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Workers at risk as ITUC-Africa sounds alarm over failed military coup [Vanguard] 13-12-2025


Latest QES confirms a deepening jobs bloodbath and manufacturing collapse [SAFTU] 12-12-2025


Strike threat at Galeshewe Day Hospital as staff protest shortages, unpaid overtime [DFA] 12-12-2025


Unions launch general strike against the Government’s budget plan [IUF] 12-12-2025


Filipino Community Health Workers Renew Call for Magna Carta in Senate [UNI Global Union] 12-12-2025



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Porter flight dispatchers could strike in January as union backs job action 2025-12-13 [Global]

Ontario Canadian Union of Public Employees supporters demonstrate outside Cornwall's Resident Café 2025-12-13 [The Standard-Freeholder]

100-day plan: a good start but more sustainable investments needed 2025-12-13 [UTE-PSAC]

CUPE criticizes federal AI consultation process 2025-12-13 [CUPE]

Ontario CUPE education workers in London urge the Ford government to address dangerous staffing crisis 2025-12-13 [CUPE]

Quebec Port of Montreal strike: demonstration in downtown 2025-12-13 [CUPE]

Workers at risk as ITUC-Africa sounds alarm over failed military coup 2025-12-13 [Vanguard]

Labor Tensions Rise Over Bill 7 2025-12-13 [Meyka]

Nehawu supports SACP's independent campaign for the 2026 elections amid ANC tensions 2025-12-13 [IOL]

Naptosa warns matric exam leaks threaten system’s credibility 2025-12-13 [East Coast Radio]

VIDEO California Murder At SFGH: UCSF UPTE CWA Workers & Supporters Rally After UPTE CWA Member Alberto Rangel Is Killed For more info 2025-12-13 [LVP]

Inter-Islander ferry failure shows emergency tug needed-maritime unio 2025-12-13 [RNZ]

Samoan government and journalists at odds over draft media rules 2025-12-13 [RNZ International]

British Columbia Employer guilty of criminal negligence in pipe layer’s death 2025-12-12 [Freshet News]

A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining 2025-12-12 [PressProgress]

Spirit Airlines Pilots Ratify Restructuring Agreement 2025-12-12 [ALPA]

Alberta Alberta teachers file complaints against province, allege bad faith bargaining 2025-12-12 [CTV]

British Columbia Construction firms fined $1.3M for crane incidents in Victoria, Vancouver 2025-12-12 [Times Colonist]

Illinois Workers at more Chicago cultural venues are unionizing, even during a precarious moment for museums 2025-12-12 [WBEZ]

VIDEO California West Contra Costa Unified teachers end strike with TA 2025-12-12 [Fox2]

Portugal general strike stalls transport, closes schools in labour reform protest 2025-12-12 [Reuters]

NEC raises alarm over the Employment Rights Bill and the crisis for migrant workers 2025-12-12 [Unison]

New strikes at Sellafield as 'union-busting' sees workers laid off 2025-12-12 [Unite]

Starmer must defy Lords and deliver Employment Rights Bill before Christmas, says union leader 2025-12-12 [FBU]

Firefighters tackling flooding in wake of Storm Bram warn that investment needed to protect UK 2025-12-12 [FBU]

TUC: Bank of England should cut interest rates next week 2025-12-12 [TUC]

Tory Peers are actively defying the will of the British public on workers’ rights 2025-12-12 [TUC]

Min̈mum wage workers to get pay increase next year 2025-12-12 [RNZ]

Nova Scotia Northern Pulp pensions to be made whole as woodlands sale proceeds 2025-12-12 [Unifor]

Kentucky Paducah Starbucks workers vote to unionize 2025-12-12 [Paducah Sun]

Steelworkers: we fight for better 2025-12-12 [USW]

Newfoundland and Labrador CUPE vows to defend labour leader fired by Town of Grand Falls-Windsor 2025-12-12 [CBC]

Newfoundland and Labrador Union for court staff joins working group launched amid Newfoundland and Labrador’s court disruptions 2025-12-12 [Canadian Lawyer]

Porter Airlines dispatchers vote unanimously for strike action 2025-12-12 [Bay Today]

A transformative leader and giant of the international labour movement 2025-12-12 [USW]

Thousands of Canada Post workers still in the dark on tentative deal reached three weeks ago 2025-12-12 [The Star]

Build Canada Homes investment plan puts profit ahead of affordability 2025-12-12 [CUPE]

Nova Scotia Arichat long-term care workers vote to strike 2025-12-12 [CUPE]

District of Columbia DC attorney general secures $1.5 million from construction company for wage theft, worker misclassification 2025-12-12 [SMART]

Federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention — General President Coleman responds 2025-12-12 [SMART]

CALL FOR EXTERNAL EXPERTISE : WTMS – Working Together Much Safer EU-Funded Project 2025-12-12 [ETF]

Chile reinstates the bank holiday: a trade union victory 2025-12-12 [UNI Global Union]

Filipino Community Health Workers Renew Call for Magna Carta in Senate 2025-12-12 [UNI Global Union]

Unions launch general strike against the Government’s budget plan 2025-12-12 [IUF]

Teaching Around the Clock: Putting Teachers’ Working Time on Europe’s Agenda 2025-12-12 [ETUCE]

Strike threat at Galeshewe Day Hospital as staff protest shortages, unpaid overtime 2025-12-12 [DFA]

sMedia Statement: International Anti-Corruption Day 2025-12-12 [FEDUSA]

AFGE Applauds House Passage of Bill to Restore Federal Workers’ Union Rights, Urges Swift Passage by Senate 2025-12-12 [AFGE]

Matric exam papers leak exposes ongoing security issues at DBE 2025-12-12 [Eyewitness News]

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