID-19 hasn't killed sexual harassment at work – it's just moved online [Open democracy] 2020-09-25

Uruguay Uruguay's ‘shadow pandemic' of violence against women is out of controlop [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-11

South Africa 'We are still waiting' – protesting under lockdown in South Africa [Opendemocracy] 2020-04-27

China A spectre is haunting the West – the spectre of authoritarian capitalism [Opendemocracy] 2020-04-16

UK Don't buy the lockdown lie – this is a government of business as usual [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-01

Global Garment workers are facing a humanitarian crisis – but don't blame COVID-19 [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-25

Global Governments must act to stop the coronavirus – but we can't return to business as usual [Opendemocracy] 2020-03-15

Canada / Ontario For-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers [Our Windsor] 2020-06-06

Canada / Ontario Teachers say they're ‘June tired,' but it's only October. Such is the toll of COVID-19 [ParrySound.com] 2020-10-05

USA / Arizona AZ health care workers face ‘catastrophic' conditions amid surge in COVID cases [PBS] 2020-12-31

USA Some cities made hazard pay for essential workers mandatory— what companies, and local governments, have to say about it [PBS] 2021-02-14

UK Major changes on home working announced – talks next weekMajor changes on home working announced – talks next week [PCS] 2020-07-24

UK May Day – fighting for our members and remembering those we have lost [PCS] 2020-05-01

UK PCS calls on Cabinet Office to send clear message: ‘Work from home if you can.' [PCS] 2020-12-22

UK PCS mythbuster number 1 – no return to austerity [PCS] 2021-01-29

Australia Woolies Staff Call Reward Of $100 Store Credit For Pulling COVID Shifts A “Slap In The Face” [Pedestrian] 2020-06-08

USA Older workers face higher unemployment amid Covid pandemic – leading macroeconomic influencers [Pharmaceutical Tech] 2020-10-23

UK ‘Crystal clear' drunk people cannot socially distance [polfed] 2020-07-05

UK ‘vile individuals who weaponise virus deserve prison' [polfed] 2020-04-12

USA Who is ‘essential'? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities [Politico] 2021-01-18

Europe Von der Leyen warns on emergency coronavirus measures after Orbán move [Politico] 2020-03-31

South Africa Alert Level 1: This is not the time to be complacent – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-03-03

South Africa Beitbridge fiasco highlights drawbacks of tender system – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-09-06

South Africa Corruption is not a victimless crime – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-08-04

South Africa Covid-19 II: We're not out of the woods yet – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-02-03

South Africa Covid-19: Frontline public services not prepared – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-03-24

South Africa Covid-19: Put in place more stringent measures – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-05-26

South Africa Decision to move country to adjusted level 2 comes too late – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-05-31

South Africa Department not capable of performing parallel vaccinations – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-05-18

South Africa Dept of Health must comply with OHS Act – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-04-01

South Africa Employers do not care about our members – NEHAWU [Polity] 2020-08-21

South Africa Covid-19 II overwhelming healthcare system – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-01-13

South Africa Govt cannot afford to jeopardise lives of workers and learners – NEHAWU [Polity] 2020-06-01

South Africa Judge's decision to dismiss our cases noted – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-04-09

South Africa Lockdown: Govt did not engage with unions on worker support – Irvin Jim [Politicsweb] 2020-03-26

South Africa Members praised for sterling job on fight against Covid-19 – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-03-29

South Africa Ministers must serve country and not their egos – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-08-03

South Africa President offers no solutions to struggles of front-line workers – NEHAW [Politicsweb] 2020-07-14

South Africa Prevalence of Covid-19 in workplaces concerning – NUM [Politicsweb] 2021-05-31

South Africa Reopening of institutions of higher learning not wise – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-04-30

South Africa Second wave of Covid-19 infections not surprising – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-12-11

South Africa Take the vaccine as soon as it becomes available – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-01-28

South Africa UIF Covid-19: Companies reported for alleged non-compliance – SACTWU [Politicsweb] 2020-09-16

South Africa / Western Cape Provincial govt undermining the President's plan – SADTU [Politicsweb] 2020-04-08

South Africa We hope for comprehensive roll-out plan of Covid vaccines – NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2021-01-15

South Africa Be wary of PPE tenderpreneurs – NEHAW [Politicsweb] 2020-08-04

USA City sanitation workers demand better protective gear — union president says gathering was 'not a strike' [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2020-03-28

Nigeria Why Nigeria's resident doctors resumed strike — Official [The Times] 2020-09-08

Australia / Queensland Research project examines future of “working from home” [Queensland Unions] 2020-10-06

Canada / Ontario “A great first step”: Workers respond to GM Oshawa plant conversion for PPE [Rank and File] 2020-04-26

Canada Grocery workers want better pay, not “heroes” label [Rank and File] 2020-04-15

Canada / Ontario “We are dropping like flies,” says Ontario home care nurse [Rank and File] 2020-03-24

Canada / Nova Scotia “Now it is a disaster”: Nova Scotia long-term care worker speaks out [Rank and File] 2020-06-18

Canada / Ontario “We need a public, not-for-profit home care system” [Rank and File] 2020-06-10

Canada / Saskatchewan RN says Co-op Refinery scab camp “a disaster waiting to happen” [Rank and File] 2020-03-29

UK RCM calls for ‘a decent pay deal' amid staffing shortages, fears for safety low morale and burnout [RCM] 2021-01-20

UK Midwives warn NHS underinvestment ‘brutally exposed' by pandemic [RCM] 2021-09-13

UK Pressure on staff ‘unsustainable' as nurse to patient ratios diluted to meet demand [RCN] 2021-01-17

UK RCN calls for higher level precautionary PPE and tells government to ‘stop dragging its feet' [RCN] 2021-01-23

Canada / Prince Edward Island U of T's fall reopening plan ‘unacceptable,' says union [Remi] 2020-10-21

Canada / Ontario Front-line workers in Ontario feel “sacrificed” and violated through the COVID-19 pandemic [Today] 2020-11-27

USA / Nevada Nobody knows how many resort workers are infected— including employees [Las Vegas Rev-Jrnl] 2020-07-11

Canada / British Columbia Many Canada Post workers are ‘fearful' about COVID-19, says Richmond letter carrier [The News] 2020-05-08

UK Ministers confirm £3.5 billion rail bail out [RMT] 2020-06-16

UK RMT on £7 Billion Covid-19 support for transport sector‎ [RMT] 2020-06-18

UK RMT on Bus Industry appeal for £1 billion rescue package [RMT] 2020-03-21

UK Private rail companies stand to make £500 Million from Coronavirus bailouts [RMT] 2020-07-22

UK RMT on news Government has provided £35m to Ferry companies [RMT] 2020-05-18

UK / England RMT slams threat to axe nearly half of the staff at Britannia's famous Liverpool ‎Adelphi Hotel [RMT] 2020-07-01

UK RMT welcomes relaunch ‎of Hull Trains and some Grand Central services [RMT] 2020-12-03

South Africa ‘Front-line workers exhausted and struggling to cope' [SABC] 2020-12-29

South Africa ‘Government opened the floodgates for corruption' – SADTU [SABC] 2020-08-26

USA AFL-CIO calls for emergency standards, additional worker protections before ‘reopening the economy' [Safety and Health] 2020-04-23

USA Unions are horrified at the mask mandate rollback — and fear workers' lives are at risk again [Salon] 2021-05-30

Aruba ‘No excuse' not to extend JobKeeper to temporary migrants, casuals after $60 billion bungle: advocacy groups [SBS] 2020-05-23

Hong Kong ‘Masks, Covid-19 tests can't fix crammed living woes at Hong Kong domestic worker dorms' [The South China Morning Post] 2020-08-21

USA ‘We're not bringing you the virus': Asian-American medical workers' battle with Covid-19 and racism [South China Morning Post] 2021-05-07

New Zealand COVID-19 Package “A Strong Start” [E Tu] 2020-03-17

South Africa ‘Mr President, the numbers don't add up' says Numsa on Covid-19 stats [Scribd] 2020-08-14

USA / Washington WA state workers are getting exemptions to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine — but will they keep their jobs? [Seattle Times] 2021-09-18

USA / California ‘I'm so scared': California nail salon workers face ruin as pandemic wears on [SFChronicle] 2020-09-20

Central America COVID-19: ‘Maquila Workers Shouldn't Bankroll Employers' [Solidarity Center] 2020-03-24

Global ‘Hunger or the Virus': COVID-19 & Informal Workers [Solidarity Center] For more info 2020-05-19

Global Podcast: How Unions Meet COVID-10 Challenges—and Beyond [Solidarity Center] For more info 2021-04-21

USA The ‘union difference' is especially important amid this pandemic [Spokesman-Review] 2021-09-05

USA / Connecticut Unions, lawmakers, want workers' comp benefits for ‘essential' workers with coronavirus [Stamford Advocate] 2020-04-21

Canada No more email after work? 20 paid vacation days? Amid COVID-19, Canadians are rethinking their work-life balance — and looking to Europe for ideas [The Standard] 2020-08-24

New Zealand Fletcher Building won't repay wage subsidy from ‘strong' earnings [Stuff] 2020-11-12

Canada Critic, workers' group ‘disappointed' Trudeau chose Amazon to distribute PPE [Now-Leader] 2020-04-05

Canada / British Columbia For grocery store staff, the work is ‘no different' than two months ago [Now-Leader] 2020-05-07

Canada Hospitality workers hit ‘first and hit hardest,' says union seeking more support [Now-Leader] 2020-04-01

South Africa Cosatu backs Ebrahim Patel over ‘Alice in Wonderland' Covid-19 clothing sales regulations [Talk of the Town] 2020-05-14

Global Pandemic fallout has exacerbated modern slavery in ‘every region', report warns [The Telegraph] 2021-06-16

Australia ‘So broken': Unions release plan to fix aged care [The Australian] 2020-09-21

Australia Union fury over ‘false' claims of medicine shortages [The Australian] 2020-09-28

Canada ‘These people are dying, gasping for air': Care home workers are at the frontlines of Canada's COVID-19 outbreaks [The Globe and Mail] 2020-04-08

Australia Covid-19 commission should focus on carbon-neutral manufacturing projects, not just gas – ACTU [The Guardian] 2020-07-20

Australia / New South Wales NSW Port Authority warned by union in January of ‘gaping hole' in coronavirus biosecurity checks [The Guardian] 2020-03-26

UK ‘Devastation': how aviation industry's Covid crisis is hitting towns across UK [Guardian] 2020-08-24

UK More than £1bn wiped off Boohoo value as it investigates Leicester factory [The Guardian] 2020-07-07

UK ‘Red wall' Tory MPs demand support for aerospace amid fears for 30,000 jobs [Guardian] 2020-07-27

UK Unions could have helped to avoid this ‘pingdemic' mess – but no one asked them [Guardian] 2021-07-27

UK Homeworking sounds good – until your job takes over your life [Guardian] 2021-03-07

USA Covid stress ‘driving hundreds of childcare workers to quit profession' [Guardian] 2021-01-31

UK / England Union criticises ‘pitiful' £1.4bn Covid catch-up plan for pupils [The Guardian] 2021-06-02

Europe / Asia Covid led to ‘brutal crackdown' on garment workers' rights, says report [Guardian] 2020-08-07

Global Garment workers going hungry as fallout from cancelled orders takes toll – report [The Guardian] 2020-12-12

Zimbabwe ‘No one may be compelled': unions go to court over Covid jabs [The Guardian] 2021-09-07

UK TV and film ‘supporting artists' face long wait for work [Guardian] 2020-06-21

USA ‘We went from heroes to zeroes': US nurses strike over work conditions [Guardian] 2021-08-06

UK Investigate Amazon over pandemic ‘price gouging', says Unite [Unite the union] 2021-07-13

UK ‘I'm utterly sick of it': UK workers on the return of the commute [Guardian] 2021-08-29

USA ‘People are so burned out': US essential workers struggle as restrictions lifted [Guardian] 2021-06-13

USA ‘We're trying to survive': workers face cuts as US public sector lags in recovery [Guardian] 2021-09-22

UK Half of world's workers ‘at immediate risk of losing livelihood due to coronavirus' [Guardian] 2020-04-29

UK UK university reopenings risk ‘public health crisis', academics warn [Guardian] 2020-08-30

UK Unions say one of key policies to limit virus spread is ‘failing' in face of rising infections [Guardian] 2021-06-19

India ILO urged PM Modi to ‘send clear message' on changes in labour laws [The Hindu] 2020-05-25

Canada / Ontario Canadian Union of Public Employees describes the front lines of COVID-19 as ‘absolutely dire' [IFP] 2020-04-03

Indonesia ‘You are national heroes'. Recovered COVID-19 patients thank medical workers [JP] 2020-04-08

USA / Louisiana Federal Prisons Agency “Put Staff in Harm's Way” of Coronavirus [Marshall Project] 2020-04-04

Zambia ZCTU won't support Mopani ‘rubbish' – Mukuka [The Mast] 2020-04-10

Zambia Covid has massively disrupted socio-economic activity – ZCTU [The Mast] 2020-08-11

USA / Florida Univ Miami contract workers, faculty stage ‘die-in' protest demanding response from administration over safety concerns amid the pandemic [Miami Hurricane] 2020-09-06

USA Rumor: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees To ‘Completely Reject Any And All Vaccine Mandates', Hollywood Facing Massive Loss Of Crew Members [Mix] 2021-08-17

USA ‘We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder' [The Nation] 2020-04-04

Singapore The Cost of ‘Singapore Inc.'? A Coronavirus Outbreak Among Migrants [The Nation] 2020-08-19

UK / Scotland Union welcomes National Trust for Scotland's 'vitally important' £3.8m bailout [The National] 2020-08-17

Canada / British Columbia Union representing some B.C. hotel workers want to make sure its members are “first in line” when it comes to getting their jobs back [The Examiner] 2020-08-21

South Africa Placing COVID-19 patients in field hospitals ‘illogical' – Sama [The South African] 2020-05-12

South Africa ‘A slap in the face': Nurses union calls for support for frontline workers [The South African] 2020-04-22

Canada / Ontario Hamilton bus drivers ask for COVID-19 testing — and for all riders to wear masks [The Spectator] 2020-04-17

Canada / Ontario CUPE decries ‘failure to protect health care workers' from COVID-19 [The Spectator] 2020-04-18

Canada / Ontario Almost every auto worker in Ontario is being laid off — and they're feeling anxious [The Star] 2020-03-21

Canada / Ontario Cleaners are on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. But many work with little protection for less than minimum wage — and they're scared [The Star] 2020-03-30

Canada / Ontario Foodora couriers now being asked to deliver medication — and they still have to buy their own protective equipment [The Star] 2020-04-02

Canada / British Columbia How workers at Canada's busiest port are ‘rocking and rolling' to get food, supplies and face masks across the country amid COVID-19 [The Star] 2020-03-28

Canada For artists and gig workers, expanded emergency benefit access is ‘encouraging' — but worries about the post-COVID-19 future remain [The Star] 2020-04-08

Ireland No ‘legitimate reason' for Aer Lingus not to sign off on income supports paperwork, trade union says [Irish Sun] 2020-09-13

Australia Union calls for Medicare levy hike to fund better aged care – “We knew our aged care homes were running on the smell of an oily rag well before COVID” [The Weekly Source] 2020-09-01

South Africa / Eastern Cape Inmates say failure to test them could see virus ‘explode' at St Albans after warder tests positive [TimesLIVE] 2020-04-16

South Africa Parliament at odds with Nehawu over ‘mandatory' Covid-19 vaccinations [TimesLIVE] 2022-06-29

South Africa It's back to work on Monday — but is SA ready? [Sunday Times] 2020-05-31

Canada Loblaw raises shareholders dividend but won't be reinstating ‘hero pay' to front-line workers [Toronto.com] 2020-11-13

India / Punjab Workers protest govt's ‘apathy' on Labour Day [Tribune News Service] Image 2020-05-02

Canada / British Columbia Protect workers – and their jobs – from COVID-19, says BC Federation of Labour [Tri-City News] 2020-03-12

UK 2 in 5 working mums face childcare crisis when new term starts – TUC poll [TUC] 2020-09-03

UK Britain is ‘indebted to minimum wage heroes', says TUC [TUC] 2020-04-01

UK Demands for immediate return of shielding workers would be ‘heartless and reckless', says TUC [TUC] 2020-07-31

UK Food factories could be Covid-19 “super spreaders” this Christmas, warns TUC [TUC] 2020-11-30

UK ​​​​​​​Lowest paid are most likely to have lost income and increased debt in pandemic [TUC] 2021-02-01

UK Mass unemployment is ‘biggest threat facing the UK', warns TUC [TUC] 2020-07-14

UK Ministers must ‘step up and create jobs', says TUC [TUC] 2020-12-15

UK Nurses will earn £2,500 less in real terms than in 2010 [TUC] 2021-03-06

UK 'Paltry' £13 a day is not enough to help workers self-isolate, says TUC [TUC] 2020-08-27

UK Risks - ‘Dire consequences' if workers aren't protected better [TUC] 2021-02-03

UK Time to stop government's ‘economic rollercoaster', says TUC [TUC] For more info 2020-11-10

UK TUC calls for ‘urgent' action to support young workers hit hard by pandemic [TUC] 2021-04-20

UK TUC – compulsory vaccinations for care staff is 'ill-thought through' [TUC] 2021-04-14

UK TUC – extension of furlough must be followed by urgent investment in jobs [TUC] 2020-12-18

UK TUC – Millions lack basic protections if they lose their jobs [TUC] 2021-01-29

UK TUC: ‘As we reopen the economy, we must not drop our guard on workplace safety' [TUC] 2021-04-12

UK TUC: Women have been put in an impossible position during the pandemic  [TUC] 2021-02-09

UK ​​​​​​​Women working in UK garment factories four times more likely to die of Covid-19 [TUC] 2021-02-18

Canada / Ontario ‘There's no consistency': Parents and drivers give Ontario's busing plan a failing grade [TVO] 2020-09-02

Canada / Ontario ‘We need them now': Advocates call for employer-provided paid sick days [TVO] 2020-08-05

USA / Texas Treat grocery workers like ‘first responders' [Twin Cities Pioneer Press] 2020-04-27

USA More than 2,900 health care workers died this year — and the government barely kept track [Twin Cities Pioneer Press] 2020-12-28

Australia ‘Sickening' $12M Qantas remuneration as workers face outsourcing [TWU] 2020-09-18

Australia TWU demands ‘aviation keeper' [TWU] 2020-06-09

UK UCU and NUS issue joint statement calling on universities  to move online [UCU] 2020-11-06

UK UCU and NUS issue joint statement calling on universities to move online [UCU] 2020-11-04

Spain La derogación de la reforma laboral deberá llegar de la mano del diálogo social [UGT] 2020-05-22

Canada / Alberta Doctors, health care unions including UNA, call for ‘circuit-breaker' lockdown [UNA] 2020-11-13

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian union plans its ‘one shot' appeal against snow crab price [Undercurrent News] 2020-05-08

Canada / Quebec Unifor welcomes the reopening of the Crustacés de Gaspé plant despite difficult context [Unifor] 2020-05-05

Canada / Ontario Chartwell Retirement Home's ‘profits over people' mindset is dangerous during pandemic [Unifor] 2020-04-14

Canada / Quebec Le syndicat Unifor se réjouit de la réouverture de l'usine Crustacés de Gaspé qui s'opère tout de même dans un contexte particulier [Unifor] 2020-05-05

Global COVID-19: Time for Sport to ‘Build Back Better' [UNI] 2020-10-14

Global Nursing Home Workers Demand a “Shield Against COVID-19” [UNI] 2020-10-03

Philippines Teleperformance workers in the Philippines are enduring “subhuman” conditions [UNI] 2020-04-04

USA UNI to Amazon: “It shouldn't take a lawsuit for you to stop punishing workers for washing their hands” [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-22

Brazil Unisaúde requests urgent changes to Bolsonaro to protect the people [UNI] 2020-04-04

UK “A national scandal” – UNISON on coronavirus death rates of social care workers [Union News] 2020-06-28

UK As the country celebrates the NHS, health unions say: “Time for a pay rise” [Union News] 2020-07-06

UK BALPA warns of impending “death spiral” for aviation industry [Union News] 2020-05-05

UK “Coronavirus will spread like wildfire” – workers calls for construction sites to be shut [Union News] 2020-04-02

UK Dear Tories … why has it taken a global epidemic for you to appreciate trade unions? [Union News] 2020-03-22

UK / England Hospital workers ‘scapegoated' over lack of PPE [Union News] 2020-04-07

UK IWGB calls on Deliveroo to reform “impossible” coronavirus hardship fund [Union News] 2020-03-20

UK NASUWT slams schools “chaos and confusion” [Union News] 2020-03-22

UK One week on … and still Lewisham cleaners wait to be paid [Union News] 2020-03-22

UK Rail unions slam government's “mixed messages” over easing lockdown [Union News] 2020-07-19

UK RMT calls for “unsafe” public transport to be stopped [Union News] 2020-05-14

UK / England RMT calls on Sadiq Khan to ‘meet' Tube cleaners over safety fears [Union News] 2020-05-05

UK “Send pupils and staff home” – NASUWT tells government [Union News] 2020-11-01

UK Ten unions tell governments: “Be careful before you reopen schools” [Union News] 2020-05-05

UK / Scotland UCU criticises Scottish government over “unsafe” university return [Union News] 2020-06-21

UK UCU slams government's “unworkable” Xmas lockdown plans [Union News] 2020-10-15

UK Unions issue ‘Mayday' distress call for aviation industry as Ryanair announces 3,000 jobs at risk [Union News] 2020-05-03

UK “Where is the training? The PPE?” – unions challenge government over coronavirus [Union News] 2020-04-08

UK Wren Kitchens sacks staff … then invites them back after coronavirus crisis [Union News] 2020-03-29

New Zealand COVID-19: Leave subsidy changes – needs to go further [NZCTU] 2020-04-27

New Zealand Treasury projections – scary but useful [CTU] 2020-04-18

New Zealand May Day – International Workers Day [NZCTU] 2020-05-03

UK Call 999 – the terrifying crisis in the ambulance service [UNISON] 2021-08-24

UK End VAT for PPE to help combat ‘national emergency' in care homes [UNISON] 2020-04-15

UK New care home death figures show government claims of protecting the sector ​ring hollow [UNISON] 2020-05-26

UK Huge membership rise for UNISON ahead of new recruitment ad campaign launch​ [UNISON] 2020-06-22

UK ​Some employers only paying lip service to Black staff's fears [UNISON] 2020-10-09

UK NHS staff ​urge the chancellor to do the right thing and fund a pay rise [UNISON] 2021-02-26

UK One per cent pay rise “is the worst kind of insult” [UNISON] 2021-03-05

UK ‘Managers are bringing tea to us': inside the 111 service during COVID-19 [UNISON] 2020-03-26

UK ‘Thank you' to all the UNISON members leaving their loved ones to care for ours [UNISON] 2020-04-15

UK Thousands of public service workers contact UNISON with ‘harrowing' stories around protective kit [UNISON] 2020-04-09

UK COVID-19: Black and female workers – more impacted than the rest [UNISON] 2020-05-02

UK ‘We will hold government to account on COVID-19' [UNISON] 2020-06-04

UK UNISON calls on government to act on ‘systemic racism' [UNISON] 2020-06-21

UK British Gas behaviour ‘disgraceful' over new staff contracts, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-07-17

UK UNISON Equality Survey 2020 – tell us about your experiences during the pandemic [UNISON] 2020-07-19

UK New health body must be ‘fit for purpose', says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-08-19

UK UNISON calls for ‘sustainable and sufficient' university funding [UNISON] 2020-08-14

UK British Gas forces its entire workforce into a ‘fire and rehire' process [UNISON] 2020-09-22

UK UNISON sends a very public festive ‘thank you' to its 1.3m members [UNISON] 2020-12-21

UK ‘Make it a workers' budget,' UNISON urges chancellor [UNISON] 2021-02-23

UK Chancellor ‘ducking decision' to reform social care, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-03-04

UK ‘It's a relief, a light at the end of the tunnel' – young women and the vaccine [UNISON] 2021-03-14

UK Care home death figures a ‘national scandal', says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-04-14

UK More than a thousand care home deaths highlights ‘shambolic' government response to Covid crisis, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-04-21

UK Action needed to address higher coronavirus death rates ​for Black people [UNISON] 2020-05-07

UK High Covid-19 deaths among care staff ‘shocking', says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-05-11

UK Scrapping of NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers ‘long overdue' [UNISON] 2020-05-22

UK Ministers must fix council funding to avoid ​'catastrophic cuts' [UNISON] 2020-07-06

UK Time for fair wage for social care workers on ‘forgotten frontline', says new coalition [UNISON] 2020-11-02

UK School support staff fear ‘big bang' return' to school is a safety risk [UNISON] 2021-03-12

UK ​Health workers increasingly concerned at continued government stalling on NHS pay [UNISON] 2021-07-17

UK Government must bring back Covid funding to safeguard ‘lives and livelihoods' [UNISON] 2022-05-04

Australia Agriculture Workers' Code – no solution without visa amnesty and quarantine support [UWU] 2020-09-04

Australia COVID-19 sparked recession – now is not the time to scale back JobKeeper [UWU] 2020-09-03

Australia ‘Day of distress' as SA aged carers barred from jobs [UWU] 2020-08-28

Australia / New South Wales School cleaning – years of government cost-cutting has put school communities at risk in the coronavirus outbreak [UWU] 2020-03-19

Australia / Western Australia Security guards at Perth quarantine hotels asked to remove masks because it was ‘upsetting and intimidating guests' [UWU] 2020-04-10

Australia Aged Carers Speak Out: ‘Thank You Is Not Enough' [UWU] 2020-09-01

Australia United Workers Union applauds Victorian Government changes for casual workers – calls on the Federal Government to do more [UWU] 2020-11-23

Australia Welcome assistance for ACT temporary visa workers – Federal Government must now follow ACT lead [UWU] 2020-04-28

Australia Welcome emergency support for international students in Victoria – Federal Government must now follow the lead of states and territories [UWU] 2020-05-02

Australia / Tasmania Welcome support for Tasmanian visa workers – Federal Government must now follow Tasmania's lead [UWU] 2020-04-23

UK Unite calls for government to urgently rethink ‘pingdemic' exemption amid fears of long-term damage to UK manufacturing [Unite the union] 2021-07-27

UK ‘Vaccination is not immunisation' as Scottish government announcement criticised by Unite [Unite the union] 2021-07-23

UK Workers frustrated and angry as government fails to get a grip of pandemic and ‘pingdemic' [Unite the union] 2021-07-22

UK Coronavirus – Updated Advice for Members [USDAW] 2020-03-24

USA Workers in a Pandemic Need More Than Being Told to ‘Just Stay Home' [USW] 2021-02-03

Canada / Ontario Simple ‘Review' of Long-Term Care an Injustice to Victims of Deadly Crisis [USW] 2020-05-24

USA Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer: ‘He's Not Smart or Articulate' [VICE] 2020-04-04

Canada ‘A matter of human decency': Truckers' union calls on gas stations, rest stops to fully re-open [The News] 2020-04-03

USA Why many ‘essential' workers get paid so little, according to experts [Wash Post] 2020-04-07

