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Updated: Saturday 27 July 2024, 13:12:02
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Global More workers than ever are losing the fight against heat stress [ILO] 2024-07-26

Global / UK Workers’ fundamental right to organise is crucial in combating heat stress [ITUC] 2024-07-26

UK Get better soon: The Hazards Campaign’s blueprint to make work safe again [Hazards magazine] 2024-07-26

UK Deadly oversight: How our corporate manslaughter law failed by design [Hazards magazine] 2024-07-26

Global / UK Global law on biological hazards at work edges closer [Hazards magazine] 2024-07-26

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Australia / Queensland Bus Queensland refuses to hire safety officers as Transport Workers' Union demands review [ABC] 2024-07-26

Canada Sex worker organization is calling for responsible media coverage [rabble] 2024-07-26

Canada / Ontario Doug Ford Is Letting Migrant Workers Die From Extreme Heat [The Maple] 2024-07-26

UK Redcar chemical plant workers to strike over ‘serious’ public safety concerns [Unite the union] 2024-07-26

Global UNI’s Global Amazon Alliance issues ‘Common Demands’ for a overheating planet [UNI Global Union] 2024-07-25

Global Player associations repeat calls for effective regulation of contaminants [UNI Global Union] 2024-07-25

USA Bernie Sanders report exposes Amazon’s ‘outrageous injury levels’ during Prime Day season [UNI Global Union] 2024-07-25

Philippines Barangay Health Workers Urge Health Department for Overdue Hazard Pay [UNI Global Union] 2024-07-25

UK Workers believe Health and Safety legislation needs rethink [CIEH] 2024-07-24

Canada / Ontario Rally calls for urgent reforms to protect migrant workers [The Safety Mag] 2024-07-24

Australia Bunnings hits back on tradie lead poisoning claim [News.com.au] 2024-07-24

UK FBU hails end of 'living nightmare' of Bibby Stockholm barge [FBU] 2024-07-24

UK G4S 'has broken minimum wage and modern slavery laws' [GMB] 2024-07-24

South Africa COSATU declares TB a national emergency [COSATU] 2024-07-24

Bangladesh Garment workers in Bangladesh continue to suffer [IndustriALL] 2024-07-24

South Africa Paramedics face danger trying to rescue lives [COSATU] 2024-07-23

South Africa COSATU condemns relentless attacks on emergency personnel [COSATU] 2024-07-23

UK 'I was hit, kicked, bitten and sworn at by pupils' [BBC] 2024-07-23

Global ILO to release new report on global impact of heat stress on workers [ILO] 2024-07-23

Croatia Faktograf journalist Melita Vrsaljko assaulted twice in a week [EFJ] 2024-07-23

Bangladesh Journalist killed as protests rage [IFJ] 2024-07-23

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland refinery operator charged for flash explosion that killed worker [Canadian Press] 2024-07-23

South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal COSATU saddened by death of seventh firefighter [COSATU] 2024-07-23

UK Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024: Amazon worker threatened with the sack for taking time off after cancer diagnosis, festival hears [Morning Star] 2024-07-22

UK How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs [TUC] 2024-07-22

Australia Program: Welders exposed to carcinogenic fumes, research shows [ABC] 2024-07-22

UK Campaign groups unite to demand legislation holding public and corporate bodies accountable for deaths [Morning Star] 2024-07-22

India / Tamil Nadu Women Workers Faint Due to Fire Accident at Seafood Processing Plant [LatestLY] 2024-07-21

India / Karnataka Bengaluru IT industry seeks 14-hour workdays; Employee union objects: Report [The Times] 2024-07-21

India / Karnataka IT/ITeS staff urge Karnataka government to reconsider long working hours [The Economic Times] 2024-07-21

India / Karnataka Inhuman, Says IT Employees As IT Companies Seek 14 Hours Work In Bengaluru & Karnataka [Trak] 2024-07-21

USA Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade [NPR] 2024-07-21

USA US Supreme Court rejects challenge to workplace safety agency [Reuters] 2024-07-21

Australia / Queensland Action, not apologies required following Callide explosion report [MEU] 2024-07-20

Romania AFAN and league agree to alter kick-off times to protect players from extreme heat [FIFPRO] 2024-07-20

Global Why it's time to talk about disordered eating in football [FIFPRO] 2024-07-20

Global New Drake Football Study findings unmask mental health symptoms in women's football [FIFPRO] 2024-07-20

Ireland How PFA Ireland supported players who spoke out about sexual abuse [FIFPRO] 2024-07-20

India Majority of Indian employees experience burnout due to work-related stress [PTI] 2024-07-20

India Work-life balance: Why are Indian women feeling work stress more than men? [BS] 2024-07-20

India 30 women workers faint after ammonia gas leak at fish processing plant [India Today] 2024-07-20

Argentina IFJ Gender Council supports women journalists facing harassment [IFJ] 2024-07-20

Ukraine / Russia Journalists in Russian captivity must be released [IFJ] 2024-07-20

USA / California UAW4811 UC Members & Supporters Protest UC Regents Over Repression, Union Busting & Support For Genocide [LVP] For more info 2024-07-20

Australia / South Australia Ni-Vanuatu women unite to overcome seasonal work 'nightmare' with court case against alleged sexual abuse [ABC] 2024-07-19

UK Workers need protection in hot weather [GMB] 2024-07-19

India / Telangana Two workers died in an accident at a coal mine [PTI] 2024-07-18

