South Africa Popcru calls for action against workplace sexual harassment [DFA] 2024-12-03

UK FBU urges faster action on 'disgraceful' cladding crisis [FBU] 2024-12-03

India Women workers’ strike: How to ensure safety in the age of platform-based gig work [The Indian Express] 2024-12-03

Australia Systemic change needed to address racism and harassment of trainees [AMA] 2024-12-03

Australia Safety Not Guaranteed: Children at work, children at risk [SDA] 2024-12-03

Australia Safety not taken seriously by Woolworths [UWU] 2024-12-03

France BWI to Heidelberg Materials-France: Stop endangering workers' safety [BWI] 2024-12-02

India / Rajasthan Worker killed, two injured in tunnel collapse in Kota [FE Online] 2024-12-02

Canada / Ontario Ford’s proposed sick leave won’t allow workers to access EI sick benefits and doesn’t follow urgent recommendations from public health experts [WAC] 2024-12-02

UK Bectu comments on handling of Gregg Wallace allegations [bectu] 2024-12-02

UK 9 in 10 employees want bosses to prioritise mental health at work [acas] 2024-12-02

Canada / Ontario $2 billion in WSIB rebates: a gift to employers, an insult to workers [CUPE] 2024-11-30

Australia Anti-violence protection changes a step forward [CPSU] 2024-11-30

Australia / New South Wales Secret documents show silicosis ‘tsunami’ coming for metro tunnellers [AWU] 2024-11-30

Australia CFMEU under administration jeopardises workers’ safety [Green Left Weekly] 2024-11-30

USA How a proposed federal heat rule might have saved workers’ lives [Dailiy Montanan] 2024-11-30

South Africa The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas [GroundUp] 2024-11-29

Pakistan HBWWF’s moot reveals 85% of women workers facing harassment in Pakistan [Today] 2024-11-29

UK Workers want managers to prioritise mental health, finds Acas study [Morning Star] 2024-11-29

UK More than half of Amazon workers are forced to borrow money due to low pay [Morning Star] 2024-11-29

UK Black women's experience of sexual harassment in the workplace [TUC] 2024-11-28

UK One in three care workers can't afford to be off sick [GMB] 2024-11-28

Australia Supply chain disruption caused by Woolworths warehouse strike leading to staff abuse, union says [ABC] 2024-11-28

India Chandrika, And Many Like Her, Pay A Terrible Cost For Flexi Work On Gig Platforms [Behan Box] 2024-11-28

Turkey Coalition of Women in Journalism condemns detention of journalists in Turkey [SCF] 2024-11-28

Global It's not a joke: Conversations about gender-based violence and harassment at workplaces [BWI] 2024-11-28

UK Irregular sleep pattern raises risk of stroke and heart attack, study finds [The Guardian] 2024-11-27

UK Former Dagenham union secretary frustrated at spy cops inquiry [Romford Recorder] 2024-11-27

Australia Asbestos Awareness Week: an enduring and deadly legacy [Australian Unions] 2024-11-27

Philippines Discrimination, unpaid care work: The unique challenges of women workers [rappler] 2024-11-27

Dominican Republic UNI Americas and affiliates in Dominican Republic launch campaign to ratify ILO Convention 190 [UNI] 2024-11-27

Nigeria Unions push for safer workplaces [Punch] 2024-11-27

Canada / Alberta #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. [UFCW Canada 401] 2024-11-27

South Africa Union criticises employers for not registering domestic workers with UIF [Zawya] 2024-11-27

Cyprus Union condemns prosecution of Turkish Cypriot media worker [Philenews] 2024-11-27

Nigeria Benue Union Workers Protest Killing Of Colleagues, Commuters [Gistmania] 2024-11-27

UK GMB staff and members to complain to equalities watchdog over institutional sexism [The Guardian] 2024-11-27

USA A Roadmap for Protecting Workers From Heat in the U.S. [La Isla] 2024-11-26

UK One in seven women have suffered economic abuse from partners, charity finds [Morning Star] 2024-11-26

Global / Saudi Arabia Migrant workers face ‘cycle of abuse’ in Saudi Arabia before World Cup, UN told [The Guardian] 2024-11-26

Global / UK COP29: Talks end with utterly inadequate deal on climate finance and just transition [ITUC] 2024-11-26

Australia / New South Wales Deadly find in Sydney Metro construction [NewsWire] 2024-11-26

Zimbabwe Union-led OHS inspections uncover serious violations at Hualong construction [BWI] 2024-11-26

UK Firefighters call on Labour to take urgent action for UK-wide flooding resilience [FBU] 2024-11-26

UK Nautilus calls for end to employment loopholes that allow exploitation of fishers [Nautilus] 2024-11-26

UK Ditch unfit for purpose pay body to stop staff leaving, cut NHS backlog and improve patient care, say unions [Unite] 2024-11-26

UK Operation Reuben: The Met Police and the construction blacklist [Guardian Series] 2024-11-26

Kenya / USA Workers with AI jobs thought they had tickets to the future until the grim reality set in [CBS News] 2024-11-25

South Africa Union criticises employers for not registering domestic workers with UIF. But it’s not so simple [GroundUp] 2024-11-25