USA ‘It feels like a war zone': As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work [Wash Post] 2020-04-13

USA The meat industry is trying to get back to normal. But workers are still getting sick — and shortages may get worse [Wash Post] 2020-05-26

USA ‘I have never felt so helpless': Doctors, nurses and first responders grapple with the enormity of what they've witnessed during the pandemic's first wave [Wash Post] 2020-06-07

USA / Florida ‘Held hostage': Cruise employees were stuck on a ship and forced to work without pay, lawsuit says [Wash Post] 2020-08-07

USA McConnell helps ‘working families' by killing coronavirus relief. That's rich, Mitch [Wash Post] 2020-10-23

USA ‘Essential' workers are just forced laborers [Wash Post] 2020-05-25

USA / Tennessee Kroger, grocery union calling for government to recognize workers as temporary ‘first responders' [Wate] 2020-04-16

USA Once Heroes, ‘Now Zeros': Frontline Workers Fall Behind On COVID-19 Vaccine Priority List [WBUR] 2021-02-06

Global Workers' rights continue to erode – what can we do to restore them? [World Econ Forum] 2020-07-13

Canada Open work permits for exploited migrant workers a ‘Band-Aid solution,' critics say [The Tribune] 2020-07-18

USA As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are ‘prioritizing production over … lives' [Wenatchee World] 2020-07-25

USA / Florida ‘Broken by design': Florida labor unions petition for immediate change to unemployment system [WFLA] 2020-05-15

Canada / Yukon ‘It's very scary at WGH right now,' employee says [The Star] 2020-10-20

USA ‘Incredibly disposable': Adjuncts, the ‘gig workers' of higher-ed, fear losing livelihoods [WITF] 2020-05-26

USA / New York On Reopening The Economy: ‘No To Austerity Measures' - A Labor Perspective From Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz [WNY Today] 2020-06-24

UK Tubeworker — 24/03/2020: To respond to pandemic, fight for workers' control [Workersliberty] 2020-03-24

USA / Pennsylvania Union: York County 911 dispatchers forced to work five 12-hour shifts per week— plus overtime [York Dispatch] 2020-04-08

USA / Mississippi MS ICU Nurse: ‘We Need Help' As Covid Cases Surge [MSNBC] For more info 2021-08-12

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Police union concerned over ‘challenges with decontamination in police stations' [Zululand Observer] 2020-07-26

Kenya Covid-19 crisis looms over health workers' strikes [The Nation] 2020-08-06

USA OSHA's New Safety Rule: Health Care Workers and Beyond [Natl Law Rev] 2021-06-12

South Africa Teachers' fears are real and they need a willing ear [New Frame] 2020-07-07

South Africa / North West Workers pay for Sun International's failed gamble [New Frame] 2020-09-16

South Africa Workers still can't access Covid-19 relief [New Frame] 2020-07-08

India / Andhra Pradesh Tourism's unorganised labour force takes a hit, 90% lose jobs, wages [Express News Service] 2020-03-20

USA / Florida Many Florida COVID-19 workers' comp claims rejected [News4Jax] 2020-08-29

USA / Florida DeSantis: Florida won't enforce health care worker vaccination requirement [News4Jax] For more info 2022-01-15

Global We Don't Need Empty Praise: Nurses' Unions Demand Better Protection, Rights [Newsclick] 2020-05-13

Sri Lanka Teachers' Unions up in arms over decision to reopen schools [News First] 2020-11-22

UK Frances O'Grady: Childcare could be a'massive problem' if schools close due to coronavirus [New Statesman] 2020-03-13

USA / New Jersey Casinos can get federal stimulus help, but unions say they're not helping Atlantic City workers [NJ] 2020-04-13

USA Pandemic Could Reduce 3 Million Workers' Social Security Benefits [NRMLA] For more info 2020-08-02

UK Unions launch global campaign to ensure journalism's future [NUJ] 2020-09-21

USA / New York MTA workers won't take cuts lying down [NYDaily News] 2020-08-29

USA / New York A path to investing in New York City's social services workers [NYNMedia] 2020-11-23

USA Poultry workers: We're Feeding America, but We're Sacrificing Ourselves [NYTimes] 2020-06-15

USA Don't Ask Returning Workers to Sign a Waiver [NYTimes] For more info 2020-06-17

USA The Invisible Essential Workers: America's neglect of older people extends to the people who care for them at home [NYTimes] 2020-06-30

USA Why Black Workers Will Hurt the Most if Congress Doesn't Extend Jobless Benefits [NYTimes] 2020-08-07

USA Under Trump, OSHA's Covid-19 Response Is Failing Workers [NYTimes] 2020-09-15

USA Amazon workers threaten to shut down warehouses if employees don't get a day off to vote [NYTimes] 2020-10-24

USA How Biden's Proposed Paid Leave Would Work [NYTimes] 2021-01-18

USA Amazon's Great Labor Awakening [NYTimes] 2021-02-21

USA / New York They Risked Their Lives During Covid. They Still Don't Earn Minimum Wage [NYTimes] 2021-07-16

USA / New York The Pandemic Hardships of N.Y.C.'s Gig Workers [NYTimes] 2021-07-16

USA We're Kidding Ourselves That Workers Perform Well From Home [NYTimes] 2021-07-26

USA Workers' Anxiety Grows as Covid Variant Casts a Shadow [NYTimes] 2021-07-28

USA For Retail Workers, Omicron Disruptions Aren't Just About Health [NYTimes] 2022-01-11

Peru Covid-19 Live Updates: Peru's Doctors Stage Hunger Strike to Protest Lack of Equipment [NYTimes] 2021-01-21

USA / California California's Governor Reserves Vaccines for Teachers [NYTimes] 2021-02-21

China Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China's Controversial Labor Program [New York Times] 2020-07-28

South Africa Address workers' reluctance to get vaccinated: Cosatu [OFM] 2022-01-31

Canada / Nova Scotia Halifax bus drivers' union calls for service pause after mechanic gets COVID-19 [OHS Canada] 2020-03-28

Canada / Ontario Dozens of Nurses Exposed to COVID-19 at St. Mary's General Hospital; ONA calls for expedited testing, collaboration with employer to ensure nurses, patients are safe [ONA] 2020-03-22

USA / Oregon The VA will mandate vaccines for its health workers in Oregon. Other hospitals in the state can't [OPB] 2021-07-28

Germany Under lockdown, Germany's PEGIDA goes to YouTube [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-07

Lebanon Poverty or virus? Lebanon's uprising continues despite the pandemic [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-06

Russia Coronavirus could crash Russia's already overstretched healthcare system [Opendemocracy] 2020-03-27

Global Formerly colonized people can't breathe. And the IMF and World Bank are to blame [Opendemocracy] 2020-10-01

Global This pandemic shows that Gandhi's 'practical idealism' is possible [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-13

Global Why don't we take climate change seriously? Racism is the answer [Opendemocracy] 2020-07-02

USA / Oregon TriMet's paratransit contractor laid off nearly 300 employees, then cut health care [Oregonian] 2020-05-03

Australia Over 80% of Qantas Workers Say Airline Didn't Do Enough to Protect Them From COVID-19 [Paddle Your Own Kanoo] 2020-05-08

USA An unexpected pitfall for some cities' mandatory hazard pay for essential workers [PBS] 2021-02-14

UK 11am 28 April join a minute's silence for key workers [PCS] 2020-04-23

UK PCS condemns Boris Johnson's convoluted Covid-19 advice [PCS] 2020-05-11

UK PCS demands guarantees staff won't be forced into work during lockdown [PCS] 2020-04-23

USA Biden plan would pay for workers' Covid-19 tests [Politico] 2020-06-13

South Africa COSATU's proposed pension withdrawal relief plan is only meant to help those workers who did not receive 100% of their salaries [Polity] 2020-05-29

South Africa / Cuba NEHAWU commends Cuba's role in global fight against Coronavirus, condemns strengthening of anti-Cuba blockade by US administration of Donald Trump [Polity] 2020-04-18

USA / Pennsylvania Pa.'s largest nurses' union accuses hospitals of misinforming state officials about PPE [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2020-05-15

Canada Delivering during COVID-19: Canada Post's shocking working conditions [Rank and File] 2020-03-29

Canada / Alberta Cargill workers' frustrations revealed in telephone town hall [Rank and File] 2020-04-21

Canada / Ontario Even in a Global Pandemic, Workers in Ontario Still Don't Have a Right to Paid Sick Leave [Rank and File] 2020-05-21

Canada / Ontario PCs aren't alone: Exposing Liberal ties with corporate long-term care lobby [Rank and File] 2020-05-28

Canada / Ontario Pandemic pay doesn't cut it for Ontario's home care workers [Rank and File] 2020-05-07

Canada / Manitoba Not everyone happy with Manitoba essential workers' bonus [RCI] 2020-06-04

USA / California California COVID-19 workers' comp claims soar [Lake Cty Record-Bee] 2020-08-27

Canada / Alberta Three workers at Red Deer's Canada Post sorting facility have tested positive for COVID-19 [The Advocate] 2020-10-15

UK Frontline workers and Covid-19: a carer's account [Red Pepper] 2020-10-17

UK Bus union RMT responds to study on workers' deaths [RMT] 2020-07-28

UK RMT demands government action to save over 1000 P&O Ferries' jobs [RMT] 2020-05-22

UK Over 1,000 job losses on P&O's key routes from Dover and Hull [RMT] 2020-05-12

UK RMT statement on Labour's call for Government to convene transport worker Covid Safety forum [RMT] 2021-02-03

UK RMT expresses shock and disgust at Wightlink's reluctance to take up taxpayer support [RMT] 2021-02-01

UK RMT responds to Government's extension of Emergency Measures [RMT] 2020-09-21

UK Transport union RMT responds to Prime Minister's announcement. [RMT] 2020-07-20

UK RMT responds to rail regulator's report on financial impact of the pandemic [RMT] 2020-11-26

UK RMT today responded to the Secretary of State for Transport's remarks [RMT] 2020-06-25

USA MACY'S REFUSES TO PROTECT WORKERS DURING REOPENING - UNION TO STEP IN [RWDSU] 2020-06-11

South Africa Cosatu calls on employers to address issues of workers' reluctance to get vaccinated [SABC] 2022-01-30

South Africa COVID-19 direct response should form the basis of Ramaphosa's SONA: ANC [SABC] 2021-02-11

South Africa / Western Cape Nehawu continues safety protocols' inspection at health facilities [SABC] 2020-07-03

South Africa / Limpopo Nurses' unions to embark on protest action over new work roster [SABC] 2021-02-02

South Africa Teachers' unions welcome plan to vaccinate teachers from Wednesday [Eyewitness News] 2021-06-20

South Africa Young nurses' union calls for more health workers to be hired, boycott of vaccine [SABC] 2021-01-08

USA / California California's newest union: 45,000 childcare workers to be represented in contract talks [Sacramento Bee] 2020-07-28

USA / California Essential workers supported Sacramento during COVID-19. Let's support them with hazard pay [Sacramento Bee] 2021-06-27

USA Postal workers are catching COVID by the thousands. It's one more threat to voting by mail [Salon] 2020-09-20

USA Don't think you need a mask? Front-line workers beg to differ [SD Union-Trib] 2020-06-27

USA / Washington Workers' comp rates to jump in Amazon's Washington fulfillment centers due to hazards [Seattle Times] 2020-12-02

Ireland / Global Pandemic places long-term care work among world's most dangerous jobs [SIPTU] 2021-02-26

USA / Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission repeals emergency COVID-19 rule [SJR] 2020-04-28

Canada / Ontario GTAA and TAWC's efforts to keep workers and passengers safe [Skies] 2020-05-05

South Africa SAFPU lashes out at clubs: That's against the law [Soccer Laduma] 2020-06-11

USA / California Worker's Rights Board Hearing on Health Worker's Work Conditions at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital - Sept 26, 2020 [Sonoma Cty Gazette] 2020-09-27

USA / Hawaii Hawaii Gov. David Ige's plan for public worker pay cuts gets pushback [Star Advertiser] 2020-04-17

South Africa Don't report to school on Monday, education departments tell principals [Talk of the Town] 2020-05-09

USA / Florida In a week, FL's new unemployment claims nearly double [Tampa Bay Times] 2020-07-17

USA / Texas Nine months on the pandemic's front line has crushed Texas health care workers' spirits and killed their colleagues [TX Tribune] 2020-12-11

South Africa Coronavirus: South Africa's unions fight for essential workers' safety [The Africa Report] 2020-05-29

India The Pandemic Exposes India's Apathy Toward Migrant Workers [Atlantic] 2020-04-13

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador NAPE happy to finally have Haggie's ear on long-term care [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-09-29

Canada Migrant workers on farms across Canada are being told they can't leave, raising human rights concerns [The Globe and Mail] 2020-08-04

Canada Construction unions raise spectre of shutdown as concerns over workers' health grow [The Globe and Mail] 2020-03-23

India India's coronavirus lockdown leaves garment workers stranded in cramped factory housing [The Globe and Mail] 2020-03-31

Canada Labour leaders say they'll push to permanently improve pay, working conditions for essential workers [The Globe and Mail] 2020-04-14

Canada / Ontario Some health care workers excluded from Ontario's pandemic pay increase [The Globe and Mail] 2020-05-13

Canada / Ontario Thunder Bay inmates, union leaders question institution's safety after lack of coronavirus information [The Globe and Mail] 2020-03-25

Canada / Ontario Toronto's transit agency to lay off 1,000 drivers, 200 non-union workers [The Globe and Mail] 2020-04-24

Canada / Ontario Unions decry Ontario Catholic school board's COVID-19 sick leave policy [The Globe and Mail] 2020-08-14

Canada CRA workers' union concerned seniors, vulnerable may have trouble accessing new benefits [The Globe and Mail] 2020-03-20

Australia Hundreds of Australia's aged care residents will die of Covid because of government failure, expert warns [The Guardian] 2020-08-12

UK As KPMG's former boss has learned, caring about employees is now cool [Guardian] 2021-02-13

UK Wetherspoon's short on some beers as Brexit affects deliveries [Guardian] 2021-09-02

UK Rishi Sunak's plans for winter amount to creative destruction of Britain's workforce [Guardian] 2020-10-06

UK Rishi Sunak must deliver a workers' budget to ensure a post-Covid recovery [Guardian] 2021-02-25

USA Now isn't the time to make workers in lockdown jump through hoops to get support [Guardian] 2021-06-05

Middle East 'We're poor people': Middle East's migrant workers look for way home amid pandemic [Guardian] 2020-06-09

Bangladesh Workers return to Bangladesh's garment factories despite record Covid deaths [The Guardian] 2021-08-12

UK UK workers' rights neglected during pandemic, Labour warns [Guardian] 2021-04-20

USA Twelve months of trauma: more than 3,600 US health workers died in Covid's first year [Guardian] 2021-04-10

USA Trader Joe's and other US firms suppress unionization efforts during pandemic [The Guardian] 2020-04-23

UK MoJ cleaner's death raises concerns over lack of sick pay for workers says union [The Guardian] 2020-05-04

Malawi Coronavirus leaves Malawi's health workers facing threats and social stigma [Guardian] 2020-05-14

UK Don't put key workers at end of the Covid vaccine queue, warn UK unions [Guardian] 2020-11-14

Canada / Prince Edward Island Maritime Fishermen's Union and lobster processors call for delay of season [The Guardian] 2020-04-11

India / Jammu and Kashmir Over 35,000 labourers return to revive J&K's moribund brick kilns [The Hindu] 2020-07-25

USA Sex work is changing in the pandemic. Here's how it affects workers [Lily] 2020-04-01

USA Baseball's Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners [The Nation] 2020-07-20

Canada / Ontario Nurses' union, Norfolk mayor spar over health-care cuts [The Spectator] 2020-04-10

Canada A study urged better standards for migrant workers' housing. Nothing was done. Now COVID-19 has struck [The Star] 2020-05-13

Canada / Ontario Worker at Brampton's Maple Lodge Farms has died from COVID-19; 25 have tested positive [The Star] 2020-05-13

Canada / Ontario A study urged better standards for migrant workers' housing. Nothing was done. Now COVID-19 has struck [The Star] 2020-06-07

Canada / Ontario Strained staff fear for safety, resources as virus spreads through Ontario seniors' homes [The Star] 2020-03-31

Canada / British Columbia Teachers' union calls for smaller classes, masks in back-to-school plan [The Star] 2020-08-20

Canada / Ontario How flaws in the way Ontario's nursing homes are run put residents and staff at risk of COVID-19 [The Star] 2020-03-30

Canada / Ontario Health-care workers at two Toronto hospitals told they'll soon be reusing decontaminated N95 masks [The Star] 2020-04-11

Canada Until COVID-19 hit, PSWs went virtually unnoticed. That's changed and some say we have a lot of lessons to learn about the trials they face [The Star] 2020-05-02

USA Amazon's warehouse injury rates are so high that it faces a more costly workers' comp classification [Verge] 2020-10-23

USA Amazon warehouse workers are outraged after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19 and they weren't notified [Verge] 2020-03-28

UK / England RMT warns of strike action over any cuts to London's transport system [TransportXtra] 2020-05-21

USA TSA Workers Granted Authority to Enforce Biden's Mask Mandate [Travel Pulse] 2021-02-01

USA Perspective: Workers' Comp in the COVID-19 Era [Transport Topics] 2020-06-17

UK Chancellor must not leave social security uprating linked to this month's low inflation, says TUC [TUC] 2020-10-21

UK Chancellor's short-time working scheme is a significant step forward [TUC] 2020-09-24

UK Children must not be forgotten in the government's winter plan [TUC] 2020-10-26

UK Education unions' joint statement on the safe reopening of schools [TUC] 2021-01-04

UK Education unions' statement on the safe reopening of schools [TUC] 2020-05-13

UK Employers must furlough new shielders who can't work from home [TUC] 2021-02-17

UK Give those who can't work from home priority access to lateral flow tests - TUC [TUC] 2021-12-15

UK Trade unionists can help with the country's vaccine effort [TUC] 2021-01-07

UK TUC: Cutting self-isolation period won't fix UK's fundamental sick pay problem [TUC] 2022-01-17

UK TUC: Don't repeat mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing Covid-19 vaccine programme [TUC] 2020-12-03

UK / England TUC launches Day of Action to save Yorkshire's buses amid government funding crisis [TUC] 2020-10-06

UK TUC warns 'infections could rebound' if workplaces aren't Covid-Secure [TUC] 2021-04-02

Canada / Ontario What happens to workers' rights during COVID-19? [TVO] 2020-05-20

Australia Aviation workers demand senate inquiry into industry's survival [TWU] 2020-11-09

Australia Call for federal government to meet unions to discuss Virgin's future [TWU] 2020-04-21

Australia Government package won't save jobs or support workers [TWU] 2020-03-22

Australia McCormack's assistance package won't save regional airlines or help workers [TWU] 2020-03-28

Australia Thousands more job losses predicted if Federal government doesn't implement aviationkeeper [TWU] 2020-07-14

Australia TWU calls for government to take a stake in Virgin following first creditors' meeting [TWU] 2020-05-02

Australia TWU calls for Joyce's resignation amid Qantas abuse of Jobkeeper scheme [TWU] 2020-08-25

Australia TWU statement on Virgin creditors' report [TWU] 2020-08-25

USA / California CalMatters: Bill's defeat keeps undocumented garment workers in meager wages [Ukiah Daily Jrnl] 2020-09-20

Canada / Alberta Frequently Asked Questions about Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw's April 10 order [UNA] 2020-04-19

Canada / Alberta AHS finally provides partial clarity on Chief Medical Officer of Health's April 10 order [UNA] 2020-05-14

Canada / Alberta Kenney Government's layoff announcement throws health care in Alberta back into chaos [UNA] 2020-10-14

Canada Funding package for priorities to restart Canada's economy reveal start of path for longer-term recovery [Unifor] 2020-07-19

Canada / Manitoba Pallister's public sector cuts continue as Manitoba Hydro layoffs put frontline service at risk [Unifor] 2020-06-23

Global Amazon's poor social performance during the COVID19 crisis is a threat, new UNI report [UNI] 2020-07-29

Brazil International Criminal Court case claims Brazilian government's Covid-19 response is a crime against humanity [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-27

Korea (South) Workers United to Combat COVID-19 and to Win Reforms to Improve Nation's Healthcare System [UNI] 2020-03-19

Malaysia UNI-MLC's 1st virtual video conference discusses pressing labour issues arising from Covid-19 pandemic [UNI Global Union] 2020-06-10

Global OECD Complaint: Teleperformance has violated workers' right to a safe workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic [UNI] 2020-04-18

Global Sport's COVID-19 Response Should Include All Athletes [UNI Global Union] 2020-03-22

UK Anger as Ryanair's ground handler sacks workers instead of using furlough scheme [Union News] 2020-05-07

UK Durham Miners' Gala goes online next month [Union News] 2020-06-28

UK Frightened workers self-isolating to protect vulnerable loved ones shouldn't be punished, says UNISON [Union News] 2020-05-07

UK Unions give mixed response to Chancellor's wage support measures [Union News] 2020-03-22

UK Unions launch inquiry as they warn Britain's self-employed workforce is on the brink [Union News] 2020-10-07

UK Unions respond to government's quarantine plans [Union News] 2020-06-08

UK / England Unite accuses Cornwall's Tory MPs of hanging county out to dry over lack of COVID support [Union News] 2020-10-15

UK / Scotland Unite welcomes Scottish construction site guidelines protecting workers' pay [Union News] 2020-04-08

UK Wrack criticises government's coronavirus response as firefighters are drafted in to train care home staff [Union News] 2020-05-24

UK Call for minute's silence to honour all workers who have died from coronavirus [UNISON] 2020-04-20

UK UNISON secures PPE win for Scotland's care workers [UNISON] 2020-04-09

UK Frightened workers self-isolating to protect vulnerable loved ones shouldn't be punished [UNISON] 2020-05-06

UK Funding must go to care workers in need, not employers' bank accounts [UNISON] 2020-05-21

UK Ministers mustn't forget important workers delivering essential services, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-05-26

UK Safety must be at the heart of universities' rebuilding plan [UNISON] 2020-06-03

UK Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don't help [UNISON] 2020-10-21

UK UNISON backs councils' attempt to close schools amid COVID spike [UNISON] 2020-12-16

UK UNISON supports legal challenge over UK's use of PPE suppliers [UNISON] 2022-01-10

UK Remember COVID-19 dead this International Workers' Memorial Day [UNISON] 2020-04-22

UK When homeworking versus the office isn't a straightforward choice [UNISON] 2020-09-05

UK Retired members' committee announces care webinar [UNISON] 2020-09-17

UK UNISON endorses Labour's call for an international vaccine plan [UNISON] 2021-05-21

UK Blog: I'm proud of our members in a national emergency [UNISON] 2020-03-18

UK Government asked to back minute's silence to honour all workers who have died from coronavirus [UNISON] 2020-04-24

UK Public asked to observe minute's silence tomorrow to honour all workers who have died from coronavirus [UNISON] 2020-04-27

UK Education unions' agree statement on the safe reopening of schools [UNISON] 2020-05-13

UK Government's treatment of migrant workers is shameful [UNISON] 2020-05-18

UK Support staff mustn't be exploited by schools reopening, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-05-16

UK Jab exodus in healthcare is a crisis entirely of the government's making [UNISON] 2022-01-31

Australia Don't just call us heroes: 15 June is International Day of Justice for Cleaners [UWU] 2020-06-15

Australia Hospitality workers plea to Senate Committee: We can't afford to lose JobKeeper [UWU] 2020-08-20

Australia / Victoria Melbourne Distribution Centre tells workers it's business as usual despite confirmed COVID-19 case [UWU] 2020-07-10

Australia / South Australia Petition launch to end Treasurer's hidden agenda for health workers [UWU] 2020-05-21

Australia / Tasmania Severe reduction in cleaning time at UTAS will cost livelihoods and threaten Tasmania's COVID-free status [UWU] 2020-09-01

Australia Workers' plan to survive covid-19 crisis: no lay-offs; income guarantee; tax relief and rent/ mortgage freezes [UWU] 2020-03-27

UK Sainsbury's empty shelves threat as Dartford DHL lorry drivers willing to strike over pay [Unite the union] 2021-08-25

UK Government's decision to relax lorry driver rules will not solve driver shortage [Unite the union] 2021-07-08

UK Unite welcomes Mayor of London's public transport face mask decision [Unite the union] 2021-07-14

UK Unite welcomes West Yorkshire mayor's face mask decision [Unite the union] 2021-07-15

UK Debenhams tells staff they'll have to claim redundancy pay from the Government [USDAW] 2020-05-01

Canada Federal Government's Response for Workers to COVID-19 Is Woefully Insufficient: Steelworkers Union [USW] 2020-03-25

Canada Governments Must Act Now to Address Women's Inequality [USW] 2020-07-30

Canada / Ontario Labour Ministry Not Upholding Workers' Rights [USW] 2020-04-29

Canada Ottawa's Wage Subsidy Must Be Designed Primarily to Help Workers [USW] 2020-04-02

Nigeria Arik seeks Sirika's intervention over looming aviation unions strike [Vanguard] 2020-09-13

USA Workers' COVID-19 lawsuits could be quashed under GOP push in Congress [VA Mercury] 2020-12-18

USA Essential workers are losing their hazard pay even though the hazard isn't over [Vox] 2020-05-17

USA Republican-led states signal they could strip workers' unemployment benefits if they don't return to work, sparking fresh safety fears [Wash Post] 2020-04-30

USA Biden's vaccine rule draws both cheers and resistance from federal workers [Wash Post] 2021-07-30

USA The new sick leave law doesn't help the workers that need it most [Wash Post] 2020-03-30

USA MLB, players' union agree to health and safety protocols, clearing way for spring training to start [Washington Post] 2021-02-09

USA / Wisconsin As health care workers protest vaccine mandates, experts say receiving unemployment isn't certain [WBAY] 2021-08-14

USA / West Virginia Health care workers protest against WVU Medicine's vaccination mandate for employees [WDTV] 2021-08-29

USA Changed by pandemic, many workers won't return to old jobs [WNCT] 2021-05-20

USA Lawmakers Seek New Ways to Cover Workers' Paychecks During Coronavirus [WSJrnl] 2020-04-12

UK Coronavirus: BA undermining job talks, says pilots' union [Yahoo] 2020-06-08

Zimbabwe ZCTU condemns Mnangagwa's porous lockdown [ZimEye] 2020-04-03

South Africa Standard Bank withdraws mandatory vaccination policy [Fin 24] 2022-07-16

South Africa The end of mandatory vaccination? Not so fast [Fin 24] 2022-07-16

Thailand / USA Victoria's Secret agrees to finance $8.3 million settlement for laid-off Thai workers [Reuters] 2022-05-28

USA UFCW Statement on Shocking Congressional Report About Trump Administration Endangerment of Essential Workers in Meatpacking Industry [UFCW] 2022-05-14

USA Report: Trump officials, meat companies knew workers were at risk [AP] 2022-05-14

USA How hybrid work will empower all workers [ZDNet] 2022-05-14

UK Workers with Long Covid need support [TUC] 2022-05-11

UK Restore free testing in schools or risk SATs disruption [UNISON] 2022-05-07

UK High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal [UNISON] 2022-04-28

