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South Australia ‘Corrections Officers are not punching bags’: Prisoners in lockdown as workers strike

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


Teaching about the fight for democracy in Ukraine [Education International] 10-12-2025


111 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ [IFJ] 10-12-2025


Victory for Kiwi seafarers as New Zealand Government rejects foreign shipping exemption [ITF] 10-12-2025


ITUC-Africa demands restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau [Nigerian Tribune] 10-12-2025



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South Australia ‘Corrections Officers are not punching bags’: Prisoners in lockdown as workers strike 2025-12-10 [The Bulletin]

Trade unions, civil society flay crackdown on Senegal water workers 2025-12-10 [EnviroNews]

Bookstore workers to walk out over decade-old pay deal 2025-12-10 [News.com.au]

Ontario Possible Strike Threatens In-Flight Meals, Holiday Travel from Ottawa Airport 2025-12-10 [Teamsters]

Ontario United Steelworkers & CSTEC launch Steelworker POWER Action Centre in Sault Ste. Marie 2025-12-10 [USW]

LVMH Champagne workers call for further strikes and protests 2025-12-10 [Reuters]

Saskatchewan Regina transit workers respond to proposed budget cuts with strike mandate 2025-12-10 [CTV]

Unions say they won’t stay silent on Govt’s handling of backpay 2025-12-10 [Trinidad Guardian]

Ontario Centre aims to help workers affected by Algoma Steel layoffs 2025-12-10 [CTV]

Ontario At a museum for the art of work, these are its masterpieces 2025-12-10 [CBC]

Nunavut Iqaluit housing workers hope to avoid another strike as negotiations begin 2025-12-10 [Nunatsiaq News]

Support Bill C-247: Protect the Right to Strike  ActNOW!  2025-12-10 [CUPE]

Alberta CUPE warns Alberta ignoring safety recommendations for care workers 2025-12-10 [The Safety Mag]

Air Transat and pilot union reach tentative agreement 2025-12-10 [BBC]

Ontario Support Long-Term Care and Senior Support Workers! 2025-12-10 [CUPE]

Government compiling ‘hit list’ of companies that repeatedly break labour laws 2025-12-10 [BusinessTech]

Labour Court rules Covid-19 job cuts were fair 2025-12-10 [IOL]

Free State Safety concerns force shutdown of Petrusburg Labour Centre 2025-12-10 [SABC]

COSATU welcomes agreement to halt retrenchments between Eskom, Samancor Chrome and Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture 2025-12-10 [COSATU]

Battery Meeting Highlights Progress on Project and Announces New OSH Mini-Campaign 2025-12-10 [IndustriAll Europe]

EU Social Partners for fisheries warn: New Mediterranean fishing proposal threatens thousands of jobs and entire coastal communities 2025-12-10 [ETF]

The EFJ calls on the EU to improve working conditions in the cultural sector 2025-12-10 [EFJ]

Workers' rights are human rights! 2025-12-10 [BWI]

ITUC-Africa demands restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau 2025-12-10 [Nigerian Tribune]

Young BWI leaders bring workers’ voices to GLI International Union School 2025-12-10 [BWI]

Victory for Kiwi seafarers as New Zealand Government rejects foreign shipping exemption 2025-12-10 [ITF]

111 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ 2025-12-10 [IFJ]

Teaching about the fight for democracy in Ukraine 2025-12-10 [Education International]

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]

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