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Numsa decries metal industry job shedding bloodbath [Daily Sun] 10-12-2025


Employment bill is worst attack on workers in decades [NZCTU] 09-12-2025


SAFTU rejects the dishonest “Come Back Home” narrative on NUMSA and FAWU and reaffirms unity in action [SAFTU] 09-12-2025


Tripartite constituents and farmers strengthen capacity on fundamental principles and rights at work and prevention of violence and harassment in the cotton sector [ILO] 09-12-2025


Kiribati launches its first-ever National Employment Policy with ILO support [ILO] 09-12-2025



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Talks between ANC and NEHAWU underway to rectify the nonpayment issue 2025-12-10 [SABC]

Saftu warns of banned pesticides flooding SA farms 2025-12-10 [SAFTU]

Numsa decries metal industry job shedding bloodbath 2025-12-10 [Daily Sun]

Labour urges for permanent solution to avert mass layoffs after Eskom-ferrochrome deal 2025-12-10 [Business Report]

Unhappy NUMSA workers demand alternative bidder takeover of SA Steel Mills 2025-12-10 [Eyewitness News]

ILO releases new guidance on building rights-based unemployment protection schemes 2025-12-10 [International Labour Organizatio (ILO)n]

Faulty contract mars economy, employment: Minister Ghising 2025-12-10 [The Rising Nepal]

Faulty contract mars economy, employment: Minister Ghising 2025-12-10 [The Rising Nepal]

British Columbia The fight to build ferries in BC 2025-12-09 [BC Building Trades]

Pilots union reaches tentative deal with Air Transat 2025-12-09 [ALPA]

https://www.ugt.es/la-accion-del-gobierno-y-el-dialogo-social-debe-avanzar-de-manera-decidida-en-la-implantacion-de-0 2025-12-09 [UGT]

Quebec Union welcomes tribunal decision against Emballages Mercato Inc. 2025-12-09 [UFCW]

Unifor and Public Rail Now collaborate to strengthen public rail across North America 2025-12-09 [Unifor]

Firestone Contract Workers Win Landmark Union Agreement with Support from Solidarity Center For more info 2025-12-09 [https://www.solidaritycenter.org/]

Minister seeks advice after Supreme Court rules family carers are employees of the government 2025-12-09 [RNZ ]

New York Amazon Workers at DBK1 in Queens Become Latest to Join Teamsters 2025-12-09 [Teamsters]

OAUTHC NUAHP Calls Out FG, Asks Members To Comply Fully With Ongoing JOHESU Strike 2025-12-09 [The Defender]

Senior Varsity Workers Threaten Strike In January 2026 2025-12-09 [Leadership]

Country Faces Largest General Strike In Twelve Years 2025-12-09 [The Grand Pinnacle Tribune]

Louvre workers to strike over conditions and security after brazen jewel heist 2025-12-09 [France 24]

Andhra Pradesh Workers block entry into Adani Gangavaram Port over settlement deductions and pending job assurances 2025-12-09 [The Hindu]

Tamil Nadu Over 150 sanitary workers detained in Coimbatore during protest for job security, fair wages 2025-12-09 [The Indian Express]

New labour codes only enslave workers. They should be repealed 2025-12-09 [The Indian Express]

Tripartite body approved a draft law on equal pay for men and women; in accordance with an EU regulation 2025-12-09 [ENR]

To Get on Offense, Offer Workers Many Ways In 2025-12-09 [Labour Notes]

AFGE Activists Energized to Organize More Working Women into the Labor Movement Following Attendance at CLUW Convention 2025-12-09 [AFGE]

Unpaid ANC workers get youth league, Nehawu backing at National General Council 2025-12-09 [IOL]

Workers in Crisis: NUMSA Demands IDC Intervention at SA Steel Mills and AMSA 2025-12-09 [Central News]

Farmers, Unions and Officials Trained to Advance Labour Rights and Safety 2025-12-09 [Devi Discourse]

Minnesota Unions ‘Condemn Trump’s Targeting Of Somali Working Families’ 2025-12-09 [WNY Labor Today]

Unions welcome expanded support to tackle gender inequality 2025-12-09 [ACTU]

Tasmania Pay and conditions negotiations for Tasmanian education staff fail, forcing school closures 2025-12-09 [ABC]

'Yellow envelope' union law to broaden labor protection 2025-12-09 [Nikkei]

RMG workers part of trade unions get 10% higher wages: BIDS 2025-12-09 [Fibre2Fashion]

New Brunswick City, inside workers' union ratify new contract 2025-12-09 [The Free Press]

What does Budget 2025 mean for Canada? 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

Mark Carney is not listening to workers — we have to make him 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

Air Transat dispute reflects a wider push for wage equality 2025-12-09 [The Globe and Mail]

Ontario Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union 2025-12-09 [CITY]

Inflation is hitting workers where it matters most 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

Flying Air Transat? Here’s what customers need to know as strike looms 2025-12-09 [RCI]

Federal government must stay strong on restricting for-profit child care: Rennick 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

Newfoundland and Labrador Town of Grand Falls-Windsor terminates CUPE 1349 President for participating in Elections 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

Ontario CUPE 5129 holds solidarity rally as talks resume 2025-12-09 [CUPE]

European Works Council Conference marks major leap forward for workers’ rights 2025-12-09 [IndustriAll Europe]

Road Transport: Drivers’ right to decent rest still widely ignored across Europe 2025-12-09 [ETF]

“We want the Ekipa magazine to serve as a bridge between journalists” 2025-12-09 [EFJ]

PSI World Women’s Committee discuss care as a human right 2025-12-09 [EPSU]

Solidarity with Workers and Communities Affected by Devastating Floods across Asia 2025-12-09 [PSI]

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