USA Another Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to Vaccine Requirement for Federal Workers [SHRM] 2022-04-23

USA Vaccination Mandate for Federal Workers Reinstated by Appeals Court [Physicians Weekly] 2022-04-09

UK Leaving school staff alone to battle Covid threat is reckless [UNISON] 2022-04-04

UK Ending free Covid tests could threaten public services [UNISON] 2022-03-31

USA Seafood workers at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, study finds [SeafoodSource] 2022-03-23

USA / California Teachers' union, L.A. school district reach agreement dissolving the mask mandate for students [New York Times] 2022-03-20

USA / New York NY won't enforce COVID-19 booster requirement for health care workers [WGRZ] 2022-02-19

USA / New York NY backs off on Covid booster mandate for health care workers after hospitals push back [Syracuse] 2022-02-18

USA With no COVID sick leave, many workers are forced to choose between their health and their paycheck [WKOW] 2022-01-30

South Africa / Mpumalanga COSATU warns employers against mistreating unvaccinated COVID-19 workers [SABC] 2022-01-29

South Africa Cosatu accuses government of failing to enact clear laws on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination [Voice of the Cape] 2022-01-28

USA Texas judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal workers nationwide [Press Herald] 2022-01-22

UK PCS demands departments consult health and safety reps over workplace return [PCS] 2022-01-21

USA Workers are out sick in record numbers, exacerbating labor shortage woes [Wash Post] 2022-01-20

USA How health workers are getting through the day in the face of surging COVID cases [NPR] 2022-01-17

USA Essential workers face a tough choice: Find a test or miss work [NPR] 2022-01-17

USA 'We deserve more': Grocery workers lament extra work, lack of hazard pay as omicron decimates workforce [NBC] 2022-01-15

USA / Minnesota Minneapolis and St. Paul won't require vaccines for restaurant workers [StarTribune] 2022-01-15

USA Garbage and recyclables pile up as omicron takes its toll on sanitation workers [NPR] 2022-01-15

USA / Washington WA hospital workers filed record number of workplace safety complaints last year, unions say [Seattle Times] 2022-01-14

USA / Oregon Univ OR graduate employee union files complaint against university over COVID-19 policy [OPB] 2022-01-11

USA Health care workers are panicked as desperate hospitals ask infected staff to return [Politico] 2022-01-11

USA / Illinois Chicago schools to reopen Jan. 12 after district reaches deal with Chicago Teachers Union over COVID safety [New York Times] 2022-01-11

USA Teachers' unions nationwide push back on school reopening during omicron outbreak [New York Times] 2022-01-08

USA / Illinois Chicago Teachers Union defies in-person learning order, 70 percent of members vote to teach from home [Washington Post] 2022-01-05

USA Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces [WBRZ] 2022-01-05

USA / New York NYC Mayor Adams weighs mandated COVID vaccine boosters for city workers [NYDaily News] 2022-01-03

USA / New York COVID, Capitalism, and Collapse: A Roundtable Discussion with NYC Nurses and Teachers [Strikewave] 2022-01-03

USA / Massachusetts Boston police union slams mayor's updated vax mandate [Police 1] 2021-12-29

USA 5 GOP-led states extend unemployment aid to workers who lose jobs over vaccine mandates [Wash Post] 2021-12-27

UK Long Covid: a guide for supporting our members [TUC] 2021-12-24

USA US meat plants relaxed COVID-19 safety measures after outbreaks [Cattle Site] 2021-12-23

South Africa Communication Workers Union to oppose mandatory vaccinations for its workers [SABC] 2021-12-23

UK PCS pressure forces DWP to reduce face to face activity in Jobcentres [PCS] 2021-12-19

USA Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay [NPR] 2021-12-18

South Africa Unions call for harsher penalties for Covid-19 testing labs [SowetanLive ] 2021-12-13

South Africa SAFTU to approach court to seek declaratory order on issue of mandatory vaccination [SABC] 2021-12-13

UK GDP: reboot furlough to safeguard recovery from Omicron restrictions [TUC] 2021-12-10

South Africa Sadtu, Naptosa urge their members to get vaccinated [SABC] 2021-12-09

UK Extra safety measures are the right approach but still more can be done [UNISON] 2021-12-09

UK Businesses and unions call for state help after England adopts Covid plan B [Guardian] 2021-12-09

UK PCS demands urgent meeting with permanent secretary over Omicron variant [PCS] 2021-12-08

South Africa FEDUSA NEC to meet to discuss mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations [SABC] 2021-12-07

USA Republicans boost benefits for workers who quit over vaccine mandates [Guardian] 2021-12-02

South Africa Public sector unions refuse to support mandatory vaccinations [Fin24] 2021-11-30

UK RMT said that it's advising all members to ensure that they protect their own personal safety [RMT] 2021-11-30

UK Doctors and unions join bereaved families to highlight issues for Covid inquiry [Guardian] 2021-11-30

South Africa U-turn: Cosatu now backs mandatory vaccination, but other unions are still averse [Fin24] 2021-11-29

UK Johnson needs to follow lead of Sturgeon and Drakeford to beat Omicron variant [TSSA] 2021-11-29

UK Public transport face mask rules must be fully enforced [Unite the union] 2021-11-28

UK 'We support the wearing of masks but there are major issues about enforcement' [RMT] 2021-11-28

Ireland SIPTU calls for reduced capacity on public transport to protect workers and passengers [SIPTU] 2021-11-24

USA / Florida Disney puts worker vaccine mandate on pause after Florida ban on restrictions [NYTimes] 2021-11-21

USA / California Amazon to pay California $500,000 for concealing COVID cases among workers [Yahoo] 2021-11-16

USA / Florida Florida lawmakers to spend $6 million fighting vaccine mandates [NBC] 2021-11-16

USA While Many Unions Work to Undermine Biden's Vaccine Mandate, Some Are Suing to Widen Them [Newsweek] 2021-11-16

USA / New York Dozens of N.Y.C. sanitation workers were suspended during an inquiry into the use of fake vaccine cards [NYTimes] 2021-11-15

USA / Florida FL Gov Ron DeSantis pushing for a bill that would allow payments to workers who refused the vaccine [Union Jrnl] 2021-11-14

South Africa SA Medical Association wants choice of booster shots for health workers [Fin24] 2021-11-11

USA U.S. Sets Jan. 4 Vaccination Deadline for Big Private Employers and Cover 84M Workers [NYTimes] 2021-11-05

USA PKrugman: Wonking Out: Is the Great Resignation a Great Rethink? [NYTimes] 2021-11-05

USA / New York NYC police unions warned vaccine mandates would pull 10,000 officers off streets. So far, the number is 34 [NYTimes] 2021-11-03

USA / Connecticut CT unions say COVID-19 'hero pay' must be funded [Westerly Sun] 2021-10-31

USA / Massachusetts 500 state workers suspended, left jobs due to vaccine order [Western Mass News] 2021-10-30

UK UNISON responds to Public Accounts Committee report on test and trace [UNISON] 2021-10-27

Ireland Back-to-work protocol updated in wake of decision to delay wide-scale office return [The Journal] 2021-10-23

UK TUC and unions warn government against 'sleep-walking into a winter of chaos' [TUC] 2021-10-23

UK Annual CQC State of Care report exposes the detrimental impact of nursing staff shortages across health and care. [RCN] 2021-10-23

UK RCN urges government to stop denying pressure on nursing staff [RCN] 2021-10-23

UK Nine in 10 disabled workers want to continue working from home after pandemic - TUC poll [TUC] 2021-10-22

UK GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments [Guardian] 2021-10-22

UK Unite general secretary Sharon Graham calls for tighter Covid measures to protect the NHS and workers this winter [Unite the union] 2021-10-21

UK Return to mask wearing needed on public transport as Covid rates rise [Unite the union] 2021-10-20

USA OSHA strips Arizona, South Carolina and Utah of their authority to regulate workplace safety, citing shortcomings in COVID policies [New York Times] 2021-10-20

USA / Illinois Chicago police union tells members to refuse COVID vaccination, while mayor demands it for public safety [Washington Post] 2021-10-14

UK Pandemic report shows public inquiry is needed without delay [Unite the union] 2021-10-12

UK UK unions call for tighter Covid safety measures in schools as cases surge [NEU] 2021-10-10

South Africa FEDUSA salutes heroism of teachers in times of Covid-19 [Polity] 2021-10-06

UK PCS to ballot DVLA members over further strike action [PCS] 2021-10-05

South Africa 'We remain sceptical about vaccine certificates' - Cosatu [TimesLIVE] 2021-10-01

USA / New York N.Y.'s Covid Vaccine Mandate Tested by Pushback From Workers [NYTimes] 2021-09-29

UK Invest in the health workforce and public services to learn pandemic lessons [UNISON] 2021-09-20

USA / Florida Polk health care workers to rally against COVID vaccine mandate [Ledger] 2021-09-18

USA / Oregon Health care workers, firefighters file lawsuits to overturn Oregon vaccine mandate [OPB] 2021-09-18

UK Scrap mandatory vaccine deadline or risk decimating the care sector, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-09-16

Zimbabwe ZCTU fails in High Court bid to stop mandatory Covid-19 vaccination [ZimLive] 2021-09-16

USA Labor Unions Divided Over Vaccine Mandate [WNYC] 2021-09-15

UK Chancellor must stop universal credit cut and extend furlough [TUC] 2021-09-14

UK Teachers in difficult position over teenage Covid jab rollout, say unions [Guardian] 2021-09-14

USA Analyzing workers' compensation liability for COVID-19 infections [Reuters] 2021-09-14

South Africa Covid-19: Take vaccines to school children aged 12 and older - unions [News24] 2021-09-14

UK 'A tale of two pandemics' - TUC calls for urgent economic reset to tackle huge Covid class divide [TUC] 2021-09-09

UK COVID conspiracy posters on rail and Tube [RMT] 2021-09-09

UK Unions write to health secretary over job losses [PCS] 2021-09-08

USA Each COVID-19 surge poses a risk for healthcare workers: PTSD [Reuters] 2021-09-05

USA Tyson Foods Strikes Deal With Unions on Covid-19 Vaccines, Sick Pay [WSJrnl] 2021-09-04

UK Ministers must end jab compulsion to prevent care home catastrophe [UNISON] 2021-09-04

South Africa Cosatu against vaccine ID system for control of access to buildings [SABC] 2021-09-02

South Africa 73 Harmony miners dead due to #Covid19 complications [OFM] 2021-09-01

USA / Texas Verbal and physical attacks on health workers surge as emotions boil during latest COVID-19 wave [TX Tribune] 2021-09-01

South Africa / Free State Sama branch members show their support for Covid-19 prevention drive [News24] 2021-09-01

USA / Connecticut Group of Hartford healthcare workers protest vaccine requirement [WFSB] 2021-08-29

USA Child-Care Workers Might Not Come Back [Atlantic] 2021-08-29

UK Supermarkets must take responsibility for HGV and food labour shortages [Unite the union] 2021-08-28

USA NFL, NFLPA begin negotiations over NFL's demand for a COVID vaccine mandate [Washington Post] 2021-08-27

UK Returning to Offices [PCS] 2021-08-27

USA Randi Weingarten leads a union of 1.7 million educators, and the right is not happy with her [New York Times] 2021-08-26

USA / New York Met Opera reaches deal with orchestra on COVID, paving way for reopening [New York Times] 2021-08-25

South Africa Doctors throw weight behind vaccination [News24] 2021-08-25

USA Fast-food worker wages rose 10% as restaurants struggle to hire and retain workers, report says [USAToday] 2021-08-24

USA / Wisconsin Colectivo Coffee workers vote to unionize [WMTV] 2021-08-24

USA These Older Workers Hadn't Planned To Retire So Soon. The Pandemic Sped Things Up [NPR] 2021-08-24

USA / Colorado Health care workers hit the streets to protest vaccine mandate [NBC] 2021-08-24

USA Google's Salary Cuts for Remote Workers Renew Location-Based Pay Debate [SHRM] 2021-08-19

USA / Washington Gov Inslee brings back statewide mask order and mandates vaccines for school workers [Seattle Times] 2021-08-19

USA / Tennessee TN healthcare workers respond to Governor Lee's anti-mask executive order [NBC] 2021-08-19

USA cPresident Biden says nursing homes must vaccinate workers against COVID-19 [USAToday] 2021-08-19

USA 'We're suffering right now': Flight attendants on the horror of flying during COVID-19 [SFGate] 2021-08-18

USA Labor unions are split on vaccine mandates [Wash Post] 2021-08-17

USA / Oklahoma Oklahoma City Public Charter School Plans to Defy Mask Ban [USNews] 2021-08-16

USA / Pennsylvania Giant shorted more than 3K workers out of $165K in overtime pay, feds say [Penn Live] 2021-08-16

USA America's failure to pay workers time off undermines vaccine campaign, according to surveys [Wash Post] 2021-08-16

Vietnam Workers try to flee Vietnam's biggest city as coronavirus crisis worsens [Reuters] 2021-08-16

USA / Indiana Weingarten To Indiana: Mask Up To Keep Kids In School [WFYI] 2021-08-16

USA / District of Columbia D.C. Mayor Orders City Workers, Teachers to Get Vaccinated or Undergo Testing [Daily Beast] 2021-08-15

USA / Pennsylvania Workers fired for refusing to get COVID vaccine could get UC benefits [New Castle News] 2021-08-14

USA / Hawaii Gov. David Ige announces vaccine mandate for state and county workers [Star Advertiser] For more info 2021-08-14

USA / Georgia GA Health Care Workers Sound Alarm Amid COVID Surge [USNews] 2021-08-14

USA / Florida Elections supervisor imposes vaccine mandate for all poll workers in Broward special congressional election [Sun-Sentinel] 2021-08-14

USA / Rhode Island RI focuses on health workers in fight against delta variant [Westerly Sun] 2021-08-12

USA / Arkansas AR health care workers overwhelmed by Covid resurgence [NBC] For more info 2021-08-12

USA / Wisconsin Some health care workers plan to protest vaccine mandates in Green Bay [WBAY] 2021-08-11

USA Biden to Urge Businesses to Require Covid-19 Vaccine for Workers [WSJrnl] 2021-08-11

USA After Months of Avoiding the Vaccine Issue, Companies Begin to Mandate [NYTimes] 2021-08-06

USA / Oregon Protecting Essential Workers During the Pandemic: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center [NACHC] 2021-08-06

UK Main rail union to fight jobs cull across the industry [RMT] 2021-08-06

UK Unite condemns extension of lorry driving hours being relaxed [Unite the union] 2021-08-06

USA Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Policy For Federal Workers Raises Questions [NPR] 2021-08-06

South Africa Teacher unions say they were 'not consulted about proposed reduced social distance of 0.5m' [News24] 2021-08-04

UK Health organisations stand together against abuse [RCM] 2021-08-04

UK More than 650,000 jobs likely to still need furlough when scheme ends in September [ntia] 2021-08-02

UK Don't end furlough, adapt it to avoid a bleak autumn and provide longer-term support for workers [Unite the union] 2021-07-31

South Africa Sadtu concerned about school dropouts rate amid COVID-19 pandemic [SABC] 2021-07-31

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Statement of SADTU on reopening of schools [SADTU] 2021-07-30

USA / California Bay Area Workers are Moving Back and so are Higher Rents [Planetizen] 2021-07-28

USA / New York New Vaccine Rules for Workers? Unions Voice Exasperation [NYTimes] 2021-07-28

South Africa / North West Poultry factory employees accuse employer of flouting COVID-19 regulations [SABC] 2021-07-28

USA Mandating Vaccines For Health Care Workers Is Critical To Pandemic's End [NPR] 2021-07-27

USA / Mexico Mexican Workers on Border Get Vaccines to Aid Them, and the U.S. Economy [NYTimes] 2021-07-27

USA Medical groups call for mandatory vaccination of U.S. health care workers [NYTimes] 2021-07-26

UK Doctors in Unite holds protest in London tomorrow over lack of enhanced PPE for health and social care staff [Unite the union] 2021-07-26

USA Disabled workers fear COVID-19 silver lining to fade as 'old normal' returns [Reuters] 2021-07-26

USA / New York New York will require city workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly by mid-September [NYTimes] 2021-07-26

South Africa / North West Health Department refutes Denosa allegations [OFM] 2021-07-25

South Africa / North West Nursing students allegedly forced to administer vaccines [OFM] 2021-07-25

South Africa Members ready to go back to classrooms: SADTU [SABC] 2021-07-25

USA / Washington Hundreds of area hospital workers unvaccinated [Peninsula Daily News] 2021-07-25

UK Specialist transport union RMT on staff isolation exemptions [RMT] 2021-07-23

South Africa / Eastern Cape Staff, PPE shortages at Kariega hospital where patients admitted at night are left unattended - Nehawu [News24] 2021-07-21

UK Isolation changes must happen with boosted safety measures, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-07-20

UK Extend furlough and work with us on working protections [Unite the union] 2021-07-19

USA / Minnesota Next job for Minnesota lawmakers: Spend $250 million on front-line worker aid [StarTribune] 2021-07-19

UK RMT warning of total chaos on eve of 'Freedom Day' [RMT] 2021-07-18

UK New law in England must resolve nursing workforce shortages that compromise patient safety [RCN] 2021-07-17

UK RMT warns of further surge in self isolation from Monday [RMT] 2021-07-17

UK UNISON praises police decision to retain COVID protections [UNISON] 2021-07-15

South Africa FEDUSA welcomes lockdown relief for workers and stressed sectors [Polity] 2021-07-14

UK Mask wearing should be compulsory in NHS settings as Covid infection rates soar [Unite the union] 2021-07-13

UK Unite raises Amazon's pandemic profiteering with the Competition and Markets Authority [Unite the union] 2021-07-13

UK Blog: Wilfully sowing the seeds of masked confusion [Unite the union] 2021-07-13

UK RMT warns of 'fatal folly' of removing transport Covid protections [RMT] 2021-07-12

UK PCS condemns end of Covid restrictions and sets out safety demands [PCS] 2021-07-11

South Africa Police unions raise concerns regarding limited COVID-19 vaccines [SABC] 2021-07-10

South Africa Sadtu decries failure to reach targets of vaccinating teachers [SABC] 2021-07-08

UK UK employers struggle with worst labour shortage since 1997 [Guardian] 2021-07-08

South Africa About 90% of private school staff vaccinated as unions urge teachers to be 'vaccine ambassadors' [News24] 2021-07-08

USA Bullying, Threats Are Concerns For Some Healthcare Workers [Tulsa Public Radio] 2021-07-06

South Africa Teacher unions urge all members to get the jab [SowetanLIVE] 2021-07-06

UK Johnson 'gung ho gambling' over lifting covid restrictions [TSSA] 2021-07-06

UK TUC calls for right to work flexibly to be extended as people urged to return to the office [TUC] 2021-07-05

UK Living with Covid without furlough or sick pay `utterly irresponsible' and will cost jobs [Unite the union] 2021-07-05

South Africa Popcru announces drive to vaccinate police officers [SowetanLIVE] 2021-07-04

South Africa Covid-19: Sadtu calls for vaccination of teachers to be extended to other education sectors [News24] 2021-07-02

UK Ending furlough scheme too early could damage recovery, say trade unions [Guardian] 2021-07-02

South Africa Doctors show signs of emotional fatigue: SAMA [SABC] 2021-06-30

South Africa / North West Cosatu, Saftu welcome new measures to curb COVID-19 spread [SABC] 2021-06-29

South Africa COSATU calls for some relief for businesses affected by new lockdown restrictions [SABC] 2021-06-28

USA / Kentucky McConnell: Beshear should end $300 weekly unemployment checks [WHAS] 2021-06-28

USA / Kentucky Ky. OSHA complaints rose 45% in 2020, partly due to pandemic; issues are likely to linger as workplaces try to get back to normal [Times Tribune] 2021-06-28

USA I Taught Online School This Year. It Was a Disgrace [NYTimes] 2021-06-27

South Africa Teacher vaccinations: Unions satisfied, continue to monitor process [News24] 2021-06-25

South Africa Vaccination programme poorly planned and implemented: Denosa [SABC] 2021-06-24

UK Failure to support low paid and vulnerable to isolate 'act of gross negligence' [Unite the union] 2021-06-24

UK NHS nurse sacked over weekend working wins landmark ruling [The Guardian] 2021-06-24

South Africa Sadtu concerned but satisfied with teacher vaccination rollout [SABC] 2021-06-24

UK TUC calls for long Covid to be recognised as a disability [NUJ] 2021-06-23

Global ILO conference adopts strong pandemic call to action [Scoop World] 2021-06-23

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Sadtu wants more information on coronavirus vaccination sites for educators [SABC] 2021-06-22

USA One-quarter of workers still plan to seek new job after pandemic [SIA] 2021-06-22

South Africa SAOU urges teachers to take J&J vaccine [SABC] 2021-06-21

UK International solidarity is key to opposing authoritarian regimes [UNISON] 2021-06-19

UK New research reveals 'emerging class divide' in who gets flexible working - TUC [TUC] 2021-06-18

South Africa Denosa disappointed with government's response to third wave [SABC] 2021-06-16

UK Inflation rise should not derail government action to protect working people - TUC [TUC] 2021-06-16

USA cTo Fill Millions of Open Jobs, Many Workers Need More Than Skills [NYTimes] 2021-06-15

UK Ministers must extend furlough in line with restrictions, says TUC [TUC] 2021-06-15

South Africa / Free State Sadtu welcomes move to vaccinate teachers [SABC] 2021-06-14

USA / New York Wage Theft Got Worse During Covid. A Stalled Bill Could Give Workers Leverage To Fight Back [NY Focus] 2021-06-11

USA / Pennsylvania Childcare workers are hard to find [WAGM] 2021-06-11

USA / New Hampshire Bull Moose rehires laid-off workers and issues apology [Press Herald] 2021-06-11

USA The gap between workers and C.E.O.s widened during the pandemic as public companies granted top executives some of the richest pay packages ever [NYTimes] 2021-06-11

USA OSHA finally issues a COVID workplace rule, but only for healthcare [New York Times] 2021-06-11

UK DVLA strike: new Covid cases reported on site as post backlog grows [PCS] 2021-06-11

South Africa Naptosa plans for COVID-19 vaccine rollout despite postponement [SABC] 2021-06-09

USA / California Why Oxnard is sending grocery workers $1,000 checks [Wash Post] 2021-06-08

UK DVLA action: senior managers observe pickets in 30 minute shifts [PCS] 2021-06-08

USA Amazon defends failure to pay workers for COVID screening time [Seattle Times] 2021-06-05

UK Nearly one in three disabled workers surveyed treated unfairly at work during the pandemic [TUC] 2021-06-05

South Africa / Northern Cape Sadtu likens failure to close schools with COVID-19 cases to attempted murder [SABC] 2021-06-04

Cambodia Survey: Cambodian Workers Struggle to Survive in COVID-19 [Solidarity Center] For more info 2021-06-02

USA For Many Workers, Change in Mask Policy Is a Nightmare [NYTimes] 2021-06-02

UK Jobcentre staff pushed into returning to work [PCS] 2021-06-01

South Africa Before sending children back to school the third wave needs to be observed: Sadtu [SABC] 2021-06-01

South Africa Unions plead for teachers to be vaccinated ahead of daily classes for primary school pupils [News24] 2021-05-30

USA Employers Can (Mostly) Require Vaccines For Workers Returning To The Office [NPR] 2021-05-29

USA / New York Why Are So Many of My Fellow Health Workers Unvaccinated? [NYTimes] 2021-05-28

Mexico Doctors protest as vaccines denied to frontline health workers [Guardian] 2021-05-28

USA / New York Essential New York Workers Honor Colleagues Killed by Covid-19 [NYTimes] 2021-05-21

South Africa Cosatu not happy with government's slow Covid-19 vaccination rollout [TimesLIVE] 2021-05-21

South Africa Denosa concerned about nurses being warned not to disclose vaccine side effects [SABC] 2021-05-21

UK Significant concessions achieved in dispute over court safety [PCS] 2021-05-19

Ireland Businesses forcing workers to take unpaid leave for vaccine appointments [Newstalk] 2021-05-19

UK No need for return to offices [PCS] 2021-05-18

South Africa Union questions 'slow start' to phase two of Covid-19 vaccine rollout [TimesLIVE] 2021-05-18

UK RMT calls for zero tolerance of any breach of transport Covid safety measures [RMT] 2021-05-17

UK Mass return to work in jobcentres to be imposed from 17 May [PCS] 2021-05-16

UK Public warned of Covid complacency as restaurants and pubs prepare for indoor service from Monday [Unite the union] 2021-05-15

UK Public warned of Covid complacency as restaurants and pubs prepare for indoor service from Monday [Unite the union] 2021-05-15

South Africa Nursing unions worried about vaccine rollout: 'It is going to be a mess' [News24] 2021-05-14

Africa Africa's Domestic Workers Demand Urgent Reform in Pandemic Crisis [Solidarity Center] For more info 2021-05-12

UK Compulsory vaccinations for care staff are the wrong approach [UNISON] 2021-05-12

UK XPO boss accused of receiving multi million pound bonus while receiving millions of UK furlough cash [Unite the union] 2021-05-10

UK Members share their worries about jobcentre safety [PCS] 2021-05-10

USA U.S. Department of Labor Launches the Essential Workers, Essential Protections Initiative During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Sullivan & Cromwell] 2021-05-08

USA / Pennsylvania Proposed legislation would provide airport workers with health benefits [Philadelphia Tribune] 2021-05-07

USA Tech service workers are essential. They want to be treated like it [Protocol] 2021-05-07

UK TSSA Welcomes Inquest Into Belly Mujinga's Death [TSSA] 2021-05-07

UK Unions and MPs join forces to call for fire and rehire ban as pressure builds on government to take action [Unite the union] 2021-05-06

Global BWI Song of Solidarity for May Day [BWI] 2021-05-06

UK Ministers told to buttress European holiday hopes for aviation industry with certainty and support [Unite the union] 2021-05-05

UK Support PCS members striking for Covid safety at DVLA at Facebook live rally 7 May [PCS] 2021-05-05

UK Government Clarity Needed Over Summer Travel [TSSA] 2021-05-04

Sri Lanka Nurses yet to receive COVID-19 vaccines, union claims [News1st] 2021-05-04

South Africa COSATU concerned about impact of potential COVID-19 third wave on rural communities [SABC] 2021-05-04

South Africa Covid-19 vaccine rollout puts tourism on cusp of collapse: COSATU [Power98.7FM] 2021-05-03

South Africa Doctors complain about vaccination payment [City Press] 2021-05-02

UK DVLA members set to walk out again over Covid safety fears [PCS] 2021-04-30

USA Unions, production companies begin talks to extend, revamp COVID production rules [New York Times] 2021-04-29

UK Wales TUC calls for tougher enforcement of Covid workplace safety rules [Wales TUC] 2021-04-28

UK TUC calls for immediate public inquiry into Covid deaths [The Guardian] 2021-04-28

UK UK government must share vaccine intellectual property rights to prevent thousands of deaths [UNISON] 2021-04-27

UK Len McCluskey and Unite families to 'walk the wall' as union backs call for Covid public inquiry [Unite the union] 2021-04-27

USA / New York NYS Announces $26.6 Million for Grants to Support Essential Workers [NYS PEF] 2021-04-24

