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Denel fails to pay workers despite R2bn bailout [Business Day] 23-01-2026


COSATU is beyond furious that two of Denel’s divisions have failed to pay staff this month [COSATU] 23-01-2026


Traineeship for Railways at the ETF (Brussels) [ETF] For more info 23-01-2026


Traineeship for Railways at the ETF (Brussels) [ETF] For more info 23-01-2026


Win for Turkish metal workers [IndustriAll Europe] 23-01-2026



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Minnesota’s General Strike, and America’s 2026-01-23 [Robert Reich]

Donald Trump’s EEOC Fails To Do Its Job To Combat Discrimination by Doing Away With Much-Needed Guidance on Workplace Harassment 2026-01-23 [Natl Partnership]

Minnesota Teamster Solidarity in Minnesota 2026-01-23 [Teamsters for a Democratic Union]

Oregon Portland Grocery Workers Score Big First Contract Win 2026-01-23 [Labor Notes]

Podcast: 15,000 Nurses are on the Largest Nurses Strike in New York City 2026-01-23 [Labor Notes Podcast]

Why U.S. Productivity Gains No Longer Reach Workers For more info 2026-01-23 [Pimco]

Regulate worker heat exposure in global trade 2026-01-23 [Science]

Minnesota Workers at 6 Minnesota Starbucks strike against labor practices, ICE policy 2026-01-23 [Bring Me The News]

Minnesota Tell Target and Home Depot: Stand with Minnesota, not ICE! 2026-01-23 [Labor Force]

Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions 2026-01-23 [Canadian Press]

MoveUP endorses union leader Rob Ashton for NDP leader 2026-01-23 [MoveUP]

Unions brace for humanoid robots in collective bargaining 2026-01-23 [The Chosun Ilbo]

Anti-slavery commissioner urges overhaul of Training (Subclass 407) Visa after worker’s death 2026-01-23 [Visa HQ]

Tasmania Launceston City Council staff to vote on four-day, full-pay work week 2026-01-23 [ABC]

ANZ faces backlash from Finance Union over Suncorp layoffs 2026-01-23 [Retail Banker]

Nova Scotia Labour Board dismisses union’s motion to rehire Out of the Cold shelter workers 2026-01-23 [CTV]

Connecticut Rally In Solidarity With Minnesota 2026-01-23 [CT News Junkie]

Minnesota Construction Workers Occupy Lobby of a Developer, Demand Action Against ICE Raids on Job Sites 2026-01-23 [Workday]

Union Leaders ‘Warn The Entire Nation Is At Risk’ From Trump’s ‘Anti-Immigrant Violence’ 2026-01-23 [WNY Labor Today]

‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide 2026-01-23 [The Guardian]

Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Endorses 1/23 Day of Truth & Freedom 2026-01-23 [WisPolitics]

Minnesota Solidarity with Minnesota: IAM Union Supports Our Communities 2026-01-23 [IAM Union]

Our Statement Supporting Minnesota AFL-CIO's Day of Action 2026-01-23 [Vermont AFL-CIO]

Minnesota Twin Cities Workers Strike Against ICE. Two Hundred Cities Follow 2026-01-23 [Migrant Insider]

Minnesota “No Work. No Spending': Minnesota Workers Strike to Protest ICE 2026-01-23 [In These Times]

Minnesota Hundreds of Minnesota businesses to close as anti-ICE strike descends: 'The time is now' 2026-01-23 [The Raw Story]

Minnesota Fury Over ICE Brutality and Lawlessness Fuels Push for Minnesota ‘General Strike’ 2026-01-23 [Common Dreams]

Minnesota Across Minnesota, many businesses plan to close Friday to protest ICE action 2026-01-23 [MPR]

Minnesota Working-Class Minnesota is rising up against ICE. Unions must shut it all down 2026-01-23 [Monthly Review]

New York Nurses strike over patient care, demand hospitals bar ICE 2026-01-23 [La Lucha]

Solidarity actions for Minneapolis general strike spread to 80 cities 2026-01-23 [La Lucha]

Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National 2026-01-23 [Payday Report]

Minnesota Businesses close across Minnesota as workers strike against ICE 2026-01-23 [Philenews]

Minnesota Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means 2026-01-23 [The Daily Kos]

Minnesota Museums and galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations 2026-01-23 [The Art Newspaper]

Minnesota Northeast Minneapolis coffee shop offering warm space for general strike participants on Friday 2026-01-23 [CBS]

Minnesota General strike to protest ICE happening in Minnesota 2026-01-23 [Fox]

Minnesota “Stick Together and We’ll Win.” How to Get Inspired For the Minneapolis General Strike 2026-01-23 [Literary Hub]

Minnesota As Minnesota general strike looms, employers prepare 2026-01-23 [HR Brew]

The Citywide General Strike Has a Rich History in America 2026-01-23 [Jacobin]

Minnesota State Braces for Statewide Economic Strike Over ICE Enforcement 2026-01-23 [Governing]

Minnesota Businesses close, Minnesotans to stay home Friday in protest of ICE 2026-01-23 [The Star-Tribune]

Minnesota If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans 2026-01-23 [The New Republic]

Minnesota General strike, rally planned in Minnesota Friday to protest ICE 2026-01-23 [CBS]

Minnesota ‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE 2026-01-23 [The Times]

Minnesota Live updates: Minnesota ‘economic blackout’ planned in protest of ICE as immigration crackdown fuels tensions 2026-01-23 [CNN]

Minnesota Minnesotans strike to protest ICE surge in state: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’ 2026-01-23 [The Guardian]

PSAC honours Beth Bilson’s blueprint for pay equity 2026-01-23 [PSAC]

Join us for a discussion of this new book: Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights, with the author Alan Reuther 2026-01-23 [Cornell ILR]

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