UK Ministers told to raise sick pay as report says 1.6m would be unable to pay bills [The Guardian] 2024-11-25

UK Two-thirds of NHS workers have considered leaving health service, research finds [Morning Star] 2024-11-25

Europe NEPSI in Action: Strengthening Occupational Health and Safety, and Social Dialogue Across Europe [IndustriAll Europe] 2024-11-25

Global Most aviation workers face violence or harassment at work regularly, new report finds [ITF] 2024-11-25

Australia Police check push for fast food workers to protect Aussie teenagers [The Bulletin] 2024-11-25

Turkey Over 75% of workers in Türkiye face workplace violence: Study [Turkiye] 2024-11-25

Pakistan Demand for Women's Rights Boosts at Karachi Seminar [Devi Discourse] 2024-11-25

UK / England More than 16 staff physically or verbally assaulted in Ayrshire schools each day [Today] 2024-11-25

Australia SDA calls for more protections in the Work Health and Safety Amendment [SDA] 2024-11-24

Australia New signs call out customers to show respect at Woolies & Big W [SDA] 2024-11-24

Australia Woolworths workers strike over wages and ‘stopwatch’ system [The New Daily] 2024-11-24

Canada Sex work law challenge reveals differing views on the industry [rabble] 2024-11-24

Europe ​Professional football is disregarding legal requirements for Health & Safety Standards, University report says [FIFPRO] 2024-11-23

Europe EU lawmakers agree with union demands on scrutiny of working conditions at Amazon warehouses [UNI] 2024-11-23

South Africa Scenes from a zama zama rescue [GroundUp] 2024-11-22

South Africa Illegal mining clampdown: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar [The Conversation] 2024-11-22

South Africa / Mpumalanga COSATU GS Solly Phetoe to visit Lily Mine to ascertain progress of retrieval of bodies of deceased miners and resumption of its operations [COSATU] 2024-11-22

UK Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class [The Guardian] 2024-11-22

UK Hancock abandoned NHS staff during Covid, says Unison [Morning Star] 2024-11-22

Europe Petition: Don’t lower the minimum age for truck driving in Europe! [ETF] 2024-11-22

UK Matt Hancock deserted health and care staff ‘in their hour of need’, says UNISON [UNISON] 2024-11-22

India Female gig workers facing harassment and unsafe conditions, seek change and justice [South China Morning Post] 2024-11-22

New Zealand Pike River: 14 years on and too many of us are being injured at work [E tu union] 2024-11-21

USA / California UC AFSCME3299 & UPTE CWA Workers Strike For Living Wages and Against Union Busting at UCSF Parnassus [LVP] For more info 2024-11-21

UK Liverpool NHS strike ends as workers win covid bonus [GMB] 2024-11-21

UK NHS turnover costs thousands of lives, study finds as government plans 'bullying' NHS reforms [Morning Star] 2024-11-21

Middle East Empowering women unionists for safe and just workplaces [BWI] 2024-11-21

UK Train drivers are being denied the basic dignity of toilet breaks [Morning Star] 2024-11-21

Australia Rio Tinto fails ‘culture’ progress report card [MEU] 2024-11-21

Australia Measures needed to tackle rising threat of violence against doctors [AMA] 2024-11-21

North America Domestic Workers: A New Face of Solidarity [Dollars and Sense] 2024-11-21

Mexico Women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer [Rest of the World] 2024-11-21

Africa / Saudi Arabia Trade unions step up pressure on Saudi Arabia on workers welfare [The Nation] 2024-11-21

New Zealand Driver safety screens to be installed on Auckland buses [Radio New Zealand] 2024-11-21

Australia / Western Australia Rio Tinto review finds rape, pressure for sex persists at miner [Reuters] 2024-11-20

Canada / British Columbia Cypress Mountain Resort operator fined $132K for 2023 worksite death [CBC] 2024-11-20

South Africa ‘Smoke out’ remarks reflection of govt attitude – GIWUSA [JacarandaFM] 2024-11-19

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal One dead, two injured after chemical explosion at factory [News24] 2024-11-19

South Africa Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry [GroundUp] 2024-11-19

Europe World Toilet Day 2024: What if you didn’t have one at your workplace? [ETF] 2024-11-19

Global Safe access to decent toilets: a fundamental right for transport workers [ITF] 2024-11-19

UK Report on workers’ experience of toilet access and facilities [TUC] 2024-11-19

UK Dignity for Drivers - access to toilets at work [ASLEF] 2024-11-19

UK World Toilet Day: Unite puts bus employers on notice over toilet dignity [Unite] 2024-11-19

Australia Migrant women workers have experienced workplace sexual harassment: Explainer [SBS] 2024-11-19

UK Unions in call for improved toilet facilities for workers [The Chronicle] 2024-11-19

UK Workers face lack of access to toilets at work, unions warn [The Morning Star] 2024-11-19

Mexico Women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer [Rest of the World] 2024-11-19

Mexico Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. Women say it’s not enough [Context] 2024-11-19

USA / Florida A Tale of Two Thanksgivings [CIW] 2024-11-19

UK Disability History Month – Reasonable Adjustments [PCS] 2024-11-19