UK / Ireland / Northern Ireland Extended workplace Covid testing regime [Pinsent Masons] 2021-04-23

UK TUC sounds alarm over 'stark' Covid mortality rates in insecure jobs [TUC] 2021-04-16

UK Government must do more to persuade care staff to have the jab [UNISON] 2021-04-16

UK Workers in insecure jobs twice as likely to die of Covid, TUC research finds [The Guardian] 2021-04-16

USA / Texas State Senate revives push to block cities' paid sick leave ordinances [San Antonio Current] 2021-04-15

UK Compulsory vaccinations for care home staff must be thought through carefully [Unite the union] 2021-04-14

UK Persuasion not coercion must be the key to drive vaccine take-up, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-04-14

Africa Health workers left without Covid jabs as paltry supplies dwindle [The Guardian] 2021-04-14

UK GDP: Sectors with greatest ground to make up need more targeted support [TUC] 2021-04-13

USA / Wisconsin COVID-19 cases in health care workers rising [WMTV] 2021-04-13

USA Walmart's grocery workers died feeding the nation. Now, their families are left to pick up the pieces [NBC] 2021-04-13

UK TUC urges shoppers: ask about ventilation to keep shop workers safe [TUC] 2021-04-12

South Africa Nehawu calls for speeding up of vaccine delivery [SABC] 2021-04-10

UK Over 1,400 walk out on first day of strike over Covid safety at DVLA [PCS] 2021-04-08

UK Decision to keep face coverings is the right move, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-04-07

Ireland SIPTU representatives demand vaccine parity and rapid testing for Early Years educators [SIPTU] 2021-04-07

UK TSSA frustrated at lack of travel trade support [TSSA] 2021-04-06

UK Scotrail conductors standing firm and united on second day of strike action [Guardian] 2021-04-04

UK DVLA continues to suppress Deloitte home working report [PCS] 2021-04-02

USA / South Carolina S.C. worker uses 3D printing to make face shields for healthcare workers [WRDW] 2021-03-31

USA Remote Work Is Leading To More Gender And Racial Harassment, Say Tech Workers [NPR] 2021-03-31

USA / Mississippi As Mask Mandates Lift, Retail Workers Again Feel Vulnerable [NYTimes] 2021-03-31

South Africa / Eastern Cape Provincial govt finds R400m to extend contracts of 8 000 temporary health workers [News24] 2021-03-31

UK Show support for NHS pay rise with posters in windows, say health unions [Unite the union] 2021-03-26

UK NHS workers need sensitive support to cope with Covid mental health challenges [Unite the union] 2021-03-25

South Africa Law does not allow firing of worker who flouts Covid-19 regulations: department [TimesLIVE] 2021-03-24

USA What Is Amazon Doing to Our Country? Winning and Losing in One-Click America [NYTimes] 2021-03-24

Thailand Podcast: Winning Rights for Migrant Workers in COVID-19 [Solidarity Center] For more info 2021-03-24

UK Threats to media at weekend demonstration condemned [NUJ] 2021-03-22

USA / Washington Judge OKs $4-an-hour pay boost for Seattle grocery workers [Oregon Live] 2021-03-19

USA / Illinois Chicago: Dozens of Trump Tower workers vaccinated ahead of schedule [ABC] 2021-03-19

USA / Illinois Labor board reportedly sides with Amazon workers who protested COVID-19 safety policies [Verge] 2021-03-19

UK More must be done to protect care homes from infection spread [UNISON] 2021-03-17

USA Fewer than half of states are giving vaccine access to U.S. Postal Service workers [NYTimes] 2021-03-14

USA 'China Virus': Anti-Asian Racism Against Caregivers and Medical Workers [KCBS] 2021-03-14

UK Rail Covid Profits 'A Total Scandal' Blasts TSSA [TSSA] 2021-03-11

UK NHS Staff are pushed to brink and fed up with unfair pay [UNISON] 2021-03-11

UK Slow hand clap the government over derisory key worker pay [PCS] 2021-03-11

UK Public money has been frittered away but NHS pay is a vital investment [UNISON] 2021-03-09

South Africa / Mpumalanga Nehawu wants more Covid-19 vaccine doses for healthcare workers [News24] 2021-03-09

UK Aviation sector unions and businesses publish joint call for survival support [TUC] 2021-03-08

UK TUC and Heathrow call on Sunak for 'survival support' for UK aviation [Guardian] 2021-03-08

UK TUC: 1% an insult to NHS workers [TUC] 2021-03-08

USA Unemployed workers are hit with another shock: Many owe the government money for health insurance [Wash Post] 2021-03-06

USA / Texas Without mask requirements, essential workers in Texas and Mississippi say they feel more vulnerable than ever [Wash Post] 2021-03-06

USA Once categorized as 'essential,' grocery workers say they now feel 'expendable' [NBC] 2021-03-06

USA People with disabilities are disproportionately employed in industries that have suffered in the pandemic [NYTimes] 2021-03-06

South Africa Nehawu monitors Covid-19 regulation compliance [The Rep] 2021-03-06

UK RCN to set up industrial action fund [RCN] 2021-03-05

South Africa Military union demands army health workers be added to vaccination programme [TimesLIVE] 2021-03-05

UK Chancellor has ignored public service workers, says UNISON [UNISON] 2021-03-04

South Africa Football is not a super-spreader - SAFPU President calls for fans return [Soccer Laduma] 2021-03-04

UK Furlough extension must last as long as needed to secure the recovery [TUC] 2021-03-03

Bangladesh / Middle East Death in destination countries [The Daily Star] 2021-03-03

South Africa NEHAWU Statement on government's decision to move country to alert level 1 [Polity] 2021-03-02

UK Key Workers supported by TUC meet with Conservative Members of Parliament [TUC] 2021-03-01

UK RMT research reveals COVID corporate cash grab scandal [RMT] 2021-03-01

South Africa SACTWU adopts 10-point prgram in Covid-19 vaccine rollout promotion campaign [Polity] 2021-02-24

UK Now is not the time to turn our backs on equality, warns TUC [TUC] 2021-02-23

UK RMT issues new warning of a cocktail of dangers for bus driver safety [RMT] 2021-02-23

UK Cautious approach is the right one and must apply to schools [UNISON] 2021-02-23

UK Teachers fear mass Covid testing of pupils in UK schools will be a 'nightmare' [Guardian] 2021-02-21

South Africa Health care workers enthusiastic about Johnson & Johnson vaccine: Denosa [SABC] 2021-02-21

USA / New York Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing' [NPR] 2021-02-20

South Africa / Eastern Cape Nurses happy with vaccinations, says Denosa [SABC] 2021-02-20

UK Severe COVID risk - RMT demands suspension of on-train ticketing duties [RMT] 2021-02-18

South Africa Covid-19 vaccine: Don't forget rural healthcare workers, says Denosa [News24] 2021-02-18

South Africa Health sector unions pleased with rollout of Covid-19 vaccination [Power98.7FM] 2021-02-17

Global UNI joins call for vaccinations for all; suspension of WTO rule restricting COVID treatment access for millions [UNI Global Union] 2021-02-17

UK Women on frontline feeling pressures at work and home during pandemic [UNISON] 2021-02-17

UK With inflation low Chancellor must stimulate economy at budget, says TUC [TUC] 2021-02-17

UK Boost to self-isolation payment is 'Too little too late' [TUC] 2021-02-15

UK TSSA Blasts SNP for 'waiting to follow the Tories' lead' over managed quarantine [TSSA] 2021-02-15

UK Vaccination - RMT calls for escalation of priority and protection for transport workers [RMT] 2021-02-15

UK Long-awaited quarantine hotels have failed at first hurdle, say unions [Guardian] 2021-02-15

UK EHRC urged to investigate ministers for 'equality failures' in Covid response [The Guardian] 2021-02-15

South Africa Not all schools are ready to open on Monday, says teacher union Naptosa [TimesLIVE] 2021-02-15

USA Union Says Meatpacking Workers Should Be Vaccinated Sooner [USNews] 2021-02-13

South Africa / Limpopo Unions concerned about readiness of schools to reopen [SABC] 2021-02-13

USA / California Burlingame nursing home workers strike [Daily Jrnl] 2021-02-12

USA / New York Bureaucracy, Limited Supplies, Doubts Keep New York Healthcare Workers From Getting Covid-19 Vaccines [WSJrnl] 2021-02-12

South Africa Sighs of relief as Cyril Ramaphosa says R350 and Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme grants will be extended [SowetanLIVE] 2021-02-12

UK Vaccine booking system now open to frontline care workers [UNISON] 2021-02-12

UK Stop making people go into work, says TUC [Guardian] 2021-02-12

UK Extend furlough to protect jobs for a fast recovery, says TUC [TUC] 2021-02-12

UK RMT warns government travel confusion increases threat to Eurostar [RMT] 2021-02-11

UK Care workers were forced make their own safety kit, buy it themselves or go without [UNISON] 2021-02-10

South Africa Healthcare workers express mixed reaction over halting of COVID-19 vaccine [SABC] 2021-02-09

South Africa Nursing union welcomes decision to temporarily halt AstraZeneca vaccine rollout [News24] 2021-02-09

South Africa NEHAWU on update on vaccination programme [Polity] 2021-02-09

USA / Illinois Chicago Federation of Teachers tentatively agrees to return to classrooms [New York Times] 2021-02-08

USA AFT leader Randi Weingarten proposes plan for getting teachers back in school without vaccinations [New York Times] 2021-02-08

France Must immigrants sacrifice themselves to COVID-19 for basic rights? [Opendemocracy] 2021-02-08

South Africa Nurses' union: 'SIU probes make it clear healthcare workers never the priority to protect' [News24] 2021-02-08

USA / Florida 'I lost everything': laid-off workers battle Florida's chaotic benefit system [Guardian] 2021-02-07

USA / California Latino workers, groups blast California officials over Covid-19 vaccine rollout changes [NBC] 2021-02-07

USA / Pennsylvania PA AFL-CIO Stands With the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers [Prittle Prattle] 2021-02-07

USA Reason #9734 For More Stimulus: Heading Off Long-Term Unemployment [Wonkette] 2021-02-06

USA / District of Columbia Almost 1,600 Postal Workers in DC Region Tested Positive for COVID-19; 7 Have Died [NBC] 2021-02-06

South Africa PPE corruption shows health workers were never a priority, says nursing union [SowetanLIVE] 2021-02-06

USA MLB, Players' Union consult with CDC on pandemic [Washington Post] 2021-02-05

UK / Scotland Lennon Hits Out at CalMac over Fuel Waste and Pay 'Injustice' [TSSA] 2021-02-05

UK Government must step in to prevent vaccine strong-arm tactics towards care staff [UNISON] 2021-02-05

South Africa 'In a queue to die': Nurses work in fear and exhaustion [News24] 2021-02-05

Zimbabwe ZCTU slams govt for poor Covid-19 social support [New Zimbabwe] 2021-02-05

South Africa / Eastern Cape Provincial government apologises for 'confusion' over jobs of 625 nurses, promises to hire them [News24] 2021-02-05

South Africa / Northern Cape Overworked doctors strike for more staff at hospital [TimesLIVE] 2021-02-04

South Africa Province makes provision to hire doctors, nurses as COVID-19 cases rise [SABC] 2021-02-04

South Africa Health sector likely to encounter issues administering COVID-19 vaccines: SAMA [SABC] 2021-02-04

South Africa Health workers not given clarity on administering COVID-19 vaccine jab: Denosa [SABC] 2021-02-04

Bangladesh 'Back empty-handed': Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty [The Guardian] 2021-02-04

South Africa / Mpumalanga Nehawu to keep close eye on COVID-19 vaccination roll-out [SABC] 2021-02-03

UK Huge demand for self-isolation support sees councils facing big funding shortfall, TUC study reveals [TUC] 2021-02-03

UK Extend furlough or risk mass unemployment, industry and unions warn Sunak [The Guardian] 2021-02-03

South Africa NEHAWU on the easing of lockdown regulations [Polity] 2021-02-03

South Africa Back to work for teachers but fears linger: 'Don't rush to open schools, give us more support' [News24] 2021-02-02

South Africa NEHAWU mourns passing of comrade Thozama Mantashe [Polity] 2021-02-01

South Africa Basic Education Dept must allay fears as teachers return to school: sadtu [Power98.7FM] 2021-02-01

USA / Virginia Virginia board adopts final pandemic-long COVID workplace rules: First in U.S. [Pilot] 2021-02-01

USA Vaccine Hesitancy Among Long-Term Care Facility Workers [NPR] 2021-02-01

USA / New York Union leaders push for jail time for spitting on MTA workers [NYDaily News] 2021-02-01

UK Blog: The moral case for vaccine access [UNISON] 2021-02-01

UK UNISON raises COVID-19 concerns for members at army college [UNISON] 2021-01-31

UK 'Police officers put themselves and their families at risk and deserve to be paid fairly' [polfed] 2021-01-31

UK Covid-19 workplace exposure questionnaire [PCS] 2021-01-31

USA / New York Local EMS workers deal with stress that comes with uptick in COVID cases [Press-Republican] 2021-01-30

UK PCS sets out demands to DVLA and DfT at crunch talks [PCS] 2021-01-30

South Africa Virus hits provinces' school staff hard [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-30

Zimbabwe ZCTU calls on govt to offer companies Covid-19 stimulus packages [New Zimbabwe] 2021-01-29

UK RMT bus worker survey reveals 'wild west approach' to enforcing Covid-19 safety [RMT] 2021-01-29

USA Healthcare unions find a voice in the pandemic [New York Times] 2021-01-29

UK One in three officers faced virus being used as a weapon [polfed] 2021-01-28

USA / Oregon Oregon Health Care Workers Vaccinate Stranded Motorists [NPR] 2021-01-28

USA / Virginia Virginia makes its COVID-19 workplace safety regulations permanent [VA Mercury] 2021-01-28

UK Government must use the time schools are closed to make them safer [UNISON] 2021-01-28

UK PCS slam 'misleading' comments from Julie Lennard in Transport Select Committee [PCS] 2021-01-28

USA / Illinois Chicago Public Schools suspends in-person learning as possible teachers strike looms [SFGate] 2021-01-27

UK Ending Global Travel Taskforce - Beyond A Joke Says Cortes [TSSA] 2021-01-27

UK Extend job retention support to end of year before unemployment surges, says TUC [TUC] 2021-01-26

UK RMT Government call over Tyne and Wear Metro [RMT] 2021-01-26

UK Hays Travel shop closures 'sad but inevitable' says TSSA [TSSA] 2021-01-26

UK Covid occupational deaths expose 'huge inequalities' in labour market [TUC] 2021-01-26

UK Calls for key workers to be vaccination priority after ONS Covid figures [Guardian] 2021-01-26

UK UNISON demands higher human rights standards in PPE [UNISON] 2021-01-26

USA / District of Columbia DC Child Care Workers Ask Officials Not to Push Back Their COVID-19 Vaccinations [NBC] 2021-01-25

USA / Massachusetts On the front lines: Lawmakers push for funeral home workers to be vaccinated sooner [Salem News] 2021-01-25

UK COVID-19 deaths and illness - RMT warns 'complacent and callous' approach [RMT] 2021-01-25

Ireland Teachers to seek 'assurances' on safety of schools before any return to classrooms [The Journal] 2021-01-24

USA / Ohio AFGE and veterans protest closure of acute care facilities at Veterans Affairs Met Ctr [FOX] 2021-01-24

South Africa / Eastern Cape Concerns amid rising Covid-19 cases at St Albans prison [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-24

USA President Issues Executive Order on Increased Worker Safety During Pandemic [SHRM] 2021-01-24

USA Biden Asks OSHA to Consider COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rules [PEW] 2021-01-23

USA / California Rise in assaults on Santa Clara County medical workers amid pandemic [KCBS] 2021-01-23

USA United Airlines Looks to Require Employees to Get Covid-19 Vaccines [WSJ] 2021-01-23

USA / Iowa Unions file OSHA complaint over lack of mask mandate at Iowa State Capitol [We are IA] 2021-01-23

USA / New Mexico Union promotes vaccine as some New Mexico health workers decline shots [Santa Fe New Mexican] 2021-01-23

UK UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures [UNISON] 2021-01-23

UK Only move maternity staff as last resort, Royal Colleges urge hospital CEOs [RCM] 2021-01-23

USA / Iowa Unions file OSHA complaint over lack of mask mandate at Iowa State Capitol [WQAD] 2021-01-23

UK Minsters must wake up to the Covid threat in nurseries [UNISON] 2021-01-22

UK https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/22/low-paid-workers-in-uk-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-lose-job-in-pandemic?utm_term=77833cbda5d3aa49384917a1fb7b2466&utm_campaign=BusinessToday&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bustoday_email [The Guardian] 2021-01-22

UK 'Despicable in a pandemic': fury as 10 UK universities plan job cuts [Guardian] 2021-01-22

South Africa / Northern Cape 'Health institutions need more nurses' [OFM] 2021-01-22

Ireland HSA report 50pc of employers have breached Covid rules since May [Newstalk] 2021-01-21

USA COVID-19 Outbreak Lingers At Pekin Prison; ACLU Monitoring Prison Facilities [WCBU] 2021-01-21

South Africa / Free State Qualified nurses remain unemployed during #Coronavirus pandemic [OFM] 2021-01-21

South Africa / Mpumalanga Health workers depleted and unprotected [New Frame] 2021-01-20

UK DfE stats reveal high level of COVID infections among school staff [UNISON] 2021-01-20

UK TSSA Demands Government Action To Save Eurostar [TSSA] 2021-01-20

UK NUJ disappointed by suspension of travel exemptions for journalists [NUJ] 2021-01-19

UK Ministers must deliver a long-term plan for the social care sector [UNISON] 2021-01-19

UK Pay rise immediately would reassure undervalued staff to stay in NHS [UNISON] 2021-01-18

UK PCS pressure leads to strengthening of work from home message [PCS] 2021-01-18

UK RCN urges prime minister to speed up NHS pay rise as poll shows public in favour [RCN] 2021-01-18

USA / New York Union calls for more police in transit system as assaults on workers rise despite drop in ridership [CBS] 2021-01-18

USA / Minnesota COVID sparks more job protection for workers [StarTribune] 2021-01-18

UK RMT calls for urgent action to prevent Eurostar collapse [RMT] 2021-01-17

UK 'Better Late Than Never' Says TSSA On New Travel Rules [TSSA] 2021-01-16

UK RMT pledges national fight for COVID-safe working on Britain's railways [RMT] 2021-01-16

South Africa Mining industry to support Covid-19 vaccine rollout [City Press] 2021-01-16

South Africa NEHAWU concerned about health and safety of beneficiaries and workers due to influx to Social Security Agency offices [Polity] 2021-01-16

South Africa Covid-19: Sadtu backs keeping schools closed for now, minister to brief nation today [News24] 2021-01-16

USA / South Carolina SC first responders push for COVID-19 compensation [WLTX] 2021-01-15

UK UNISON urges government to stop meter readings [UNISON] 2021-01-15

South Africa Labour unions condemn use of surgical masks for prolonged periods [SABC] 2021-01-14

South Africa 'One life lost, is one too many': Transport union saddened by the loss of members to Covid-19 [News24] 2021-01-14

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Calls for transparency in how province manages Covid-19 [New Frame] 2021-01-14

UK Minister steps up pressure on UK firms over home working [Guardian] 2021-01-14

UK TUC poll: 7 in 10 requests for furlough turned down for working mums [TUC] 2021-01-14

South Africa Teachers want to meet minister over reopening [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-13

Europe To beat the pandemic, beat poverty: good sick pay for all! [Workersliberty ] 2021-01-13

USA / Illinois Chicago school system locks out some teachers, withholds pay for not returning to in-person instruction [Washington Post] 2021-01-13

UK Lowest paid in UK have suffered the most financially in the pandemic, report finds [The Guardian] 2021-01-13

South Africa Schools could turn into Covid-19 'super-spreaders', says teachers' union [TimesLIVE] 2021-01-13

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC rejects union calls to halt matric marking after Covid-19 deaths [TimesLIVE] 2021-01-13

USA / Maine Portland Whole Foods workers oppose Chamber lawsuit seeking to halt hazard pay as approved by voters [News Ctr ME] 2021-01-12

UK Women in UK face rising online abuse from co-workers, survey says [Opendemocracy] 2021-01-12

USA / Illinois Chicago Federation of Teachers nurses say schools too unsafe to reopen; classroom teachers find few masks, poor ventilation [Washington Post] 2021-01-11

UK Thank NHS staff with proper pay rise, say RCM and health unions [RCM] 2021-01-11

UK COVID-19 - RMT demands urgent action to protect TfL workers [RMT] 2021-01-11

South Africa Teachers to submit Covid-19 safety document to Department of Basic Education for 2021 [Power98.7FM] 2021-01-10

UK Parents need more support to keep pupils at home during lockdown [NASUWT ] 2021-01-10

UK TSSA updated guidance on working through the pandemic [TSSA] 2021-01-09

Thailand Migrant workers suffer as coronavirus cases surge in Thailand [Reuters] 2021-01-09

UK RMT declares dispute on Cross Country trains over COVID varian [RMT] 2021-01-08

South Africa Cosatu boss Zingiswa Losi becomes latest ANC leader to sow doubt over Covid vaccine [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-08

South Africa FEDUSA calls for collective wisdom by NCCC to avert another hard lockdown [Polity] 2021-01-08

UK PCS calls on civil service to instruct government workers to work from home [PCS] 2021-01-06

UK National lockdown advice for members [TSSA] 2021-01-06

South Africa / Gauteng Nehawu says healthcare workers are under siege [SABC] 2021-01-06

South Africa Numsa blasts government's lax Covid-19 response [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-06

UK RMT responds to speculation over rail capacity issues in light of new lockdown measures [RMT] 2021-01-05

UK BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON [UNISON] 2021-01-05

USA From Toxic Chefs to Covid, Restaurant Workers Deserve Better [NYTimes] 2021-01-05

USA / California Some Health Care Workers Decline to Get COVID-19 Vaccine. But Why? [NBC] 2021-01-05

South Africa / Northern Cape Province makes provision to hire doctors, nurses as COVID-19 cases rise [SABC] 2021-01-05

UK RMT slams company for failing to take new variant of COVID seriousl [RMT] 2021-01-05

South Africa Minister Mkhize 'caught sleeping in the face of a deadly pandemic', says Cosatu on vaccine rollout [News24] 2021-01-05

South Africa NEHAWU statement on unveiling of vaccine rollout plan [Polity] 2021-01-05

South Africa Nehawu slams government delay on procuring Covid-19 vaccine [SowetanLIVE] 2021-01-05

UK Bosses should offer furlough to working parents affected by school closures, says TUC [TUC] 2021-01-04

South Africa Labour unions concerned as workers return to work [SABC] 2021-01-03

South Africa 'The second wave is overwhelming hospitals': Covid-19 bungling flagged [Sunday Times] 2021-01-03

UK Unions call on Labour to back NEU over schools closures [Union News] 2021-01-03

UK Teachers take legal action as chaos grips England's schools plan [Guardian] 2021-01-03

USA / California Some health care workers refusing COVID-19 vaccine [Sentinel Source] 2021-01-02

UK Union poised to advise teachers in England not to return to classrooms [Guardian] 2021-01-02

USA / New York Panel won't recommend OT changes for NY farmworkers, citing recession [Newsday] 2021-01-01

USA / New York CNY medical workers anxiously await their turn for Covid-19 vaccine [Syracuse] 2021-01-01

USA / New York NY board delays decision on making it easier for state farmworkers to get overtime pay [Syracuse] 2021-01-01

USA / New York Hospice workers frustrated over exclusion from Phase 1 of NY vaccine plan [My Twin Tiers] 2021-01-01

USA / Minnesota United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Members Secure a Better Life, Ratify First Union Contracts [UFCW] 2020-12-31

USA / New York Hospice workers frustrated over exclusion from Phase 1 of NY vaccine plan [ABC] 2020-12-31

UK Government has to make sure working parents get the support they need [TUC] 2020-12-31

South Africa Cosatu laments lack of support for affected industries during level 3 lockdown [SAFTU] 2020-12-31

South Africa Covid-19 vaccine should arrive in first quarter of 2021: Cosatu [Power98.7FM] 2020-12-31

UK Oxford vaccine approval is welcome news [UNISON] 2020-12-30

UK Reopening delay is sensible to make school mass testing work [UNISON] 2020-12-30

South Africa SAMA welcomes lockdown measures, concerned over healthworkers [The South African] 2020-12-30

USA / Iowa Managers at Tyson plant where six workers died had COVID betting pool [Oregonian] 2020-12-30

South Africa / Limpopo Public sector doctors express concern over surge of COVID-19 hospitalisations [SABC] 2020-12-29

South Africa Fine young people who are not wearing masks: SAMA [SABC] 2020-12-29

Armenia New CTUA video on Covid-19 [in Armenian] [Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia] 2020-12-29

South Africa Covid-19 spike: Healthcare unions worried that hospitals won't cope [News24] 2020-12-27

USA Vaccinated health workers must navigate another new normal: households in which not all family members are immunized [NYTimes] 2020-12-26

South Africa / North West Striking nurses at hospital return to work [SABC] 2020-12-25

UK Schools committee raises issues over English testing plans [NEU] 2020-12-24

UK DVLA contact centre closed due to Covid-19 outbreak [PCS] 2020-12-24

South Africa SAMA laments poor access to medical supplies at health facilities [SABC] 2020-12-24

USA Older workers are facing fewer job prospects and higher COVID risks [PBS] 2020-12-23

UK RMT calls for travel refunds on open-access services [RMT] 2020-12-22

USA / New York Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike [The Nation] 2020-12-22

USA / Pennsylvania Pa. workers navigate often unreliable jobless benefits [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2020-12-22

USA / Texas UT study: Politics put Texas construction workers at risk early in outbreak [Austin American-Statesman] 2020-12-22

USA / California SEIU Healthcare Workers, Kaiser Permanente Reach Agreement on 'Heroes Bonus' to Recognize Staff Efforts to Care for COVID-19 Patients [SEIU] 2020-12-22

USA / Pennsylvania Pa. vaccinates nearly 18,000 medical workers against COVID-19, nursing home vaccinations begin next week [Penn Live] 2020-12-22

USA Essential ag workers on tap for next vaccines [WI State Farmer] 2020-12-22

South Africa Denosa not surprised by Public Protector's findings into 17 public hospitals [News24] 2020-12-22

UK / Scotland Coronavirus: Glasgow Royal Mail depot hit by major outbreak as 38 staff test positive [Scottish Sun] 2020-12-22

UK Delay school return in England by two weeks over Covid, union urges [Guardian] 2020-12-22

UK Brexiteers poisoned the well of goodwill we need in current health emergency [TSSA] 2020-12-22

UK RMT calls for urgent Government support to protect Eurostar and ferry jobs [RMT] 2020-12-21

UK Key workers deserve a pay rise [TUC] 2020-12-21

UK TSSA Calls For Urgent Assistance Over Eurostar After Belgium Ban [TSSA] 2020-12-20

UK Scenes of overcrowding and chaos on rail services last night were a disgrace [RMT] 2020-12-20

UK Government Responsible For Avoidable Rail Chaos [TSSA] 2020-12-20

USA BLS: On-the-job deaths reach highest level in 12 years [Safety&Health] 2020-12-19