India / Andhra Pradesh Worker killed in blast at chemical reactor [Hindustan Times] 2024-07-18

Australia Cabin crew had to scoop human waste from toilets after AFL team’s plane ran out of water, union says [The Guardian] 2024-07-18

UK Fire Brigades Union responds to Covid inquiry report with call for funding [FBU] 2024-07-18

UK Hubris and planning for wrong type of pandemic: five key takeaways from Covid inquiry verdict [The Guardian] 2024-07-18

USA Prime Day means injuries for almost half of Amazon warehouse workers, Senate investigation finds [MarketWatch] 2024-07-17

Philippines NUBCW condemns safety lapses after fatal construction accident [BWI] 2024-07-17

India SEWA India provides members with heat wave insurance [IndustriALL] 2024-07-17

Burkina Faso Four journalists disappeared in separate incidents since June [IFJ] 2024-07-17

Palestine At least 117 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza [IFJ] 2024-07-17

France IFJ President and General Secretary file complaint after receiving death threats [IFJ] 2024-07-17

UK / Global Amazon workers in Coventry narrowly vote against historic union recognition deal [The Guardian] 2024-07-17

Canada / British Columbia Historic unionization of migrant workers at Highline Mushrooms [The Safety Mag] 2024-07-17

India / Gujarat Diamond workers union launches suicide helpline for polishers in Surat, sees 400 calls on first day [Indian Express] 2024-07-17

USA Cities Want To Give Workers Heat Breaks. States Are Stopping Them [Next City] 2024-07-17

Australia / Western Australia 'Heads must roll': Union calls out government agency after potentially fatal near-miss offshore Australia [Upstream] 2024-07-17

Australia / Queensland Townsville hospital knife attack sparks fresh calls for stab-proof vests for Queensland Health guards [ABC] 2024-07-17

USA Dollar General will pay $12 million in fines over workplace safety violations like no fire extinguishers, blocked exits, bare wires [WCPN] 2024-07-17

India / Kerala Sanitation worker who fell into canal in Kerala found dead after 46 hours of search [Indian Express] 2024-07-16

Australia / Global International interest in TWU [Owner-Driver] 2024-07-16

Chile Sex Workers in Chile Continue to Face the Consequences of COVID-19 Without Government Assistance [Counter Punch] 2024-07-16

Korea (South) Workers on Samsung’s 8-in chip line to collectively file for workers’ comp [Hankyoreh] 2024-07-16

Korea (South) Why women making Samsung's semiconductors are on strike [News Bytes] 2024-07-16

USA / Texas 'We've had people brandishing AK-47s': Union urges stop to violent acts against CenterPoint workers [ABC] 2024-07-16

USA / California CA finally approved indoor heat rules. Why were prison workers excluded? [SMDP] 2024-07-16

UK Thousands of Jobcentre security guards begin six-day strike [Morning Star] 2024-07-15

Australia ‘My life changed… not for the better’: Former Socceroo Warren Spink on suffering a life-altering brain injury [PFA] 2024-07-15

Iraq / Turkey Journalist killed in Sinjar after alleged drone attack by Türkiye [IFJ] 2024-07-15

Pakistan Journalist gunned down in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [IFJ] 2024-07-15

USA / Louisiana Fifth Circuit appeals court sides with Angola’s Farm Line workers [The Lens NOLA] 2024-07-15

Australia Unions welcome Anglo American response to Grosvenor mine accident [IndustriALL] 2024-07-15

Canada Advocates demand better protections for Ontario's migrant farm workers [CBC] 2024-07-14

Australia Lead exposure concerns forces Bunnings to change product packaging [ABC] 2024-07-14

Italy Italian tax police free 33 Indian workers from ‘slave-like’ conditions on farms [AP] 2024-07-14

India Undefined roles, dire realities of domestic work Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/india/undefined-roles-dire-realities-of-domestic-work-3104738 [The Deccan Herald] 2024-07-14

Serbia 'Degraded Profession': Serbia Teachers Rattled By Attacks [Barron's] 2024-07-14

Italy At Italy's invisible harvest helpers [ASB Zeitung] 2024-07-14

Canada / British Columbia ‘What I want … is for you to apologize to Arlen’: Advocate calls out corporation about 2009 death [rabble] 2024-07-14

Canada / Ontario Doug Ford must implement emergency protection for agri-workers [rabble] 2024-07-14

India / Gujarat Three workers suffocate at illegal coal mine [PTI] 2024-07-14

Canada BC affiliates petition Canadian Government on PFAS ban [IAFF] 2024-07-13

Europe Dani Carvajal: 'It's an unfeasible calendar – we can’t keep up the level by playing every three days' [FIFPRO] 2024-07-13

Indonesia Players in Indonesia educating fans who abused them online [FIFPRO] 2024-07-13

New Zealand K-mart worker sacked for tryng to defuse attack on security guards gets job back-for now [Stuff] 2024-07-12

South Africa Draft regulations on hazardous chemical agents leave farmworkers at risk [Mail & Guardian] 2024-07-12

France Construction workers win expanded compensation covering heatwaves [BWI] 2024-07-12

India Amazon workers endure intense pressure, unsafe working conditions: UNI Global Union [UNI] 2024-07-12

India 2 workers killed as heavy boiler falls on them in Thane factory [PTI] 2024-07-12

UK UK nurse regulator condemned over toxic culture [BBC] 2024-07-11