UK Covid: unions say mass testing of England's pupils 'undeliverable' [Guardian] 2020-12-19

USA / Illinois Warehouse And Factory Workers Make Their Case For Priority Access To The COVID-19 Vaccine [WBEZ] 2020-12-18

USA / New York NYC Council Approves Protections for Fast Food Workers [NY1] 2020-12-18

UK Nursing staff fear consequence of lifted restrictions over Christmas [RCN] 2020-12-18

UK Nursing strikes one year on: safe staffing legislation needs to happen [RCN] 2020-12-18

USA ICU Workers Are Quitting Due To Crushing Stress From COVID-19 Surge [NPR] 2020-12-17

USA Tyson Foods Fires 7 Plant Managers Over Betting Ring On Workers Getting COVID-19 [NPR] 2020-12-17

UK RMT responds to Freight statistics that show the rail freight sector still struggling [RMT] 2020-12-17

USA / Global Robert Reich: Jeff Bezos became even richer thanks to Covid-19. But he still won't protect Amazon workers [Guardian] 2020-12-17

USA / Texas 'Feels like Christmas': Austin health care workers receive first coronavirus vaccinations [Austin American-Statesman] 2020-12-16

USA / Virginia Virginia's healthcare workers start receiving vaccinations [Times Union] 2020-12-16

South Africa Nursing union threatens to sue health department over 'unsafe' KN95 masks [TimesLIVE] 2020-12-16

Canada / Ontario Southbridge Roseview is 'like a war zone,' union leader says [https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/southbridge-roseview-is-l] For more info 2020-12-15

Canada / Ontario Teachers Union Completely In The Dark On When Ontario Educators Will Get Vaccinated [Narcity] For more info 2020-12-15

South Africa / Eastern Cape Concern mounts for health workers [New Frame] 2020-12-15

UK Without more support, jobs will be lost and businesses will close [TUC] 2020-12-15

USA / California Can Employers Require Workers to Get Vaccinated? [NBC] 2020-12-14

UK / Scotland Teachers in Glasgow move to ballot after being refused permission to teach online [Union News] 2020-12-13

UK Barnoldswick workers resist lockout [Workersliberty] 2020-12-13

Canada / Ontario OMA calls for paid sick days [OMA] 2020-12-13

Global Report: E-commerce in the Covid-19 World - A challenge for workers and unions [UITA] 2020-12-12

Global Essential workers deserve human rights [UNI] 2020-12-12

USA / California Latinx Low-Income Workers Hardest Hit by SF COVID-19 Surge [UCSF] 2020-12-11

USA / New York EMS workers concerned about COVID-19 vaccine rollout in New York [WGRZ] 2020-12-11

Canada / Nova Scotia Halifax Transit union launches petition as concerns mount about passengers who refuse to wear masks [The Guardian] 2020-12-11

Canada / Ontario Union says health-care workers need to be kept safe from COVID-19 [The Whig-Standard] 2020-12-11

Canada Federal government's new bailout program for hospitality sector may benefit banks, not laid-off workers [UNITE-HERE] 2020-12-11

UK European travel ban would be 'death knell for the travel trade' warns TSSA [TSSA] 2020-12-10

Bangladesh Solidarity Center Workers' Empowerment Project in Bangladesh Pivots in COVID-19 Crisis [Solidarity Center] For more info 2020-12-10

UK Act now to prevent financial calamity at Eurostar, urges TSSA [TSSA] 2020-12-10

UK Chancellor must use power of government to drive faster growth [TUC] 2020-12-10

UK TUC: 1 in 3 BME workers have had to self-isolate during Covid-19 pandemic [TUC] 2020-12-10

UK Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on global labour rights [UNISON] 2020-12-09

Global Can internationalism survive Covid? [Opendemocracy] 2020-12-08

Australia Qantas cuts to flight crew will risk safety & service, workers warn [AWU] 2020-12-08

Canada / Manitoba Union signs agreement for significant top-ups for nurses working on COVID-19 units [UNA] 2020-12-07

South Africa Healthcare system won't survive second Covid-19 wave - NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-12-07

Canada / Ontario Pandemic sees nurses, PSWs suffering high COVID infection rate, job stress [Today] 2020-12-06

UK Police Officers - Survey reveals devastating impact of pandemic on morale [polfed] 2020-12-04

UK Royal College of Nursing responds to approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine [RCN] 2020-12-04

USA Health-care workers and nursing home residents should be the first to get coronavirus vaccines, CDC advisory group says [Wash Post] 2020-12-03

USA / Illinois Healthcare workers in Streator strike for higher wages, better working conditions [MyWebTimes] 2020-12-02

USA Amazon should do better by its workers [Times Herald-Record] 2020-12-02

Australia Freedom lost: the generation coming of age in Australia's pandemic-fuelled recession [The Guardian] 2020-12-02

Canada Fiscal update fails to support all airline workers [Unifor] 2020-12-02

UK The mishandling of Covid has created a social epidemic - widespread poverty [Guardian] 2020-12-02

UK Black Friday and Cyber Monday are placing retail and logistics workers under extraordinary pressure [TUC] 2020-12-02

Canada Fiscal update points toward future economic recovery, but workers need additional support today [Unifor] 2020-12-01

Ireland SIPTU supports decision to keep third level lectures online for rest of academic year [SIPTU] 2020-12-01

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Covid-19: 7 132 public healthcare workers infected since start of pandemic [News24] 2020-12-01

UK Intrusive technology at work on the rise during coronavirus [TUC] 2020-11-30

Global In a year of pandemic and pain, women fight back with mass protests [Opendemocracy] 2020-11-30

UK RMT calls for robust enforcement of COVID rules on buses [RMT] 2020-11-30

Spain Spain's health workers protest against health service cuts [Reuters] 2020-11-30

USA Chicago Nursing Home Strike: Union Tries To Increase Pressure Before Talks Resume [WBEZ] 2020-11-29

Canada 117 Food Banks Across Canada Receive $226,750 from the Steelworkers Humanity Fund [USW] 2020-11-29

Canada / Alberta AHS swiftly rejects UNA proposal to achieve labour peace and focus on the pandemic [UNA] 2020-11-29

Canada / British Columbia Unifor calls for additional transit security to enforce mask requirement [Unifor] 2020-11-29

USA Millions of workers poised to lose access to paid leave as virus spikes [Politico] 2020-11-29

UK RMT calls for urgent meeting with Sir Peter Hendy to discuss Christmas transport plans [RMT] 2020-11-29

USA / Washington Coronavirus cases spike among Puget Sound-area transit workers [Seattle Times] 2020-11-28

USA New York Health Care Workers Are Worried Amid Another COVID-19 Spike [NPR] 2020-11-28

USA 50,000 ShopRite workers land union deal for retroactive pay bump [NJ] 2020-11-28

USA Health Care Workers Plead With Americans To Take Pandemic More Seriously [NPR] 2020-11-28

USA / Global Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal [NYTimes] 2020-11-27

USA / New Jersey UFCW Announces COVID-19 Hazard Pay Deal for ShopRite Workers in Tri-State [NBC] 2020-11-27

Latin America Solidarity and trade union cooperation to mitigate COVID impact in the entertainment sector of the Americas [UNI Global Union] 2020-11-26

USA / Alabama Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama file to hold unionization vote [Wash Post] 2020-11-26

Australia 'No evidence' doubled JobSeeker was a disincentive to work: Academics [The Morning Herald] 2020-11-25

UK Quarantine Move Must Be First Step In Travel Sector Fight - Cortes [TSSA] 2020-11-25

UK RMT calls for urgent support for Eurostar [RMT] 2020-11-25

UK Shockingly poor government planning left health and care staff vulnerable to the virus [UNISON] 2020-11-25

USA / Alabama Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama file to hold unionization vote [Wash Post] 2020-11-24

UK / England School catering staff win in the Wirral after UNISON pressure [UNISON] 2020-11-24

UK Community testing scheme should be publicly run, says TUC [TUC] 2020-11-24

USA / Iowa Meat Plant Managers Suspended After Charges of Betting on Number of COVID Cases [WorkCompCentral] 2020-11-22

Australia / South Australia Eldercare to sack aged care workers during outbreak [UWU] 2020-11-22

New Zealand Employers must adhere to public health rules [NZCTU-Te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-11-21

New Zealand Unions call for urgent government action to ensure people are well at work [NZCTU-Te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-11-21

Canada / Ontario Front-line and low-income workers would benefit most from paid sick days, advocates say [The Star] 2020-11-21

UK RMT warns that the UK oil and gas industry is teetering on the brink [RMT] 2020-11-20

Canada / British Columbia Doctors, nurses fighting an uphill battle to care for patients [My PG] 2020-11-18

Global Hero nurses, untrustworthy domestic workers, and vilified sex workers [Opendemocracy] 2020-11-18

Canada Unifor helps bust common myths about government finances [Unifor] 2020-11-17

Italy Rolls-Royce workers strike for jobs [Workers liberty] 2020-11-16

USA / Michigan Workers at Sterling Heights assembly plant fear COVID-19 spreading again [ABC] 2020-11-14

Ghana Care Union Putting Workers Health First [UNI] 2020-11-14

UK / England Union says right to picket during lockdown secured following case involving North Yorkshire Police [The Post] 2020-11-14

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Dominion strike ended after workers ratify new contract [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-11-14

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Dominion workers in Newfoundland ratify contract [Unifor] 2020-11-14

USA How Biden could revamp worker health protections in the midst of the deadly pandemic [Wash Post] 2020-11-14

USA / Iowa Labor, civil rights groups: Iowa failed to protect workers [Times-Republican] 2020-11-13

Australia / South Australia Melbourne Airport workers kept in the dark about COVID case [UWU] 2020-11-13

Australia / Victoria Andrews Govt must bring Ambulance Victoria into line over paramedic suffering [UWU] 2020-11-13

USA / District of Columbia Teachers union, D.C. schools reach tentative deal on in-person classes [Washington Post ] 2020-11-13

Canada / Ontario OPSEU/SEFPO President offers Premier front-line help on long-term care crisis [OPSEU] 2020-11-13

UK Government must end poverty pay for care staff, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-11-13

South Africa Covid-19 must remain a top priority - NEHAWU [Politicsweb] 2020-11-12

UK PCS condemns government for contracting out Covid vaccine communications work [PCS] 2020-11-12

UK Government must urgently tackle funding problems for struggling councils, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-11-12

UK Pay rise and student support are key to increasing nursing numbers [UNISON] 2020-11-12

UK Post-Brexit lorry queues could make Kent 'toilet of England' [Guardian] 2020-11-12

Australia More than 200,000 aged care workers seek 25% pay rise in landmark Australian case [The Guardian] 2020-11-12

UK Bosses must have zero tolerance for covid, says TSSA re Manchester Piccadilly [TSSA] 2020-11-12

UK Austerity left north of England more vulnerable to Covid, report says [Guardian] 2020-11-11

UK Staff need training and support to deliver mass testing to students [UNISON] 2020-11-11

Australia Pilots point finger for lack of support at Qantas and Virgin [News.com] 2020-11-10

Australia / New South Wales Health workers challenge staff strain as Port Macquarie Base Hospital ward 1B re-opens [Port News] 2020-11-09

UK Visa rules forcing migrant NHS workers to leave UK amid Covid second wave [Guardian] 2020-11-09

UK Police reminded to respect the role of journalists as key workers [NUJ] 2020-11-09

UK Your safety at work comes first [PCS] 2020-11-09

UK Covid-19 prompts UK call for statutory paid bereavement leave [Guardian] 2020-11-09

Canada Steelworkers Humanity Fund Contributes to 46 Food Banks in Western Canada [USW] 2020-11-08

Canada / Alberta AHS enacts emergency provisions in response to COVID surge in Edmonton Zone [UNA] 2020-11-08

Australia / South Australia Aged care workers still carrying pandemic costs [UWU] 2020-11-07

South Africa SADTU condemns violation of isolation protocols during exams [Political Analysis] 2020-11-07

South Africa SADTU calls on Basic Education and Health Departments to convene urgent meeting on unilateral decision that violates isolation protocols during writing of final examinations [SADTU] 2020-11-07

UK TSSA slams 'damning' NAO Brexit preparedness report [TSSA] For more info 2020-11-06

UK TUC call for Liverpool employers to do the right thing during mass testing pilot [TUC] 2020-11-06

Canada / Ontario Budget sets an underwhelming path to economic recovery, leaves workers with questions [Unifor] 2020-11-06

Canada Unifor takes battle against Loblaw beyond N.L., where 1,400 workers are on strike [Review] 2020-11-05

UK Advice to photographers during lockdown [NUJ] 2020-11-04

UK Safety in libraries must be a priority [UNISON] 2020-11-04

South Africa Unions fume over R836,000 bonus paid to SAA Technical boss [The Times] 2020-11-04

Australia Unions push for better protections as 80% of employees say they want to keep working from home [The Guardian] 2020-11-04

UK RMT calls for guaranteed Government support for Northern transport [RMT] 2020-11-03

UK Cabinet Office must send clear work from home message [PCS] 2020-11-03

UK Nationalise Hull Trains and Grand Central To Save Jobs and Services - TSSA [TSSA] 2020-11-03

UK Making sure young people have a post-pandemic future [UNISON] 2020-11-03

Canada / Ontario SEIU Healthcare Celebrates Ontario's Commitment to Enhanced Long-Term Care Staffing Levels [SEIU] 2020-11-03

Kenya Union says COVID-19 in schools putting teachers at risk [VoA] 2020-11-03

South Africa Cosatu angered by NCCC decision to not extend COVID-19 relief fund [SABC] 2020-11-03

UK Workers in Wales need clarity on wage support [TUC Wales] 2020-11-02

Australia Hostility to insecure work spikes among hospo workers after COVID-19 [UWU] 2020-11-02

USA / Texas Construction workers had a nearly 5-fold increased risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in central Texas compared with other occupational categories [Reddit] For more info 2020-11-01

USA Amid High Unemployment Some Workers Look for New Careers [U.S. News] 2020-11-01

Canada / Alberta AHS needs to halt plan to slash staffing at Cross Cancer Institute, provide transparency: UNA president [UNA] 2020-11-01

Canada / Alberta UNA urges Alberta government to adopt federal COVID Alert app immediately [UNA] 2020-11-01

Canada / Ontario Public Health Nurses Give Their All During Pandemic Seek Fair Contract at Conciliation [ONA] 2020-11-01

UK NEU calls for schools to be closed during lockdown [Union News] 2020-11-01

UK TUC: Government should have acted sooner to protect lives and livelihoods [TUC] 2020-11-01

New Zealand Unions call for acknowledgement of essential workers on Labour Day [NZCTU-Te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-11-01

UK Wales TUC welcomes Welsh Government announcement on support for lower paid workers to self-isolate [Wales TUC] 2020-10-31

Australia 'Heartbreaking': 9,100 homeless suffer jobseeker payment suspensions amid recession [The Guardian] 2020-10-30

UK / England Government's Tier 3 money for West Yorkshire not enough to support working families, says TUC [TUC] 2020-10-30

UK Government must not reverse changes in universal credit for freelances [NUJ] 2020-10-30

UK RMT condemns disgusting Halloween nightmare jobs assault on over eighty staff [RMT] 2020-10-30

USA 9/11 workers who die of COVID-19 to be added to Nesconset wall [Newsday] 2020-10-29

USA When Government is Run By A Gilded Few, Essential Workers Pay the Price [PEER] 2020-10-29

Australia Border Force accused of breaching health and safety after staff incentivised to forgo sick leave for bonuses [The Guardian] 2020-10-28

Myanmar 'Thrown to the wolves': how Covid-19 laws are being used to silence garment workers [Guardian] 2020-10-27

Japan Less than 20% of workers telecommute despite calls to do so amid pandemic [SIA] 2020-10-27

Canada Will Canada give its foreign essential workers their rights? [Open democracy] 2020-10-27

UK NUJ statement on Sunak's latest deal for freelances [NUJ] 2020-10-26

Canada / Alberta Teachers Applaud Decision to Make Diploma Exams Optional [ATA] 2020-10-26

UK PCS demands DWP Oldham office closure after outbreak of Covid-19 [PCS] 2020-10-26

UK NEU lobbies Williamson to explore potential of secondary schools moving to a rota system [Union News] 2020-10-25

UK / Wales Firebreak: Usdaw urges customers to follow the rules and respect shopworkers [Union News] 2020-10-25

UK Teaching assistants covering twice as many lessons in the pandemic, says UNISON [Union News] 2020-10-25

Canada / Nova Scotia Job study shows COVID-19 impact on workers [Rank and File] 2020-10-25

UK Teaching assistants covering twice as many lessons in the pandemic [UNISON] 2020-10-24

USA Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations [Workplace Fairness] 2020-10-24

Korea (South) Fourteen South Korean delivery workers die because of pandemic overwork: union [Reuters] 2020-10-23

USA 'We are fighting for survival:' Black essential workers head to the ballot box [NBC] 2020-10-23

UK Employers must do all they can to reduce Covid impact on Black staff [UNISON] 2020-10-23

UK ForgottenFreelances were let down by the Treasury and HMRC [NUJ] 2020-10-23

Australia Aged care shifts go unfilled as workers despair [UWU] 2020-10-22

Australia / Western Australia Union Strength in the COVID Era [UnionsWA] 2020-10-22

USA OSHA under fire for scant oversight, negligible fines against meatpackers during COVID pandemic [NY Times] 2020-10-22

Canada / Yukon YEU, Yukon Hospital Corp. at odds over whether hospitals are understaffed [The News] 2020-10-22

UK A national care service is needed urgently to reform social care, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-10-22

USA Hispanic food processing and farm workers more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 [Today] 2020-10-22

USA / Wisconsin Colectivo Coffee hires union busters as some workers move to unionize [Restaurant Biz] 2020-10-22

USA / Nevada Will Union Workers Deliver Nevada For Biden? [The Nation] 2020-10-22

USA Older workers face higher unemployment [Weirton Daily Times] 2020-10-22

USA / Louisiana Unemployed hospitality workers plead for local help as federal relief is blocked [WLTV] 2020-10-22

USA / New Jersey $300 unemployment benefit update: Why are workers still waiting? [NJ] 2020-10-22

UK PCS demands more workplace safety measures as Covid restrictions increase [PCS] 2020-10-22

Australia 2020 was supposed to be a big year for unions. Then the pandemic hit [The Morning Herald] 2020-10-21

UK TUC calls for support for jobs in Greater Manchester ahead of new restrictions [TUC] 2020-10-21

UK Transport for London punishment 'nakedly political' says TSSA [TSSA] 2020-10-21

UK Reports that Government are threatening a total takeover of TFL [RMT] 2020-10-21

UK More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with COVID rules [UNISON] 2020-10-21

Australia / Victoria More than 400 Melbourne Centrelink call centre workers sacked [The Age] 2020-10-20

UK Deliveroo workers strike again [Workers liberty] 2020-10-19

Australia / Australian Capital Territory Canberra Airport guards stood down for Covid-19 questions [UWU] 2020-10-19

USA OSHA falls short on COVID-19, unions say [Telegraph Herald] 2020-10-18

UK No one should be profiting from test and trace failure, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-10-18

UK COVID-19 vaccine must be managed by NHS and public bodies, says UNISON [Union News] 2020-10-17

UK Unions demand Parliament returns to hybrid sitting [Union News] 2020-10-17

UK NEU calls for circuit breaker to suppress COVID-19 cases [Union News] 2020-10-17

Australia A week to champion Aussie garment makers [The Chronicle] 2020-10-17

Canada New layoffs at Air Transat [CUPE] 2020-10-17

Greece Civil servants walk off job in 24-hour strike [The Standard] 2020-10-16

Australia TWU statement re Virgin CEO exit [TWU] 2020-10-15

Canada / Prince Edward Island Unions raise concerns about safety in schools in the event of COVID-19 community spread [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-10-15

Global Covid 19: outlook for the Live Performance sector and measures needed [UNI Global Union] 2020-10-15

Australia / South Australia Essential workers tell SA Govt: We deserve job security [UWU] 2020-10-14

Australia Virgin CEO sacking reports prompt TWU to suspend industrial negotiations [TWU] 2020-10-14

Australia Workers face 'pandemic of insecurity', Chris Bowen says [The Guardian] 2020-10-14

Australia / Western Australia Covid quarantine for Western Australia's Fifo workers compared to 'house arrest' [The Guardian] 2020-10-14

Australia Union walks away from Virgin Australia talks after reports CEO is leaving [The Guardian] 2020-10-14

USA Power the Polls:Help staff your local polling place [AFL-CIO] 2020-10-12

UK Government Must Do More To Protect Workers Under New Covid Rules [TSSA] 2020-10-12

Canada / Ontario Treatment of Long-Term Care Workers a Disgrace [USW] 2020-10-11

Canada / Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews raises uncertainty in health care with belligerent attack on nurses [UNA] 2020-10-11

Australia Calls for governments to do more to help repatriate ships' crews trapped at sea by border closures and other COVID restrictions [The Herald] 2020-10-10

Canada Union renews plea for aviation industry help [RCI] 2020-10-10

UK Northumbria University moves learning online after staff threatened industrial action [UCU] 2020-10-10

UK Job Support Scheme expansion will protect jobs in lockdown areas but ministers must do more [TUC] 2020-10-09

UK Coronavirus: UK workers to get two-thirds of wages if firms told to shut [Guardian] 2020-10-09

Australia / Western Australia Cap on WA public sector pay increases to continue [The Mandarin] 2020-10-09

Canada Rapid COVID-19 test approval welcomed by aviation workers [Unifor] 2020-10-09

Australia Coalition criticised for saving nearly $1bn on job services as unemployment soars [The Guardian] 2020-10-08

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses vindicated by report slamming lack of protections [Saltwire] 2020-10-08

South Africa COSATU leads union protests over coronavirus impact [Reuters] 2020-10-08

UK UCU members to ballot for action over COVID-19 health and safety failings at Northumbria University [Union News] 2020-10-07

Australia Budget broken promise leaves aged care exposed [UWU] 2020-10-07

Global COVID-19 and the global addiction to cheap migrant labour [Covid-19] 2020-10-06

UK PFEW launch Demand, Capacity and Welfare survey [polfed] 2020-10-06

UK Deliveroo action spreads [Workers liberty] 2020-10-05

UK First 48 hour strike on SERCO Caledonian Sleeper [RMT] 2020-10-05

UK Chancellor must do much more to help the unemployed, says TUC [TUC] 2020-10-05

UK Guidance for branches on purchasing face coverings [UNISON] 2020-10-05

Canada / Alberta UNA proposes reopening collective bargaining on October 16 [UNA] 2020-10-04

Guyana Union not backing down from planned health sector strike [The News] 2020-10-04

Cameroon Airline unions call on Ottawa for $7 billion in loans for ailing industry [The National Observer] 2020-10-03

Canada Union leaders call on government for financial support of aviation sector [Canada Newswire] 2020-10-02

USA Amazon reveals over 19,000 workers got COVID-19 [WRIC] 2020-10-02

UK UCU and the National Union Students issue joint statement calling for action over university Covid crisis [UCU] 2020-10-01

UK RMT responds to news of latest savage P&O cuts [RMT] 2020-10-01

UK Arts workers draw attention to lack of panto season this year and demand more help [Guardian] 2020-10-01

UK GMB calls on government to extend working visas for NHS staff [Union News] 2020-09-30

Australia / Western Australia Murdoch Uni loses bid to freeze staff pay in what union slammed as 'exploitation with no job security' [WA Today] 2020-09-30

UK RMT calls for urgent Government support for open-access rail operators [RMT] 2020-09-30

UK Stakes too high and pressures too great to delay NHS pay rise [UNISON] 2020-09-29

UK / England Merseyrail Covid redundancies - TSSA union says proposals are 'premature' [TSSA] 2020-09-29

Canada / Alberta Nurses should not be penalized for self-isolating due to COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals [UNA] 2020-09-28

Canada / Ontario Health Coalition Day of Action: October 8 [ONA] 2020-09-28

UK / Scotland Strike ballot at Heriot-Watt University in row over rushed job cuts [UCU] 2020-09-28

Australia No more public subsidies for Qantas unless it drops outsourcing of workers & repays unpaid wages [TWU] 2020-09-28

Australia More than fiscal stimulus: an alternate plan to reboot the economy [The Policy Lab] 2020-09-28

UK Branch resources review restarts, with pledge to stay on schedule [UNISON] 2020-09-27

UK Shirking from home? Staff feel the heat as bosses ramp up remote surveillance [Guardian] 2020-09-27

UK Covid has left easyJet 'hanging by thread', union official tells staff [Guardian] 2020-09-27

Australia Qantas workers to receive thousands in unpaid wages as airline loses Jobkeeper case [TWU] 2020-09-26

Canada WestJet tells workers their pay will be cut by half due to wage subsidy changes [The Courier] 2020-09-26

UK Halt in-person university teaching until test and trace fixed, union urges [Guardian] 2020-09-26

Canada / Ontario To Save Lives, Federal and Provincial Governments Must Order GM to Make N95 Masks Says Coalition [The Whig-Standard] 2020-09-25

Canada / Manitoba Transcontinental abandons Manitoba workers during pandemic [Unifor] 2020-09-25

UK / Wales WULF and Covid-19: How GMB adapted their learning offer at Panasonic with great results [Wales TUC] 2020-09-25

USA Walmart cuts workers' hours but increases workload as sales rise amid pandemic [Guardian] 2020-09-24

USA / New York NYC to Furlough 9,000 Government Workers [WSJ] 2020-09-24

USA / Ohio Workers at McComb bakery in midst of union campaign [The Blade] 2020-09-24

USA / New York MoMA Workers Must Decide Whether To Return To Work Amid Pandemic [NPR] 2020-09-24

USA Protect essential farm workers from deportation, farm worker will urge House Judiciary Committee [UFW] 2020-09-24

UK PCS responds to chancellor Rishi Sunak's Job Support Scheme announcement [PCS] 2020-09-24

UK Government must safeguard thousands of university jobs, say education unions [UNISON] 2020-09-24

Australia Qantas must pass on full jobkeeper subsidy to workers, federal court rules [The Guardian] 2020-09-24

Canada Unifor welcomes economic and social pandemic support in Throne Speech [Unifor] 2020-09-24

Canada / Ontario Hotel unions worry about cuts to cleaning visits during pandemic [Toronto.com] 2020-09-23

UK Raise a toast to public track and trace [UNISON] 2020-09-23

UK Tube outsourcing company profiteering whilst slashing jobs [RMT] 2020-09-23

Zimbabwe Teachers union rejects UNICEF push to keep african schools open during pandemic [VoA] 2020-09-22

UK PM must get a grip on safety at work and extend support for jobs [TUC] 2020-09-22

UK PCS meets Cabinet Office to discuss Michael Gove's U-turn on homeworking [PCS] 2020-09-22

Zimbabwe Teachers to boycott work over pay, demand COVID-19 allowance [Nasdaq] 2020-09-22

UK Whitbread to cut 6,000 jobs as Covid-19 hits UK economy [Guardian] 2020-09-22

South Africa Nehawu protests for wage increase implementation and Covid-19 risk pay [News24] 2020-09-22

South Africa Nehawu protests for wage increase implementation and Covid-19 risk pay [Polity] 2020-09-22

UK Safety measures must be the priority to tackle increased infection spread [UNISON] 2020-09-21

UK Unions respond to emergency railway measures [Union News] 2020-09-21

UK RMT steps up fight for rail jobs as Grand Central confirms savage cuts [RMT] 2020-09-20

USA / New York NYC public school food workers say kitchens unsafe, fear kids return to school buildings [PIX] 2020-09-20

UK Care workers deserve pay to reflect their value, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-09-19

UK Self-isolating and sick care staff need proper pay [UNISON] 2020-09-18

UK Sign up for PCS reps meeting on coronavirus safety and no forced return to workplaces [PCS] 2020-09-18

Global Strong Unions Are Pivotal For Safety Of Healthcare Workers And Patients [Scoop] 2020-09-18

Australia Jobless to face mutual obligation rule despite few job vacancies [The Guardian] 2020-09-18

Brazil Itau lays off 270 staff in retail units, union says [Nasdaq] 2020-09-18

Canada / Ontario School bus system crisis continues due to government inaction [Unifor] 2020-09-18

Canada / Global Steelworkers Humanity Fund Provides $72,000 to Support Populations Affected by COVID-19 [USW] 2020-09-17

Canada / Nova Scotia Fired for quarantine [Rank and File] 2020-09-17

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore workers call on government to stabilize industry [Unifor] 2020-09-17

South Africa / Limpopo Sadtu says province is far from ready to reopen schools [Opera News] 2020-09-17

UK Low inflation leaves road clear for major investment to boost recovery, says TUC [TUC] 2020-09-16

Global A Left populist strategy for post-COVID-19 [Opendemocracy] 2020-09-15

Australia / Tasmania COVID-19 Recovery Survey Results [Unions Tasmania] 2020-09-15

UK Biggest jump in UK redundancies since 2009 [Guardian] 2020-09-15

UK No Going Back to Normal [UNISON] 2020-09-14

UK BME workers have been asked to 'shoulder more risk' during pandemic, says TUC [TUC] 2020-09-14

UK Coughed on, spat at: UK shop workers fear asking customers to wear masks [Guardian] 2020-09-14

UK RMT to lead fight against transport austerity in the wake of COVID pandemic [RMT] 2020-09-14

UK Government must support public services and key workers to build a better post-pandemic future [UNISON] 2020-09-14

UK Privatised Railways Shown To Be A Sick Joke [TSSA] 2020-09-14

UK Jo Grady tells TUC a second Covid wave can be prevented, but unions must lead the way [UCU] 2020-09-14

UK WIN! Sir Philip Green backs down after Unite legal threat [Union News] 2020-09-14

UK UNISON launches campaign to secure better future for key workers [Union News] 2020-09-14

UK Virtual TUC Congress begins today [Union News] 2020-09-14

Australia 'Unemployment shock': will workers hardest hit by the pandemic be left to languish? [The Guardian] 2020-09-14

UK Watch this video message - oppose any forced return to workplaces [PCS] 2020-09-14

UK CMI chief warns women without sufficient childcare could be left out of key decisions [Guardian] 2020-09-14

UK Cut unemployment rate now by unlocking 600,000 public service vacancies and staff gaps, says TUC [TUC] 2020-09-14

UK TUC and Unison tell ministers time is running out to prevent mass unemployment [Guardian] 2020-09-14

Global Teachers unions around the world clash with governments over coronavirus and school reopening plans [The Post] 2020-09-13

USA 6 Months Later: The Remarkable Work of The Actors Fund During COVID-19 [Playbill] 2020-09-12

USA / New York Workers in nursing homes and homes for developmentally disabled press state for urgent staff recruitment drive [Newsday] 2020-09-12

USA / Maryland Workers react to end of hazard pay amid coronavirus pandemic [WBAL] 2020-09-12

USA Union battle over New York school re-opening [Workersliberty] 2020-09-11

Chile Chile during the pandemic: Have the emotions of October subsided [Opendemocracy ] 2020-09-11

UK Government condemned for health and safety breaches at DWP Leeds Office [PCS] For more info 2020-09-11

UK GDP: TUC warns against recovery losing momentum with abrupt end to JRS [TUC] 2020-09-11

UK UNISON conferences go virtual [UNISON] 2020-09-11

South Africa / Limpopo Nehawu gives government 10 days [Polokwane Observer] 2020-09-11

UK PCS ballots aviation members over 15% pay cut and mass redundancies by Heathrow management [PCS] 2020-09-10

UK TUC: more than 4 in 10 workers would be plunged into financial hardship if forced to self-isolate [TUC] 2020-09-10

UK Test-and-trace will fail without rise in sick pay, says TUC [The Guardian] 2020-09-10

Singapore / India More Indians in Singapore returning home due to job losses: Envoy [PTI] 2020-09-10

UK Revealed: How rogue employment agencies are exploiting the COVID crisis [Opendemocracy ] 2020-09-09

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour reveals its economic recovery plan [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-09-09

UK PCS survey highlights issues facing apprentices during pandemic [PCS] 2020-09-09

UK Commuters are no longer your cash cows [TSSA] 2020-09-09

USA Covid-19 shows factory food production is dangerous for animals and humans alike [The Guardian] 2020-09-08

India Workplace disasters during lockdown put spotlight on India's patchy safety record -- explained with graphs [Times Now] 2020-09-07

UK / England News listing 349,500 furloughed workers in the North East face cliff edge [TUC] 2020-09-07

Israel Virus lab workers end strike after reaching deal with government [Ynet] 2020-09-07

Australia Community workers in limbo amid funding uncertainty [The Age] 2020-09-07

UK RMT responds to reports of a 10% cut to autumn timetable services across Britain's railways [RMT] 2020-09-07

Mexico Mexico leads in health workers killed by COVID-19 [Yucatan Times] 2020-09-06

USA / Massachusetts Labor organizers plan series of socially distanced rallies [SFChronicle] 2020-09-06

Canada Regional Directors advocate for #SafeSeptember return to school across Canada [Unifor] 2020-09-06

Canada / Ontario Labour Day 2020: COVID-19 has strengthened the labour movement, ONA says [ONA] 2020-09-06

Canada / Alberta School Boards Must Prioritize Staffing with Federal Funds [ATA] 2020-09-06

Australia TWU welcomes new beginning for Virgin [TWU] 2020-09-05

USA Research shows stiffing workers on wages grows worse with recession [NYTimes] 2020-09-05

USA This Labor Day, These Workers Are Trying to Stay Afloat [NYTimes] 2020-09-05

USA / New York NYC cut 40,000 youth jobs when they are needed most [NYTimes] 2020-09-05

New Zealand Pasefika union members calling for Pasefika people to take COVID tests [CTU] 2020-09-05

New Zealand Unions calling for safer sick leave [NZCTU-te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-09-05

South Africa Covid-19 Roundup | Looted funds and wage disputes [New Frame] 2020-09-05

UK Women are losing out in coronavirus job cuts [Guardian] 2020-09-04

UK RMT Responds - transport workers should be conducting temperature checks on commuters travelling into London [RMT] 2020-09-04

Australia / Queensland Positive aged care test in QLD highlights risks [UWU] 2020-09-04

South Africa / Western Cape PPE protest: 2 arrested as police use water cannons to disperse Nehawu members in Cape Town [News24] 2020-09-04

South Africa COVID-19 and Casual Workers [Elitsha/YouTube] 2020-09-04

South Africa Unscrupulous tender processes will see SA suffer for 200 years [Power98.7FM] 2020-09-03

UK Childcare crisis risks pushing women out of workforce, says TUC [TUC] 2020-09-03

Canada / British Columbia 6 hot issues for B.C. workers in the lead-up to Labour Day [The Georgia Straight] 2020-09-03

Australia TWU to announce legal action against Qantas over outsourcing of 2,500 workers [TWU] 2020-09-03

Canada Unifor calls for safe re-opening of casinos across Canada [Unifor] 2020-09-03

USA Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplace [Pi] 2020-09-02

Canada / Manitoba Pandemic precautions cancel Steelworkers Labour Day picnic [The Citizen] 2020-09-02

USA / New York New York City Delays Reopening of Schools [USNews] 2020-09-02

Canada / Ontario School unions blast plan to live stream classrooms [The Recorder] 2020-09-02

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal How Pietermaritzburg is faring with Covid-19 [New Frame] 2020-09-02

South Africa Nehawu holds its National Day of Prayer to remember COVID-19 victims [SABC] 2020-09-01

UK RMT - Government extension of emergency measures on Great Western Railway [RMT] 2020-09-01

Canada / Alberta Calgary chicken-processing plant will remain open after COVID-19 outbreak [OHS Canada] 2020-09-01

Australia / Victoria Jobseekers in locked-down Melbourne brace for 'devastating' $300 cut to welfare [The Guardian] 2020-08-31

Australia Increase Medicare levy to pay for aged care, health union says [The Guardian] 2020-08-31

UK NUS president Larissa Kennedy: 'I worry universities won't put student and staff safety first' [Guardian] 2020-08-31

Canada / Ontario Janitors get sick days, raise, pension in new deal [The Star] 2020-08-31

USA Death on the job: Workers have never been more expendable than they are now [Salon] 2020-08-30

Canada / Alberta UNA calls on Alberta Government to take stronger safety measures as schools reopen [UNA] 2020-08-30

UK How COVID has deepened the housing crisis [UNISON] 2020-08-30

Canada / Ontario I help them stay in their homes; I want to stay in mine [Rank and File] 2020-08-30

USA / West Virginia Grocery workers are still on frontline of COVID-19 [WV Gazette] 2020-08-29

USA / Georgia Union workers at Georgia College to stage 'die-in' to protest nation-leading COVID rate [Salon] 2020-08-29

USA / Florida BloAlmost half of COVID-19 workers' comp claims filed by 'essential workers' have been denied by insurers [Orlando Weekly] 2020-08-29

UK PM needs a credible plan for office returns, not a scare campaign - TUC [TUC] 2020-08-29

Canada / Ontario Ford government attempting to use pandemic to privatize and cut public transit services [Unifor] 2020-08-29

USA / Ohio Union pushes back against reduction in staff hours at Oregon City Schools [Toledo Blade] 2020-08-28

USA / Massachusetts UMass Amherst Puts 850 Workers On Indefinite Furloughs [WBUR] 2020-08-28

USA MGM Resorts Lays off 18,000 Workers [WSJ] 2020-08-28

USA / Michigan MDHHS announces $25M for PPE to keep front line workers, patients safe from COVID-19 [NBC] 2020-08-28

Australia Paid Pandemic Leave - A Win for Workers [SA Unions] 2020-08-28

Australia / Western Australia WA union boss urges Premier Mark McGowan to stand his ground on AFL heavies [WA Today] 2020-08-28

Canada Canada hires thousands of migrant farm workers. Why? [Tri-City News] 2020-08-28

South Africa Cosatu urges all unions to rally behind nationwide health workers strike [SABC] 2020-08-28

USA Tens of thousands of airline jobs at risk with aid uncertain [NBC] 2020-08-27

Kenya Workers Band Together to Protect Kenya's Market Vendors, Community [Solidarity Center] For more info 2020-08-27

Australia / Victoria Almost 80 Victorian workplaces fined for breaching Covid safety guidelines since start of stage 4 lockdown [The Guardian] 2020-08-27

USA / Virginia Local union calls for more safety measures, hazard pay for GLTC bus drivers [WDBJ] 2020-08-27

Australia / Victoria Privately operated aged care homes behind devastating Covid-19 infection rate in Victorian health workers [The Guardian] 2020-08-27

South Africa NEHAWU update on NHLS strike [Polity] 2020-08-27

UK School staff should be allowed to wear face coverings, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-08-26

Australia TWU takes Qantas to court for abusing Jobkeeper [TWU] 2020-08-26

Canada / Ontario School bus drivers call for standardized COVID-19 safety protocols [Unifor] 2020-08-26

UK RMT - latest jobs assault on key Channel Islands' ferries [RMT] 2020-08-25

Australia Hundreds of university academics around Australia vote to take unprotected strike action [The Guardian] 2020-08-25

Australia Labor to pass government's jobkeeper 2.0 despite concerns for workers' conditions [The Guardian] 2020-08-25

Canada / British Columbia Workers claim B.C. Ferries puts bottom line ahead of safety [Pique] 2020-08-25

Canada / Quebec Unions call for more human resources to keep at-risk kids in school [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-08-25

Canada / Ontario Taxpayer Funds Must Improve Long-Term Care, Not Subsidize Corporate Dividends [USW] 2020-08-24

UK TSSA says Abta right to demand travel sector support in face of 'total wipeout' [TSSA] 2020-08-24

Nigeria Redundancies for passport staff labelled 'slap in the face' [Stuff] 2020-08-24

Canada / Alberta PEC tables motion of non-confidence in education minister [ATA] 2020-08-23

Canada / Alberta ATA President Responds to Government Decision on School Re-entry Delay [ATA] 2020-08-23

UK School staff must be allowed to wear face coverings for safe reopening [UNISON] 2020-08-23

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Dominion workers on strike in Newfoundland [Unifor] 2020-08-23

South Africa Nehawu goes on strike; if government can afford corruption it can afford to increase salaries [Opera News] 2020-08-22

UK New survey will reveal state of NHS staff car parking [UNISON] 2020-08-22

Canada / British Columbia Laid off restaurant, hotel workers fear they're getting leftovers [The National Observer] 2020-08-22

Canada Hospitality and gaming workers applaud EI changes [Unifor] 2020-08-22

USA / Florida Nearly 2,000 furloughed airport restaurant workers in Florida face permanent layoffs [Ledgerd] 2020-08-22

USA / Oregon New Seasons Market workers want their hazard pay reinstated [Street Roots] 2020-08-22

USA Teachers added to essential-worker list as they face White House pressure to return to classrooms [Reuters] 2020-08-22

USA Furloughed workers trapped in desperate limbo as aid runs out, waiting for jobs that may never return [NBC] 2020-08-22

USA SEIU sues HCA Healthcare for knowingly putting workers at risk for coronavirus infection [Washington Post ] 2020-08-21

Australia Hardship fund at The Star pays out $2.8M to casino workers [UWU] 2020-08-21

Canada Unifor welcomes Employment Insurance modernization [Unifor] 2020-08-21

South Africa / Eastern Cape Worker fired over sick leave for Covid-19 anxiety [New Frame] 2020-08-21

South Africa / Eastern Cape EFF and Sadtu call for closure of schools [Opera News] 2020-08-21

South Africa NEHAWU statement on state of readiness and detaiils of implementation of national programme of action to protect workers against Covid-19 [Polity] 2020-08-20

Australia $2bn Qantas loss & airport struggles show government must act on aviation [TWU] 2020-08-20

UK Rail commuters need a good service to return to, says TUC [TUC] 2020-08-20

UK Push PCS pay petition to 60k by 31 August [PCS] 2020-08-20

USA / New York AFT teachers union in New York City threatens a strike over Sept. 10 school reopening [Washington Post ] 2020-08-20

UK UNISON wins Access to Work victory [UNISON] 2020-08-19

Australia / Victoria Private security firms 'not learning from quarantine hotel bungle in Melb' [Sky] 2020-08-19

Canada / Ontario The rights of front-line workers are being eroded by the Ford government [The Spectator] 2020-08-19

UK Education unions set out concerns to Gavin Williamson after exam results fiasco [UCU] 2020-08-19

South Africa / Gauteng Nurses 'forced to reuse' disposable PPE at hospitals: union [TimesLIVE] 2020-08-19

Kenya Nakuru doctors issue 30-day strike notice over strain amid pandemic [The Daily Nation] 2020-08-18

Kenya Doctors in Kenya Strike for Better Conditions as Infection Rate Among Professionals Rises [Newsclick] 2020-08-18

Australia / New South Wales Sydney bus drivers threaten 48-hour strike over face masks and social distancing [The Guardian] 2020-08-18

Canada / Prince Edward Island Province approves 200 new staff positions, three weeks before schools reopen [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-08-18

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Unions say many questions unanswered about back-to-school plan [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-08-18

Canada Universal, permanent paid sick days needed now [The Star] 2020-08-18

New Zealand Covid-19: Transmission shows importance of workplace rights [NZCTU-te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-08-18

New Zealand Covid-19: Exhausted lab workers having trouble with demand [Radio New Zealand] 2020-08-18

South Africa Many schools not ready to return to teaching [SowetanLIVE] 2020-08-18

USA / South Carolina Laid off or fired while quarantined for coronavirus, these SC workers sued [Post and Courier] 2020-08-17

UK Dave Prentis seeks to enlist MPs in jobs row with British Gas [UNISON] 2020-08-17

Australia Virgin workers dispute reignites ahead of key vote hearing [The Morning Herald] 2020-08-17

Canada Migrant farm workers call for safety from reprisals for speaking out [The Globe and Mail] 2020-08-17

UK Blog: Because Black disabled lives matter [UNISON] 2020-08-17

South Africa Nehawu to Ramaphosa: Stop showering frontline workers with empty words - they need more PPEs [News24] 2020-08-17

Australia Rex purchase of Virgin planes shows government support for aviation is partisan [TWU] 2020-08-16

Australia Ruby Princess inquiry shows aviation workers were put at risk [TWU] 2020-08-16

Singapore Braced for rough weather amid Covid-19: Workers worry over jobs and livelihoods [The Straits Times] 2020-08-16

Canada / Ontario Inadequate school bus health and safety protocols put students and drivers at risk [Unifor] 2020-08-15

Canada / Ontario Front-Line Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, and Health-care Professionals Call for Repeal of Bills 124, 195 [ONA] 2020-08-15

Canada ATA President Demands Meeting with Minister on School Safety [ATA] 2020-08-15

Kenya Doctors vow to strike as coronavirus cases surge [The Standard] 2020-08-15

UK Despite huge PCS ballot result Tate Enterprises confirms 313 redundancies [PCS] 2020-08-15

Canada / Saskatchewan Education worker speaks out about reopening [Rank and File] 2020-08-15

New Zealand PSA supports mandatory Covid-19 testing for border and isolation workers [PSA-te Pukenga HereTikanga Mahi] 2020-08-15

Australia Should Australians continue working from home after coronavirus is controlled? [SBS] 2020-08-15

New Zealand Covid-19: CTU supports wage subsidy extension [NZCTU] 2020-08-15

South Africa Teacher unions poll: Improvement in access to water, sanitiser delivery [News24] 2020-08-15

UK A-level chaos and confusion as minister accused of making up policy on the hoof [UCU] 2020-08-14

UK TSSA condemns government's 'utterly shambolic' extension of quarantine regime to France [ts] 2020-08-14

Nepal Solidarity Center Partner Takes Action to Supported Returned Migrant Workers [Solidarity Center] For more info 2020-08-14

Canada / Ontario Inadequate school bus health and safety protocols put students and drivers at risk [Unifor] 2020-08-14

South Africa COVID-19: More than 27 000 health workers test positive [The South African] 2020-08-13

Singapore 800 migrant workers newly quarantined after Covid-19 case discovered in cleared dormitory [The Straits Times] 2020-08-13

Canada / Ontario Invest in Canada or be punished, Unifor tells Big Three automakers as contract talks kick off [The Star] 2020-08-13

Canada / Saskatchewan STF Calls for Consistent Public Health Measures in Schools [STF] 2020-08-13

South Africa Unions, SGBs concerned about matric, Grade 7 attendance and space for more grades [News24] 2020-08-13

USA / New York During A Lonely New York Summer, Lincoln Center Brings Music To Essential Workers [NPR] For more info 2020-08-12

USA / New York Migrant farm workers warn of next COVID-19 wave in New York [Press Connects] 2020-08-12

Australia Fair work Commission quashes deal for workers forced to sleep at airports [TWU] 2020-08-12

New Zealand Covid-19 update [NZPFU] 2020-08-12

UK Join our webinar on redundancy and the right to informed [UNISON] 2020-08-11

UK Risks: Union health and safety news - Number 960 - 11 August 2020 [TUC] 2020-08-11

UK Ministers must extend job retention scheme to save jobs, says TUC [TUC] 2020-08-11

UK RMT steps up pressure to halt jobs carnage at Trump's Turnberry resort [RMT] 2020-08-10

UK NHS test and trace will fail unless government pays wages, say unions [Guardian] 2020-08-10

UK Expand jobs, boost pay! [Workers liberty] 2020-08-10

South Africa Nurses battling to cope with Covid-19 [City Press] 2020-08-10

USA / North Carolina Caravan of educators, parents, cafeteria workers protest in front of Republican US senator's office [WRAL] 2020-08-09

Canada / Nova Scotia Long-term care review must happen quickly to protect workers and residents [Unifor] 2020-08-09

Canada / British Columbia Unifor welcomes mask requirement for Translink, B.C. Transit users [Unifor] 2020-08-09

UK PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and Universal Credit workers opens 17 August [PCS] 2020-08-09

India India's Army Of 600,000 Virus-Hunting Women Health Workers Goes On Strike [NCTV] For more info 2020-08-09

Zimbabwe ZCTU to name and shame firms exposing workers to Covid-19 risks [New Zimbabwe] 2020-08-08

UK Health and social care must both be public [Workers' liberty] 2020-08-08

USA Why Black workers will hurt the most if Congress doesn't extend jobless benefits [Philadelphia Tribune] 2020-08-08

USA / California 'Everyone tested positive': Covid devastates agriculture workers in California's heartland [Guardian] 2020-08-08

USA Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection To Harvest Crops [NPR] 2020-08-08

New Zealand Kiwis support working people having safer sick leave [NZCTU] 2020-08-08

Australia Urgent need to extend jobkeeper to Dnata workers [TWU] 2020-08-08

Australia Jobs for all: could a government-funded Job Guarantee be Australia's answer to unemployment? [The Advocate] 2020-08-08

Canada / Ontario Labour ministry orders eye protection for Rainforest Cafe servers [Review] 2020-08-08

Canada / British Columbia Hotel workers to hold massive 'hunger strike' outside B.C. legislature [Vancouver is Awesome] 2020-08-08

South Africa Covid-19 Roundup | Investigations and dismissals [New Frame] 2020-08-07

USA / New Jersey Exposed to travelers, airport workers rally for bill that would pay for their healthcare [NJ] 2020-08-07

USA / Arizona Unions, Safeway raise $40,000 for Navajo Nation [WHICentral] 2020-08-07

Australia / Queensland Brisbane Airport contractor must reinstate cleaning service during COVID-19 [UWU] 2020-08-07

Australia / Victoria Toll Kmart risk worker and community safety with inadequate COVID outbreak management [UWU] 2020-08-07

USA / California Healthcare workers protest lack of COVID-19 protections The employees at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital hold rally [OCRegister] 2020-08-07

Singapore Almost all workers in dorms tested for Covid-19 by today [The Straits Times] 2020-08-07

USA Millions of Workers Suffering From Repeat Layoffs [The Street] 2020-08-07

USA / Tennessee Under fire from Trump, TVA agrees to keep IT workers, drop outsourcing plan [Chattanooga Times Free Press] 2020-08-07

USA / Mexico Mexican families mourn workers claimed by Covid in the US [Guardian] 2020-08-07

USA 'We're Risking Our Lives': Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay [NPR] 2020-08-07

UK Clearer guidance still needed on face coverings in schools in England [UNISON] 2020-08-07

UK PCS to focus on pay and impact of coronavirus at TUC Congress 2020 [PCS] 2020-08-07

South Africa Nehawu supports Numsa in calling for VWSA to comply with health and safety regulations [Polity] 2020-08-06

Guatemala Covid outbreak exposes dire conditions at Guatemala factory making US brands [The Guardian] 2020-08-06

India The Real Struggle for Life Goes On, As a Temple of Dreams Rises [Newsclick] 2020-08-06

UK PCS exposes contradictory Covid advice from Boris Johnson and the Cabinet Office [PCS] 2020-08-06

France More French workers demand a share of Macron's Covid-19 bonus [RFI] 2020-08-06

Australia / Global Unions warn some foreign seafarers forced to stay on board with no prospect of returning home [The Guardian] 2020-08-06

Eswatini Teachers oppose hasty school reopening [New Frame] 2020-08-06

South Africa NEHAWU condemns increase in corruption associated with the procurement of PPE's [Polity] 2020-08-06

USA Union wants vulnerable TSA officers kept home as coronavirus cases surge [Washington Post ] 2020-08-05

Kenya Nurses threaten to strike from Monday over poor working conditions [The Star] 2020-08-05

Kenya Lamu medics on strike over exposure to Covid-19 at work [The Star] 2020-08-05

Australia Spotless Dandenong workers to be paid through their shutdown [UWU] 2020-08-05

Australia Federal Government announcement has no guarantees for educators [UWU] 2020-08-05

Australia TWU supports announcement on fuller capacity Virgin [TWU] 2020-08-05

Canada / Nova Scotia NSGEU report into COVID at Northwood points to government cutbacks, other decisions [Saltwire] 2020-08-05

Canada Employee perceptions on returning to work [OHS Canada] 2020-08-05

UK Councils forced to pick up the pieces from failing test and trace [UNISON] 2020-08-05

USA / Vermont Workers Who Responded to COVID-19 Crisis Qualify for Grants of Up to $2,000 [Seven Days VT] 2020-08-04

USA Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead: The reality is worse than most Americans know [Next Gov] 2020-08-04

South Africa COVID-19 infects prisoners as POPCRU blasts Ramaphosa [Opera News] 2020-08-04

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal NEHAWU angered by death of a patient from hypoxia in makeshift hospital parking lot facility [Polity] 2020-08-04

USA / Maryland 100+ Baltimore District postal workers test positive for COVID-19 [WMAR] 2020-08-04

Germany Already experiencing second wave, says doctors' union [The Telegraph] 2020-08-04

Australia 'Gaping holes in government's paid pandemic leave': Trade union [Sky] 2020-08-04

Canada / Ontario Rainforest Cafe worker will be allowed to wear face shield [Review] 2020-08-04

UK The impact of Covid-19 on women [PCS] 2020-08-04

UK TSSA signs Save Travel letter to government as Hays Travel cuts jobs [TSSA] 2020-08-04

South Africa It is not about you but about serving the country, ministers must serve the country and not their egos - NEHAWU [Polity] 2020-08-04

UK Unions say government has 'head in sand' over 2021 GCSEs and A-levels [Guardian] 2020-08-04

UK UK theatre job losses rise by 2,000 in a month, union figures show [Guardian] 2020-08-03

UK New Emergency Working Principles and Guidance on Face Coverings [TSSA] 2020-08-03

Canada / Ontario Staffing Study Gets Much Right on Long-Term Care, ONA Urges Action Backed up by Funding [ONA] 2020-08-03

Australia / Victoria Early educators petition Government for JobKeeper during lockdown in Victoria [UWU] 2020-08-03

Australia / Victoria Melbourne educators could be abandoned without pay [UWU] 2020-08-03

Australia TWU urges Qantas to act on COVID cases as domestic freight in Melbourne shuts [TWU] 2020-08-03

Australia Government moves on paid pandemic leave [Port News] 2020-08-03

Israel 540 Israeli Airline Employees Protest Company's Likely Closure Amid Pandemic [I24] 2020-08-03

South Africa Teachers, principals anxious about phasing in of different grades [SowetanLIVE] 2020-08-02

India Financial perks: Demise of Coal India employee due to COVID-19 to be treated as accidental death [ANI] 2020-08-02

USA The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Intensified Systemic Economic Racism Against Black Americans [New Yorker] 2020-08-02

USA / Utah More than 1,100 Utah health care workers have contracted COVID-19 [Salt Lake Tribune] 2020-08-02

USA / Ohio White Collar Workers Put On Assembly Line As COVID-19 Shrinks Worker Population [IL NPR] 2020-08-02

UK PCS to launch consultative ballot for industrial action over jobcentre hours extension [PCS] 2020-08-02

USA Amazon Workers Respond To Jeff Bezos' Testimony Before Congress [WGLT] 2020-08-02

USA / Oregon Oregon launches coronavirus-related assistance program for agricultural workers [OPB] 2020-08-02

USA Sanders Calls Elon Musk a 'Hypocrite' for Opposing New Stimulus Package [Newsweek] 2020-08-01

USA The Fight to Save Jobs in the Airline Industry [The New Yorker] 2020-08-01

Australia Aged Care Minister 'clearly doesn't understand the industry' [Sky] 2020-08-01

Canada / Ontario Rainforest Cafe server sent home for wearing face shield [Review] 2020-08-01

USA / Alabama 5,200 healthcare workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 [WBRC] 2020-07-31

UK Protest against mass redundancies at Southbank Centre [PCS] 2020-07-31

USA How Trump Politicized Schools Reopening, Regardless of Safety [NY Rev of Bks] 2020-07-31

USA Older poll workers are afraid to work this fall. Younger Americans should step up [Wash Post] 2020-07-30

USA / Texas Custodians, cafeteria workers and bus drivers also fear returning to Texas schools [TX Tribune] 2020-07-30

South Africa Medical workers biggest losers when it comes to PPE corruption: Sama [TimesLIVE] 2020-07-30

USA Bernie Sanders Calls GOP Economic Relief Plan 'A Terrible Offer' [Newsweek] 2020-07-30

UK NHS workers' day of action 8 August [Workers liberty ] 2020-07-30

USA Teachers Are Wary of Returning to Class, and Online Instruction, Too [NYTimes] 2020-07-30

USA Retail workers shouldn't be tasked with enforcing store mask rules, union head says: Many store owners have 'abdicated their responsibility' [NBC] 2020-07-30

USA CEO-to-worker pay gap to surge with coronavirus, AFL-CIO says [News Break] 2020-07-30

UK Sunderland members give out 3,000 gift packs to local government workers [UNISON] 2020-07-30

UK RMT demands that Rail Gourmet and its parent company call off redundancy threat [RMT] 2020-07-30

Australia Move on aged care workforce could hinder pandemic effort [UWU] 2020-07-30

UK TSSA Comment on Closure of Tui High Street Shops [TSSA] 2020-07-30

UK Warm weather working and Coronavirus [PCS] 2020-07-30

UK NHS workforce need actions to match the promises, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-07-30

Australia / Victoria Turosi Golden Farms Abandons Workers during COVID-19 outbreak [UWU] 2020-07-30

Australia Hospital Laundry Workers need COVID-19 testing to avoid further outbreaks [UWU] 2020-07-30

Australia JBS cold storage workers cease work over COVID-19 safety concerns [UWU] 2020-07-30

Australia TWU demands uniform permits, testing & pandemic leave for truckies; warns about impact on industry [TWU] 2020-07-30

Canada / Ontario The Stakes are High for Long-Term Care Residents and Staff as Government Announces Commission [ONA] 2020-07-30

Canada / Ontario New collective agreement negotiated with Carpenter Canada amid COVID-19 [Unifor] 2020-07-30

Canada / Alberta UNA calls on Alberta government to guarantee compensation benefits for health workers who contract COVID-19 [UNA] 2020-07-30

South Africa Corruption poses a threat to the provision of proper medical care to patients - SAMA [News24] 2020-07-30

South Africa Overcrowding, infected staff & shortages: Nehawu details its hospital 'fact-finding' results [TimesLIVE] 2020-07-29

Australia Living income push in Australia [Workersliberty] 2020-07-29

UK Public want NHS staff to get early and significant pay rise [UNISON] 2020-07-29

UK Guide to: Personal protective equipment (PPE) [TUC] 2020-07-29

South Africa Unions ask minister Motshekga on way forward [SowetanLIVE] 2020-07-29

South Africa Minister of Health welcomes NEHAWU report [Polity] 2020-07-29

UK Unions call for face masks to be provided for free to all workers [The Guardian] 2020-07-29

South Africa 'Workers had to resort to using refuse bags to protect themselves' - Nehawu report [News24] 2020-07-29

South Africa NEHAWU vehemently decries a lack of Covid-19 PPE in hospitals [Power98.7FM] 2020-07-29

USA Labor unions petition Transportation Dept. for a mandatory mask rule [Washington Post ] 2020-07-29

USA Nursing home workers now have the most dangerous jobs in America. They deserve better [Wash Post] 2020-07-28

USA / Pennsylvania Among Healthcare Workers, Family and Primary Care Doctors May Have Been Most at Risk of Dying from COVID-19 [Penn Medicine News] 2020-07-28

USA / New York NYU to study impact of coronavirus pandemic on MTA transit workers [SI Live] 2020-07-28

USA American Federation of Teachers says it will support any local that strikes over safety issues regarding COVID [Politico] 2020-07-28

UK PCS stresses worker safety paramount as employers draw up return to work plans [PCS] 2020-07-28

Canada / Ontario Opening Ontario schools safely amid COVID could require up to $3.2 billion funding for staff, cleaning supplies, say Liberals, staff union [The Star] 2020-07-28

Australia Pandemic failures in aged care revealed in survey [UWU] 2020-07-28

Australia Doordash & TWU sign agreement on virus protections for delivery workers [TWU] 2020-07-28

Australia Aged care workers awarded pandemic leave in Fair Work Commission ruling [The Guardian] 2020-07-28

Australia / Victoria Meat industry COVID-19 cases surge as union warns against shutdown [The Age] 2020-07-28

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Covid-19 fear takes hold at health department [New Frame] 2020-07-27

Sri Lanka Hundreds stranded in Middle East as coronavirus death toll climbs [Tamil Guardian] 2020-07-27

Australia How aged care workers felt during the pandemic: new survey [The Australian] 2020-07-27

Australia Aged care workers across Australia will be given paid pandemic leave [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-27

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Province may not cope with Covid cases [City Press] 2020-07-27

South Africa Covid-19 infects 22,000 public servants [TimesLIVE] 2020-07-27

UK Tate faces protests over impact of job cuts on BAME staff [Guardian] 2020-07-27

USA / Florida AFL-CIO leader: Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families [Orlando Sentinel] 2020-07-26

USA / Tennessee Chattanoogans protest COVID-19 working conditions, wages for Black, Latinx and poor workers [Times Free Press] 2020-07-26

USA / Pennsylvania As pandemic unfolded, OSHA complaints around Pittsburgh highlighted supply shortages [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] 2020-07-26

Australia Childcare centres struggle to pay up to $9,000 for Covid-19 cleaning [The Guardian] 2020-07-26

USA / Florida Some Hospital Workers Are Returning to Work Without Getting COVID-19 Test Results Back [NBC] 2020-07-25

USA SGreenhouse: Covid-19 puts workers in danger. It's another reason we need unions [Guardian] 2020-07-25

USA / New York New Study Will Look at Risks to Transit Workers From Virus [Route Fifty] 2020-07-25

Global Women journalists experience increased gender inequality during pandemic [Unifor] 2020-07-25

UK NUJ backs new BBC offer to support PAYE freelances [NUJ] 2020-07-25

South Africa School closures: Unions 'cautiously' welcome decision but private school concerns remain [News24] 2020-07-25

USA Americans are suffering, especially Blacks. Lives are on the line. Pass the HEROES Act [News&Observer] 2020-07-24

Canada / Alberta Teachers Remain Concerned About Return to School [ATA] 2020-07-24

UK Firefighters agree to continue delivering coronavirus response until end of September [Union News] 2020-07-24

Canada / Ontario Nursing homes continue to face critical staffing challenges [Rank and File] 2020-07-24

USA / California California to Buy More Masks, But Will They Get to the Workers Who Need Them? [NBC] 2020-07-24

USA / Pennsylvania Union seeks hazard pay for York Cty essential workers, funding for social services [York Dispatch] 2020-07-24

USA A pandemic ethical conundrum: Must health care workers risk their lives to treat Covid-19 patients? [Stat] 2020-07-24

Australia / Victoria Centrelink staff stood down, say social distancing pleas were ignored [The Age] 2020-07-24

UK Face coverings in England, Usdaw calls for the public to support shopworkers [USDAW] 2020-07-24

South Africa Covid-19 deaths in SA's mining industry rise to 52, platinum sector worst affected [Fin24] 2020-07-23

South Africa Labour federations welcome extension of COVID-19 relief scheme [SABC] 2020-07-23

USA Meatpacking workers sue OSHA after it goes AWOL on pandemic [Washington Post ] 2020-07-23

Australia Letter Sent to Aged Care Employers [UWU] 2020-07-23

Australia / Tasmania Welcome extensions, but cuts to Jobkeeper and Jobseeker a further blow for Tasmanian workers [Unions Tasmania] 2020-07-23

Australia Government abandons aviation industry with Jobkeeper plan [TWU] 2020-07-23

Australia MEAA claims that COVID-19 arts stimulus package was miscalculated [NME] 2020-07-23

Australia Cleaners are more in demand due to coronavirus but many say they need better support [SBS] 2020-07-23

Australia / Victoria Aged care system on verge of collapse amid Covid-19 surge, doctors warn [The Guardian] 2020-07-23

Russia Most Covid-19 restrictions lifted, but Moscow is not open for protest [Opendemocracy] 2020-07-23

Canada Union pushing for more COVID-19 protection for migrant workers [Real Agriculture] 2020-07-23

USA Hotel Workers' Union Praises Mask Requirements, Seeks Higher Cleaning Standards [Travel Pulse] 2020-07-23

Israel Social Workers Union close in on deal with Finance Ministry after 16-day strike [Times of Israel] 2020-07-23

Australia Unions defy expectations to report membership growth in pandemic [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-22

Global UNI survey shows impacts of Covid-19 on work-life balance [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-22

USA / Florida State's largest teachers union sues state over reopening schools [NBC] 2020-07-22

Canada Coronavirus sheds light on Canada's poor treatment of migrant workers [The Guardian] 2020-07-22

USA Essential Workers Hold Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives' [NPR] 2020-07-21

USA / Global The case for treating teachers around the world as essential front-line workers [Wash Post] 2020-07-21

Israel Employment service: 3 times more Israelis laid off in last 24 hours than rehired [YNET] 2020-07-21

USA / New Jersey NJ workers rally outside luxury tower to demand better pay and protection amid COVID-19 dangers [North Jersey] 2020-07-21

USA / Georgia Workers, USW Report Kumho's COVID-19 Safety Lapses [WFMZ] 2020-07-21

Taiwan Nursing conditions in poor state of health [The Times] 2020-07-21

Australia / Victoria Doctors call for more transparency around health workers infected with Covid-19 [The Guardian] 2020-07-21

Australia 'Error' will force truck drivers to self-isolate unnecessarily, union says [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-21

Australia Unions call for police, ADF to enforce mask rules in stores [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-21

USA Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus cases [OHS Canada] 2020-07-21

UK All public sector workers need a decent pay rise, says TUC [TUC] 2020-07-21

UK PCS prioritises member safety as pressure builds to process passports [PCS] 2020-07-21

USA / California Healthcare workers begin 5-day strike at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital [SFChronicle] 2020-07-20

USA Inside the fight for denied compensation for healthcare workers [PBS] 2020-07-20

New Zealand 950 jobs to go: Union says The Warehouse using Covid-19 excuse [Stuff] 2020-07-20

USA Bureaucratic Snag Leaves Thousands of Gig Workers Shut Out of Relief Aid [NBC] For more info 2020-07-20

USA Rule Change Gives Laid-Off Workers More Time To Sign Up For COBRA Insurance [NPR] 2020-07-20

USA / Tennessee Despite hundreds of worker complaints, TN OSHA lacks specific COVID-19 standards, ability to issue citations [Tennessean] 2020-07-20

UK UCU and NUS condemn government using Covid-19 crisis to impose restriction on universities [UCU] 2020-07-19

Australia 'Bold vision': Benefits and risks in ACTU push for free childcare [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-19

UK Coronavirus workplace guidance confused, warn unions [The Guardian] 2020-07-18

USA / Florida Health Care Workers Becoming Infected With COVID-19 [NBC] For more info 2020-07-18

South Africa Vaccines and worker rights [New Frame] 2020-07-18

South Africa Schools under pressure as SA's Covid-19 pandemic gains momentum [News24] 2020-07-18

South Africa / Western Cape Popcru's provincial secretary dies of Covid-19 complications [SowetanLIVE] 2020-07-17

USA Keeping up with demand for PPE critical for health care workers [WWLP] For more info 2020-07-17

Canada / Ontario Public Health Ontario data reveals devastating pandemic effects for health care workers [Unifor] 2020-07-17

Canada Ottawa's emergency benefits program becomes a flashpoint as businesses reopen [The Times-Colonist] 2020-07-17

UK British Gas owner 'using Covid-19 as smokescreen to alter staff contracts' [Guardian] 2020-07-17

UK Government messaging on lockdown like a 'bull in a china shop', says TSSA [TSSA] 2020-07-17

UK More than 1,600 UK jobs at risk at casino firm Genting [Guardian] 2020-07-17

UK British Gas owner 'using Covid-19 as smokescreen to alter staff contracts' [Guardian] 2020-07-17

UK Ministers are watching from the side-lines instead of stopping job losses, says TUC [TUC] 2020-07-17

Jordan JORDAN WORKER RIGHTS GROUPS HAIL OPENING OF CHILD CARE CENTERS [solidaritycenter.org] For more info 2020-07-16

Canada / Alberta UNA urges province, Chief Medical Officer of Health, to adopt mandatory masking policy [UNA] 2020-07-16

Canada #BuildBackBetter with an accessible income security system [Unifor] 2020-07-16

Canada #BuildBackBetter: Reclaim work life balance and push for a 4-day workweek [Unifor] 2020-07-16

Australia / Tasmania Unions Tasmania secretary Jessica Munday says workers are often left out of decision making [The Advocate] 2020-07-16

Australia Govt must ensure the aviation industry 'doesn't crumble' [Sky] 2020-07-16

Australia Qantas asks pilots to go without leave to avoid forced redundancies [The Morning Herald] 2020-07-16

Canada / Ontario Unifor warns action needed for wheels to turn on school buses in September [Unifor] 2020-07-16

UK Ministers admit permanently closed jobcentres may reopen [PCS] 2020-07-16

UK RMT reveals the eight rail routes still dumping raw sewage [RMT] 2020-07-15

UK More than 500 jobs in BBC News to go [NUJ] 2020-07-15

Pakistan Railway workers protest layoffs [The News] 2020-07-15

Japan Striking medical workers warn pay reduction jeopardises patient care [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-07-15

Canada GTAA layoffs point to urgent need for aviation sector strategy [Unifor] 2020-07-15

Canada / Ontario Health-care workers plan brief work interruption in response to emergency orders [The Examiner] 2020-07-15

South Africa Mixed reactions from political parties over Sadtu's call for schools to close [News24] 2020-07-14

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal SADTU members picket outside Grantham Park Primary School [Zululand Observer] 2020-07-14

South Africa Pounded by Covid-19, nurses live in fear as numbers surge [SowetanLIVE] 2020-07-14

UK Biggest fiscal risk is lack of action by ministers to stop job losses, says TUC [TUC] 2020-07-14

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Mseleni Hospital nurses threaten to go on strike [The Observer] 2020-07-14

UK Usdaw welcomes compulsory wearing of face coverings in shops and calls for detailed advice to be agreed [USDAW] 2020-07-14

UK Government confusion on face coverings is not helpful for shop workers - Usdaw calls for clarity [USDAW] 2020-07-13

Japan Hospitals cut staff bonuses as coronavirus drives them into the red [The Chronicle-Herald] 2020-07-13

USA How Trump Is Helping Tycoons Exploit the Pandemic [New Yorker] 2020-07-13

Australia / Victoria Largest abattoir JBS could leave supermarket meat shelves bare [UWU] 2020-07-13

UK National Vice-Chair urges officers to wear face coverings [polfed] 2020-07-12

UK Fighting on so many fronts [UNISON] 2020-07-12

UK Join PCS at the online Tolpuddle Festival [PCS] 2020-07-12

Canada In June, Steelworkers Humanity Fund Provided $15,000 to Organizations to Support Workers Affected by COVID-19 [USW] 2020-07-11

Canada / Ontario Steelworkers Union and Gateway Casinos Sign Return to Operations Agreement for Ontario [USW] 2020-07-11

Canada Grocery heads fail grocery workers, again [Unifor] 2020-07-11

Canada / Ontario Bill 175 Fails Home and Community Care Clients, Care Coordinators and Direct Care Teams [ONA] 2020-07-11

Canada / Ontario Province's fiscal policies have wrecked long-term care [Rank and File] 2020-07-11

USA Essential workers should be treated with more respect [SFChronicle] 2020-07-11

Canada Grocery heads fail grocery workers, again [Unifor] 2020-07-11

UK Leicester factory put lives at risk during lockdown, claims garment worker [The Guardian] 2020-07-11

South Africa / Mpumalanga Nehawu furious after nurse dies of Covid-19: 'She was a breadwinner and she is gone now' [News24] 2020-07-11

Australia Jetstar breach shows need for national rules on air travel [TWU] 2020-07-10

Canada Laid Off VIA Rail Workers Are Lashing Out Against CERB [Narcity] 2020-07-10

USA / Minnesota Some workers at Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis push to form a union [StarTribune] 2020-07-10

USA / California Coronavirus infections spike among San Francisco General Hospital workers [SFChronicle] 2020-07-10

UK Boohoo needs to engage with trade unions to sort out their woes, as they promised MPs [USDAW] 2020-07-10

South Africa Women, including nurses, most affected by Covid-19 at work: Compensation Fund [TimesLIVE] 2020-07-09

South Africa Union accuses Massmart of using coronavirus to retrench workers [SABC] 2020-07-09

UK Nationalise social care! [Workersliberty] 2020-07-09

USA 'We Were Treated Worse Than Animals': Disaster Recovery Workers Confront COVID-19 [NPR] 2020-07-09

USA / Texas Advocates Say TEA Guidelines Are Bad for Texas Teachers [Reform Austin] 2020-07-09

USA Labor unions plan July 20 mass strike to confront systemic racism in economy [WUSA] 2020-07-09

UK TSSA Urges Government Intervention Over Eurostar Jobs [TSSA] 2020-07-09

UK RMT urges greater awareness for Seafarer's Mental Health [RMT] 2020-07-09

UK MoJ cleaners to get full sick pay backdated to start of Covid-19 pandemic [Guardian] 2020-07-09

UK Stunning victory for United Voices of the World as Ministry of Justice is pressured into granting cleaners full pay sick pay [UVW] 2020-07-09

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Dozens of Pietermaritzburg schools shut [The Witness] 2020-07-09

UK Money for public services would mean a quicker recovery [UNISON] 2020-07-09

USA / District of Columbia Layoff threats scare Senate food workers, but most spared until September [Roll Call] 2020-07-08

UK Usdaw shocked that the Chancellor makes no mention of retail [USDAW] 2020-07-08

UK Sunak Must Urgently Clarify Tourism and Transport Covid Measures [TSSA] 2020-07-08

UK Far more needed to protect the UK against mass unemployment, says TUC [TUC] 2020-07-08

South Africa Hundreds of jobs to go as Covid-19 forces Media24 to fold two newspapers and five magazines [TimesLIVE] 2020-07-08

USA Actors' Equity agrees to allow two Berkshire plays to go foward, with extensive COVID testing [NY Times] 2020-07-07

Australia Aviation workers & employers send joint appeal to extend Jobkeeper [TWU] 2020-07-07

South Africa Nearly 3 000 coronavirus cases at mines, with platinum workers bearing the brunt [Fin24] 2020-07-07

UK Chancellor called on by Usdaw to announce an urgent retail recovery plan [USDAW] 2020-07-07

South Africa / Gauteng Deaths of three prison warders spark health fears [SowetanLIVE] 2020-07-07

UK TUC and charity coalition calls for furlough scheme to be extended for shielded and high-risk workers [TUC] 2020-07-06

UK RMT on Boris Johnson making driverless trains a condition of TFL Covid funding [RMT] 2020-07-06

Nigeria Ekiti risks health crisis as healthcare workers, doctors strike [The Times] 2020-07-06

India No help for the domestic helps [The Hindu] 2020-07-06

Australia Truckies & delivery drivers losing work & income, survey shows [TWU] 2020-07-06

UK Unions give cautious welcome to new arts funding but need more details [Union News] 2020-07-06

UK UCU calls on government to step in to protect universities [Union News] 2020-07-06

Australia All police workers do an amazing job [Together] 2020-07-06

Canada / USA NHL, NHLPA agree on protocols to resume season [AP] 2020-07-06

Canada / Ontario FAQ: Navigating COVID-19 outbreaks on Ontario farms [OHS Canada] 2020-07-06

Global How Covid-19 is impacting the mental health of young workers [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-06

Japan Amidst COVID 19 Slowdown: Japanese Finance Unions Settle for Moderate Gains [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-06

Korea / Global KHMU hosts Virtual International Conference on COVID-19 and Role of Care Unions [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-06

Bangladesh NSEF demands protection of health and job security for shop employees during Covid-19 pandemic [UNI Global Union] 2020-07-06

UK Some Leicester factories stayed open and forced staff to come in, report warns [The Guardian] 2020-07-06

UK Union leaders warn of return to 80s mass unemployment if bold action not taken to save jobs [USDAW] 2020-07-05

USA How You Get Your Berries: Migrant Workers Who Fear Virus, but Toil On [NYTimes] 2020-07-05

USA More than 30,000 meatpacking workers nationally have fallen ill. At least 100 have died, with the lives of others upended or permanently altered [StarTribune] 2020-07-05

USA / New York Workers return to coronavirus-altered offices in Nassau and Suffolk counties [Newsday] 2020-07-04

UK Organise 2020 - International sessions [TUC] 2020-07-04

Canada / Nova Scotia Unifor welcomes Northwood COVID-19 government review [Unifor] 2020-07-04

USA / Pennsylvania City Council Passes Emergency Health Benefits for Frontline Healthcare Workers [SWGlobe Times] 2020-07-04

USA Colleges Face Rising Revolt by Professors: Most universities plan to bring students back to campus. But many of their teachers are concerned about joining them [NYTimes] 2020-07-04

UK Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the age of COVID [UNISON] 2020-07-03

UK UK 'air bridge' plans labelled a fiasco by unions [The Guardian] 2020-07-03

South Africa / Zimbabwe Zimbabweans in SA engage ILO, Cosatu over unpaid COVID-19 state grants [Zimbabwe Today] 2020-07-03

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Nurses down tools and join Nehawu protest over working conditions [The South African] 2020-07-02

UK NUJ welcomes Covid-19 aid scheme changes for self-employed parents [NUJ] 2020-07-02

USA / Georgia GA Health Care Workers Urge Kemp To Make Masks Mandatory [WABE] 2020-07-02

USA / Vermont VT state workers to see one-time bonus payment [WCAX] 2020-07-02

USA Portraits of Essential California Workers [NYTimes] 2020-07-02

USA / Indiana Merrillville rally calls for living wages, hazard pay for home health care workers [NWI] 2020-07-02

Australia / Western Australia Sixth COVID-19 case at Coles Laverton DC [UWU] 2020-07-02

Australia TWU demands answers from Qantas in meeting on redundancies [TWU] 2020-07-02

South Africa Unions warn against phase two of schools' reopening [SowetanLIVE] 2020-07-02

South Africa Numsa threatens court action if govt doesn't resolve its issues with taxi industry [News24] 2020-07-02

UK TUC Congress 2020 will take place virtually during 14 - 15 September [TUC] 2020-07-02

UK Huge job losses on struggling high streets - retail urgently needs Government recovery plan [USDAW] 2020-07-02

South Africa Too little teaching, planning and too few classrooms - teachers' survey raises alarm [News24] 2020-07-02

UK Boris Johnson's 'new deal' speech: what is missing? [Guardian] 2020-07-01

Europe Getting our act together: in the European non-profit cultural sector [Opendemocracy] 2020-07-01

UK Ferries union RMT demands Government action as jobs carnage continues [RMT] 2020-07-01

UK TSSA Calls For Government Action Over Travel Trade Future [TSSA] 2020-07-01

Germany Amazon warehouse workers in Germany will strike Monday because of coronavirus infections [The Verge] 2020-07-01

Canada Workers at Jazz Aviation and Exploits Valley Air Services oppose service reduction announcement [Unifor] 2020-07-01

USA Unemployment rate is higher than officially recorded, more so for women and certain other groups [Pew Research Ctr] 2020-07-01

USA When Essential Workers Earn Less Than The Jobless: 'We Put The Country On Our Back' [NPR] 2020-07-01

UK PCS challenges HSE view on air conditioning [PCS] 2020-06-30

USA / New York Legislators call on CUNY to stop cuts and layoffs [PSC-CUNY] 2020-06-30

Australia National survey shows insecure hospitality workers devastated by Covid-19 [UWU] 2020-06-30

Australia / Queensland Retail and pharmacy workers have their pay cut while Morrison sleeps easy [Queensland Unions] 2020-06-30

Malaysia Union Asks For Increased Wages To Prevent Labour Shortage [The Post] 2020-06-30

Canada / Alberta Unifor disappointed as Kenney presents support for corporations and slim pickings for workers [Unifor] 2020-06-30

South Africa Health workers need more training around COVID-19: Nehawu [SABC] 2020-06-30

Global 'I Will Kill You': Health Care Workers Face Rising Attacks Amid COVID-19 Outbreak [NPR] 2020-06-30

South Africa / Gauteng School defects pose danger to teachers, pupils [SowetanLIVE] 2020-06-30

UK TSSA 'Pleased' Two Metre Rule Remains On Public Transport [TSSA] 2020-06-29

UK Maternity Action calling on the Government to protect expectant and new mothers from unfair redundancy [USDAW] 2020-06-29

Global International Fashion Houses Are Leaving Millions of Asians Jobless. The Workers Are Now Protesting [VICE] 2020-06-29

India / Telangana Beedi rollers in Telangana struggle to earn daily bread amid COVID-19 lockdown [The Express] 2020-06-29

Middle East For migrant workers in the MENA, flattening the curve of inequality is urgent [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-29

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Health centres unsafe [The Witness] 2020-06-29

South Africa Back to school: As Covid-19 bites, calls mount for doors to stay shut to 6-million set to return [TimesLIVE] 2020-06-28

USA States scramble to contain Covid spikes without enough workers to track outbreaks [Politico] 2020-06-28

Canada / Ontario Ford Government Allowing Undue Risk to Workers Amid Province-Wide Reopening [USW] 2020-06-28

Canada / Ontario Unifor Local 673 members show solidarity with frontline health care workers [Unifor] 2020-06-28

Europe The pandemic in road transport [ITF] 2020-06-28

Australia Fair Work Commission declares businesses must bargain during pandemic [AWU] 2020-06-28

Australia Halt Qantas redundancies ahead of review on jobkeeper, TWU urges [TWU] 2020-06-28

USA Flight Attendants, Airline Unions Plead With Government to Avoid Layoffs [Travel Pulse] 2020-06-27

USA As States Reopen, Returning Workers Wonder How Employers Will Protect Them [NPR] 2020-06-27

UK PCS warns reopening jobcentres to public is perfect storm [PCS] 2020-06-27

India Female Corona-warriors: Underpaid and unappreciated [The Straits Times] 2020-06-27

India / Karnataka Estimated 40% of garment workers in Karnataka have lost jobs: unions [The Hindu] 2020-06-27

South Africa Covid-19 Roundup, unemployment and a vaccine [New Frame] 2020-06-26

USA Airline unions ask Congress for another $32 billion in funding [UPI] 2020-06-26

USA Why these meatpacking workers fear for their health and safety amid COVID-19 [PBS] 2020-06-26

USA Coronavirus opens door to company surveillance of workers [Politico] 2020-06-26

Global Cities versus multinationals: who will win our post-COVID future? [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-26

UK Rail union RMT demands that Government get a grip after Bournemouth chaos [RMT] 2020-06-26

UK Legislation to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse called for by Usdaw and the Co-op [USDAW] 2020-06-26

USA / California SEIU: Workers, Families and Friends to Hold Candlelight Vigil Thursday to Commemorate the Life of Second Riverside Community Hospital Worker to Die from COVID-19 [TTownMedia] 2020-06-26

USA / California Farm Workers Strike After They See on TV That Dozens of Coworkers Have Coronavirus [NBC] 2020-06-26

UK New online course explores skin health [RCN] 2020-06-25

Europe What future for the EU after COVID-19? [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-25

USA USDA used junk worker safety data to justify a new role allowing pork processors to run lines at unlimited speeds [Washington Post] 2020-06-25

Canada / Ontario Privatization, two-tiered home care, and the burden on women [Rank and File] 2020-06-25

UK On International Day of the Seafarer RMT demands an end to UK ferry jobs massacre [RMT] 2020-06-25

UK NHS Blood and Transplant service is calling for plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19 [UNISON] 2020-06-25

South Africa Covid-19: Should more grades return to school amid spike in cases? Here's what unions think [News24] 2020-06-25

USA / New York Pandemic May Force New York City to Lay Off 22,000 Workers [NYTimes] 2020-06-24

USA More than 13,000 federal workers face a possible furlough of 30 days or longer [Wash Post] 2020-06-24

UK Pay SSP at average earnings Says Usdaw [USDAW] 2020-06-24

Zimbabwe ZCTU urges govt clarity on lockdown measures as citizens harassed on way to work [New Zimbabwe] 2020-06-23

South Africa / Eastern Cape Province's healthcare woes worsen [New Frame] 2020-06-23

UK Government must plug BBC's funding gap, says NUJ [NUJ] 2020-06-23

UK Retailers urged by Usdaw to maintain existing two metre social distancing in shops [USDAW] 2020-06-23

South Africa / Eastern Cape More field hospitals as union expects 'explosion' of Covid-19 cases [News24] 2020-06-23

South Africa / Eastern Cape Nurses face Covid-19 stigma [New Frame] 2020-06-22

UK Government rethink on longer Sunday trading welcomed by Usdaw [USDAW] 2020-06-22

UK RMT calles on government to scrap their railway volunteer Journey Makers stunt [RMT] 2020-06-22

UK / Scotland Unions thriving amid national crisis [The Scotsman] 2020-06-22

Canada / Mexico Third migrant farm worker dies as Canada reaches deal with Mexico [Global] 2020-06-22

UK Poor conditions in meat plants fuel Covid-19 outbreaks, say unions [Guardian] 2020-06-22

UK Risks is the TUC's weekly newsletter for safety reps and others [TUC] 2020-06-21

UK Scottish government tells university staff to return to campuses before publishing higher education safety guidance [UCU] 2020-06-21

India / Kerala No salary for 300 staff of Kerala pvt hospital after govt turns it into COVID-19 centre [The News Minute] 2020-06-21

USA / Louisiana 'They're being treated as disposable;' New Orleans sanitation workers continue strike for living wage, hazard pay [4WWL] 2020-06-21

USA Why the sickest workers may be among the first back on the job [Virginian-Pilot] 2020-06-21

USA NFL union advises players not to participate in group workouts because of virus threat [Washington Post] 2020-06-21

Australia TWU welcomes ACCC monitoring of aviation but demands urgent government action to save jobs [TWU] 2020-06-20

UK RMT welcomes MCA detention and inspection of cruise ships in Tilbury and Bristol over crew welfare [RMT] 2020-06-20

UK UNISON gives cautious welcome to COVID-related schools funding [UNISON] 2020-06-20

USA COVID-19 pandemic: Labor unions sue MSHA to force an emergency temporary standard [Safety and Health] 2020-06-20

USA / California Laid off workers in SF could gain right to be rehired at same pay [SFExaminer] 2020-06-20

USA A Crisis Of Health In Healthcare Workers [Science Friday] For more info 2020-06-20

South Africa FEDUSA welcomes reopening of services industry [Polity] 2020-06-19

UK RMT begins balloting for industrial action on Heathrow Express [RMT] 2020-06-19

Canada / Ontario Ford government planning to reduce holidays for front-line retail workers [The Star] 2020-06-19

USA / Florida 'Our bills won't wait': the Florida town where farm laborers risk their lives to work amid Covid-19 [Guardian] 2020-06-18

UK Usdaw warns the BEIS Select Committee of a struggling high street and calls for a Government recovery plan [USDAW] 2020-06-18

Brazil Is Brazil on the verge of a dictatorship? [Opendemocracy] 2020-06-18

Canada / Alberta The battle in Edmonton for a new kind of transit [Rank and File] 2020-06-18

Australia / Queensland State government introduces legislation to defer wage rises [Queensland Unions] 2020-06-18

Suriname old mine closed over union dispute following COVID-19 outbreak [The Times-Colonist] 2020-06-18

Canada / Ontario W Hotel Toronto delay will not affect unionized jobs [Unifor] 2020-06-18

Canada Emergence of essential workers a boon for unions [Sudbury.com] 2020-06-18

South Africa / Western Cape We are already overwhelmed by Covid-19: health care workers [TimesLIVE] 2020-06-18

UK Tell us how you or other BME workers been treated at work during covid-19 [TUC] 2020-06-18

USA / Florida Hilton lays off 22 percent of corporate workers as hotels struggle against COVID-19 [Tampa Bay Times] 2020-06-17

USA AT&T to lay off thousands of workers and close 250 stores [Verge] 2020-06-17

USA Hundreds of health-care workers lost their lives battling the coronavirus [Wash Post] 2020-06-17

USA / Massachusetts 'We Just Want To Be Heard': Black Immigrant Domestic Workers In Mass. Face Confluence Of Pandemic Challenges [Bostonmix] 2020-06-17

UK Chair calls for large protests to be banned [polfed] 2020-06-16

UK Government must protect BME people from coronavirus, says TUC [TUC] 2020-06-16

UK UNISON welcomes decision to provide funding for free school meals during the summer [UNISON] 2020-06-16

Australia Australia mishandled coronavirus spread in aged care, nurses union says [The Guardian] 2020-06-16

Canada Essential but expendable: How Canada failed migrant farm workers [The Globe and Mail] 2020-06-16

UK ScotRail's increased services not a 'green light' to dich social distancing [TSSA] 2020-06-16

South Africa Union vows to shut down Dis-Chem warehouse over Covid-19 cases [News24] 2020-06-16

South Africa / Northern Cape Can a big, poor province like ours cope with Covid-19? [News24] 2020-06-16

USA 42,000 cruise ship workers still trapped at sea, some are still suffering from COVID-19 [Tampa Bay Times] 2020-06-15

UK Care worker pay deductions must be tackled to stop hardship and control virus spread [UNISON] 2020-06-15

UK / England Young workers in Yorkshire and the Humber are three times more likely to work in sectors where jobs are most at risk [TUC] 2020-06-15

USA / South Dakota Meatpacking workers often absent after Trump order to reopen [Reuters] 2020-06-15

USA Public health workers fighting virus face growing threats [Tampa Bay Times] 2020-06-15

USA Unions tap into burst of worker angst over coronavirus [Politico] 2020-06-15

UK GDP: Protect and create jobs for a faster recovery, says TUC [TUC] 2020-06-14

Canada We have farmed out tragedy to the migrant workers who provide our food [The Globe and Mail] 2020-06-14

Australia Tip-offs point to employers cheating staff on JobKeeper [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-14

Canada / British Columbia Employers coalition seeks to dodge responsibilities to infected workers [Unifor] 2020-06-14

South Africa / Western Cape Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped [News24] 2020-06-13

UK Catalogue of errors contributed to catastrophic care death toll, says UNISON [UNISON] 2020-06-13

Australia TWU welcomes border re-openings to help aviation industry; calls for standardised protections [TWU] 2020-06-13

Canada Unions call on retailers to make virus pay permanent [The Times-Colonist] 2020-06-13

Zimbabwe ZCTU urges parliament to shelve public hearings due to Covid-19 lockdown [New Zimbabwe] 2020-06-13

UK Respect shopworkers says Usdaw, as shops are allowed to reopen if it is safe to do so [USDAW] 2020-06-12

UK PCS negotiates credit for DWP members going into work [PCS] 2020-06-12

Canada Loblaws wrong to cut pandemic pay [Unifor] 2020-06-12

USA / California Diamond walnut workers rally for hazard pay at Stockton plant [RecordNet] 2020-06-11

USA 1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits: Nearly 21 million people in the U.S. are officially classified as unemployed [Press Herald] 2020-06-11

UK British Council insolvency avoided but future uncertain [PCS] 2020-06-11

Australia / Australian Capital Territory Casino Canberra misspends JobKeeper [UWU] 2020-06-11

Australia Airport workers demand Jobkeeper [TWU] 2020-06-11

Canada Transit union calling for $5 billion in federal emergency funding [The Standard-Freeholder] 2020-06-11

South Africa SAFPU stand up for players amidst possible football return [Soccer Laduma] 2020-06-11

South Africa NUM pushes for social distancing in mines [SABC] 2020-06-11

UK Employers are breaking the law and forcing pregnant women out of work during the pandemic [TUC] 2020-06-10

UK Greater clarity needed from PM on plans to scrap immigration health surcharge [UNISON] 2020-06-10

UK Aviation workers must be protected and given right to retrain amid corona chaos [PCS] 2020-06-10

Kenya Patients on their own as medics go on strike [The Standard] 2020-06-10

Africa Sex workers hit hard by lockdown laws [Open Democracy] 2020-06-10

South Africa / Gauteng Milpark Netcare hospital accused of mixing Covid-19 patients with others [SowetanLIVE] 2020-06-10

South Africa Thousands of jobs at ARC in jeopardy, and so too food security [Polity/Solidarity] 2020-06-09

UK Public Transport Workers in Ireland must be issued visors to protect from coronavirus [TSSA] 2020-06-09

UK Join PCS online forum on Covid-19 impact on black communities [PCS] 2020-06-09

USA Testing Nursing Home Workers Can Help Stop Coronavirus. But Who Should Pay? [NYTimes] 2020-06-09

Australia Educators betrayed by JobKeeper withdrawal [UWU] 2020-06-09

Australia Sydney airport workers travel to Canberra to demand Jobkeeper [TWU] 2020-06-09

Australia Warnings that women will be hardest hit by reintroduction of childcare fees [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-09

Australia Australia Post's new delivery model will slash jobs, union warns [The Guardian] 2020-06-09

Canada / British Columbia Unionization likely at Vancouver care home with deadly COVID-19 outbreak [The National Observer] 2020-06-09

Canada / Nova Scotia Half of Staff Infected in Massive COVID-19 Outbreak Are People of Colour: Union [VICE] 2020-06-09

UK / Scotland RMT demands urgent recommencement of railway enhancement works in Scotland [RMT] 2020-06-09

UK BBC puts two regional TV programmes under threat [NUJ] 2020-06-09

South Africa SAFPU and Lifeline combine to support players, ex-Chiefs goalkeeper first to receive help [Sport24] 2020-06-08

UK Derbyshire PCC's stance on abuse of shopworkers is welcomed by Usdaw [USDAW] 2020-06-08

UK / Scotland Unions make safe return-to-work agreement with Scottish government [Union News] 2020-06-08

Australia / South Australia Thank You - We need a public sector that is strong and never under resourced [SA Unions] 2020-06-08

UK Advice for NUJ members reporting on protests [NUJ] 2020-06-08

USA / Washington Covid-19 Opens the Door for Seattle Gig Workers to Win Sick Pay [Wired] 2020-06-07

USA Left out: More workers now losing hope of getting back jobs [StarTribune] 2020-06-07

South Africa Schools to reopen tomorrow: unions [SowetanLIVE] 2020-06-07

UK Equality and Human Rights Commission COVID-19 race probe announced [UNISON] 2020-06-07

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Schools' opening in doubt as 60,000 pieces of PPE unaccounted for [TimesLIVE] 2020-06-07

Canada Steelworkers Humanity Fund Provides $37,690 to Support Workers Affected by COVID-19 [USW] 2020-06-07

Canada / Manitoba Pallister flip-flops on protecting front-line workers [Unifor] 2020-06-07

USA / Kentucky KY eliminates 675 workers hired to help with unemployment problems [WDRB] 2020-06-06

USA The May jobs report had 'misclassification error' that made the unemployment rate look lower than it is [SFGate] 2020-06-06

USA / California George Floyd: Medical workers show solidarity for cause [Santa Cruz Sentinel] 2020-06-06

India / Maharashtra COVID-19: Labour shortage post worker exodus hit industries [Express News Service] 2020-06-06

UK / Scotland PCS makes safe return to work agreement with Scottish Government [PCS] 2020-06-06

UK Sunday trading deregulation call rejected by Usdaw [USDAW] 2020-06-06

New Zealand CTU launches petition calling for safer sick leave in light of COVID-19 [CTU] 2020-06-06

South Africa Union raises concern on rural schools' state of readiness [SowetanLIVE] 2020-06-06

South Africa / Eastern Cape Cosatu supports NUM's call for safety of workers before profits at Eskom [Polity] 2020-06-06

Pakistan Fast fashion: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis [The Guardian] 2020-06-05

UK RMT responds to Government and Rail Delivery Group on face masks [RMT] 2020-06-05

Australia Tax backflip: aged care worker retention bonus insult [UWU] 2020-06-05

Australia 40% of aviation workers not getting Jobkeeper, survey shows [TWU] 2020-06-05

Australia Two-thirds of arts workers relied on JobKeeper payments, new data shows [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-05

Israel Airports union briefly halts flights due to dispute over resuming travel [The Times] 2020-06-05

Canada / Ontario GM Oshawa workers manufacturing 10 million masks for front line health care workers [Unifor] 2020-06-05

Canada / New Brunswick Pulp mill members win workplace changes for safety [Unifor] 2020-06-05

Global World Players Association: 6 essentials for a Safe Return to Play [UNI Global Union] 2020-06-05

South Africa / Eastern Cape Linen shortages due to go-slow at Livingstone and Provincial hospitals hits admissions [TimesLIVE] 2020-06-05

South Africa CWU to engage SABC over increasing positive COVID-19 cases [SABC] 2020-06-04

Global Coronavirus has infected at least 450,000 health-care workers worldwide, report says [Wash Post] 2020-06-04

USA / California California Assembly, Senate leaders say no to mandatory pay cuts for state workers [Sacramento Bee] 2020-06-04

UK UK parliament union threatens to strike after MPs' queuing chaos [The Guardian] 2020-06-04

Brazil In Brazil's raging pandemic, domestic workers fear for their lives - and their jobs [The Times-Union] 2020-06-04

India 85% Domestic Workers Not Paid During Lockdown, Says Survey [Newsclick] 2020-06-04

Canada / Ontario OPSEU calls on federal government to extend pandemic pay to all front-line health workers [OPSEU] 2020-06-04

Canada / Ontario Unifor welcomes move to appoint new management at Forest Height's LTC home [Unifor] 2020-06-04

South Africa Sadtu, Cosatu vow to lay criminal charges should staff, pupils get infected at schools [Polity] 2020-06-03

USA The coronavirus pandemic has strained the mental health of front-line health workers [TX Tribune] 2020-06-03

USA / New York Buffalo Tesla worker tests positive for COVID-19 after New York factory reopens [Verge] 2020-06-03

USA How Many U.S. Workers Have Lost Jobs During Coronavirus Pandemic? There Are Several Ways to Count: No matter the measure, Covid-19 and shutdowns led to historically high unemployment and are likely to leave lasting mark on U.S. economy [WSJ] 2020-06-03

Europe Coronavirus is not high threat to workers, EU says, causing outcry [Reuters] 2020-06-03

USA Local Public Health Workers Report Hostile Threats And Fears About Contact Tracing [NPR] 2020-06-03

UK TSSA Calls For Urgent Talks On TFL Future Funding [TSSA] 2020-06-03

USA Every Food and Delivery Strike Happening Over Coronavirus [The Cut] 2020-06-03

Australia Virgin unions to grill Bain as concerns grow over quick resale [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-03

Kenya Pay cuts in private hospitals as business slumps [The Nation] 2020-06-03

Kenya Kisumu health workers to down tools [The Standard] 2020-06-03

Kenya Kisumu health workers issue 7-day strike notice [The Star] 2020-06-03

Canada / Ontario Unifor applauds investigation of Ontario's oversight of long-term care during pandemic [Unifor] 2020-06-03

UK As lockdowns ease, anxiety grows and confusion reigns [UNISON] 2020-06-02

UK How have you or other BME workers been treated at work during this crisis? [TUC] 2020-06-02

Peru At least 20 journalists died from Covid-19 as they covered pandemic [The Guardian] 2020-06-02

France Ryanair staff in France accuse airline of 'redundancy blackmail' [The Guardian] 2020-06-02

USA As meatpacking plants reopen, workers terrified of coronavirus risk: Infection rates are still rising at many plants; unions to call for more enforcement [Politico] 2020-06-02

USA Workers built America; now the government needs to support working people [Tallahassee Democrat] 2020-06-02

USA Starbucks Reduces Worker Hours to Reflect Pared-Back Operations [WSJ] 2020-06-02

Australia Early childhood educator survey: TWO-THIRDS say families and educators at increased risk of coronavirus due to lifting attendance [UWU] 2020-06-02

Singapore Plans to overhaul housing for foreign workers unveiled [The Straits Times] 2020-06-02

New Zealand COVID-19: Unions to pressure Government on extending sick leave in New Zealand from five days to 10 [NewsHub] 2020-06-02

Australia / New South Wales Billing ban from paramedics as public servants fight wage freeze [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-02

Australia Union urges contenders Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners to engage constructively with workers [The Guardian] 2020-06-02

UK PCS reps sign up for online 5 tests meeting [PCS] 2020-06-02

South Africa All workers can now benefit from UIF relief scheme [New Frame] 2020-06-02

USA America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit [The Nation] 2020-06-01

UK PCS warns parliament is not safe from Covid-19 outbreak [PCS] 2020-06-01

UK RMT calls for urgent Government intervention [RMT] 2020-06-01

UK TSSA Back Sadiq Khan's Call For Inquiry Into BAME Covid-19 Impact [TSSA] 2020-06-01

UK Usdaw looks beyond the Coronavirus emergency with a call for a new deal for workers and the retail industry [USDAW] 2020-06-01

Australia Union kingmakers fear Bain Capital's bid for Virgin Australia [The Morning Herald] 2020-06-01

Australia Unions warn against push for effective pay cuts amid Covid-19 recovery [The Guardian] 2020-06-01

USA / California Essential Blueberry Farm Workers Strike After Employer Cuts Pay Amid Pandemic [Now This] 2020-06-01

South Africa Thousands of teachers expected to ask for permission to teach from home [TimesLIVE] 2020-06-01

South Africa School reopening: 'The timelines were unrealistic' - unions react to postponement [News24] 2020-06-01

UK NEU calls on government to step back from the brink and stop wider school reopening tomorrow [Union News] 2020-05-31

UK TUC warns inadequate sick pay could force vulnerable people back to work [Union News] 2020-05-31

UK Unite steps up campaign over British Airways plans to fire all workers [Union News] 2020-05-31

UK NHS Test and Trace may fail without a decent income for all workers who must self-isolate [TUC] 2020-05-31

Australia 'A moral obligation': radical reform urged before cruise ships allowed to return to Australia [The Guardian] 2020-05-31

South Africa / Limpopo PSC tells provincial government to abide by 60-day rule and reinstate suspended officials [News24] 2020-05-31

USA Older school workers worry about virus risks if Florida campuses reopen [Tampa Bay Times] 2020-05-30

UK Earlier start for short-time furlough another union campaign win, says TUC [TUC] 2020-05-30

Canada / Ontario Not all front-line workers to get Ontario's premium pay, setting stage for backlash, observer says [The Reformer] 2020-05-30

Brazil Unions win safety concessions at Brazil Post Office [UNI] 2020-05-30

USA / USA Domestic Workers In The Pandemic [Working Life] 2020-05-30

South Africa Schools reopening: teachers concerned about infection, compliance by children [News24] 2020-05-30

South Africa 'Schools not ready to re-open', says national SGB association [SowetanLIVE] 2020-05-29

South Africa Disaster looms, with high Covid-19 infections in mines: NUM [Power98.7] 2020-05-29

South Africa 'Give workers their pension funds' [SowetanLIVE] 2020-05-29

New Zealand Covid-19 income relief payment announcement welomed [NZCTU-te Kauae Kamahi] 2020-05-25

UK New agreement to ensure NHS staff in England are paid properly for every working hour [UNISON] 2020-05-29

UK 50 years on from the Equal Pay Act and there is still much more to do [USDAW] 2020-05-29

UK Coronavirus shows working women are still underpaid and undervalued, says TUC [TUC] 2020-05-29

Australia Union submits progressive vision to Senate COVID-19 Committee [UWU] 2020-05-29

Australia 'When manufacturing goes, it goes': Union warns sector under pressure [The Morning Herald] 2020-05-29

Canada / New Brunswick Province has 'massive double standard' for COVID-19 health guidelines [Unifor] 2020-05-29

Canada / Manitoba Immigrant health workers speak out against racism [The Free Press] 2020-05-29

Canada In Canada, non-status women are being left behind [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-29

UK Organise against university cuts [Workersliberty] 2020-05-29

USA 2.1 million new unemployment claims filed last week, as workers still struggle to get benefits: about a quarter of the workforce seeking jobless aid [Politico] 2020-05-28

USA / Washington Coronavirus, underlying issues drive fruit packing house workers to strike [Spokesman-Rev] 2020-05-28

USA / Washington Fruit packing house strikes continue; state releases new guidance for agricultural employers [Yakima Herald] 2020-05-28

USA / Washington 'Are Their Apples Worth More Than Our Lives?': Yakima Valley Fruit Workers Strike [OPB] 2020-05-28

USA / Washington Workers at 6 Yakima-area fruit-packing plants strike over coronavirus concerns [Seattle Times] 2020-05-28

UK Courier firm accused of targeting union activists for redundancy [Guardian] 2020-05-28

UK Anger over Coventry College 'outrageous' U-turn on pledge to protect jobs during pandemic [UCU] 2020-05-28

UK Kindness in the age of COVID-19 [UNISON] 2020-05-28

Singapore NTUC focusing on matching at-risk workers to companies [The Straits Times] 2020-05-28

UK Protecting and creating jobs must be a priority in any coronavirus recovery [The Guardian] 2020-05-28

USA Windows App 'HomeWorker' Promises Increased Productivity from Work-at-home Workers [Homeworker] 2020-05-27

UK Workers need financial support to quarantine for testing and tracing to work, says TUC [TUC] 2020-05-27

USA COVID-19 cases among health care workers top 62,000, CDC reports [NBC] 2020-05-27

South Africa / Eastern Cape SAMWU demands that Chris Hani District Municipality moves to a higher lockdown level [Polity] 2020-05-27

USA AFL-CIO Files Emergency Petition Demanding Formal COVID-19 Action from OSHA [Natl Law Rev] 2020-05-27

USA Equity Insists Actors Shouldn't Work Till Epidemic Is 'Under Control' [NY Times] 2020-05-27

Australia Workplace reforms are worth it: union boss [The News] 2020-05-27

Australia Work in progress: a $60bn miscalculation could make jobkeeper fairer and lead to quicker recovery [The Guardian] 2020-05-27

Canada / Ontario Armed forces LTC report reinforces the long-term care systemic crisis and the need for immediate action [Unifor] 2020-05-27

UK Government must set out how plans for wider school reopening will meet obligations under the Equality Act 2010 [NASUWT] 2020-05-27

UK NUJ calls on the Premier League to rethink plans to cut match coverage to two photographers [NUJ] 2020-05-27

Canada / Ontario Give Urgent Attention to Long-Term Care Issues! [ONA] 2020-05-27

Canada Public service union calls on pension fund to give up ownership of private nursing home chain [Our Windsor] 2020-05-27

Canada / Ontario Disturbing Revelations from Long-Term Care by the Canadian Armed Forces [SEIU] 2020-05-27

Pakistan ast fashion: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis [Guardian] 2020-05-27

Russia Russia's labour migrants are caught between poverty and a pandemic [Open Democracy] 2020-05-27

USA Trump Team Killed Rule Designed To Protect Health Workers From Pandemic Like COVID-19 [NPR] 2020-05-27

South Africa Government facing myriad of court challenges over lockdown rules [TimesLIVE] 2020-05-27

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal Teachers need more time to prepare - Sadtu on return of staff to schools [News24] 2020-05-27

South Africa / Gauteng Mponeng must test all workers after 188 miners contacted Covid-19: NUM [Power98.7] 2020-05-26

UK Usdaw urges retailers to put safety first when reopening stores [USDAW] 2020-05-26

UK PCS wins vital health and safety concessions at the Home Office [PCS] 2020-05-26

Zimbabwe Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic pay [Newsday] 2020-05-26

Malaysia Malaysia to deport all Covid-19 negative undocumented workers [New Straits Times] 2020-05-26

UK Unions and business support Sunak's 'last resort' bail out plans [Guardian] 2020-05-26

UK Covid-19 Means Government Must 'Bite Bullet' & Nationalise Railways [TSSA] 2020-05-26

UK Covid response team helps hundreds of PCS members [PCS] 2020-05-26

Canada / Alberta Profits over health in Alberta [Rank and File] 2020-05-26

India India's 'hidden' home garment workers feared losing out on coronavirus aid [Reuters] 2020-05-26

France Amazon France [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-26

Hungary Is totalitarianism on the rise in the East? [Opendemocracy] 2020-05-26

Australia Federal government underspend blunder should open Jobkeeper to more casuals [Queensland Unions] 2020-05-26

Australia 'They are poverty wages': Top unionist calls for living wage for front-line workers [The Morning Herald] 2020-05-26

USA Coronavirus hit meat plants just as workers were being asked to speed up [Star Tribune] 2020-05-26

USA Fawcett Society survey shows support for income-tax increase to fund pay rise for care workers [Guardian] 2020-05-26