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Convicted bomb suppliers lose appeal over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder [EFJ] 28-01-2026


Amendments to Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation [EFJ] 28-01-2026


Cancer is Not Part of the Job - a PSI Position on 'Forever Chemicals' [PSI] 28-01-2026


U.S. unions push back as Trump escalates attacks on immigrants and cities [UNI Global Union] 28-01-2026


ICE out of schools! Educators and their unions mobilise for students and demand that immigration enforcement stop terrorizing communities in the United States [Education International] 28-01-2026



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Victoria Outpouring of support for State Library’s “heart and soul” 2026-01-28 [CDB News]

Banking operations impacted as workers' unions observe nationwide strike for 5-day work week demand 2026-01-28 [The Times]

Bank employees join nationwide strike demanding five-day work week 2026-01-28 [The Times]

Minnesota AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist” 2026-01-28 [AFGE]

Largest Federal Workers Union Demands Ouster of Noem, Miller Over Killing of VA Nurse Alex Pretti 2026-01-28 [Scheer Post]

Karnataka Labour unions welcome Karnataka’s welfare board for Gig workers, seek stronger social security 2026-01-28 [The Hindu]

Ontario SEIU Healthcare Training Centre Secures $1.3 Million to Train Internationally Educated Nurses 2026-01-28 [SEIU]

NDP MP McPherson tables bill to ban company unions 2026-01-28 [The Hill Times]

Ontario Closing Guelph facility will set food research ‘back by decades’: union 2026-01-28 [Village Report]

Labour leaders ask government to not sacrifice one sector of the economy for another as CUSMA review looms 2026-01-28 [rabble]

PSAC announces winners of 2025 scholarship program 2026-01-28 [PSAC]

Around 3,000 ESDC employees notified their jobs could be cut: union 2026-01-28 [The Citizen]

Ontario New report warns of longer wait-times, rushed care, and overcrowded Ontario hospitals as government cuts expected to cause over 10,000 job losses and shortfall of 4,080 beds 2026-01-28 [CUPE]

Quebec ITUC stands in solidarity with workers’ organisations amid an unprecedented anti-union offensive 2026-01-28 [ITUC]

McDonald’s collective bargaining agreement now covers franchised restaurants 2026-01-28 [IUF]

ICE out of schools! Educators and their unions mobilise for students and demand that immigration enforcement stop terrorizing communities in the United States 2026-01-28 [Education International]

U.S. unions push back as Trump escalates attacks on immigrants and cities 2026-01-28 [UNI Global Union]

Workers key to a safer gambling industry 2026-01-28 [UNI Global Union]

Cancer is Not Part of the Job - a PSI Position on 'Forever Chemicals' 2026-01-28 [PSI]

Amendments to Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamation 2026-01-28 [EFJ]

EU: EFJ submitted contributions to the 2026 Rule of Law report 2026-01-28 [EFJ]

EU: Further protections for journalists and media freedom needed in Democracy Shield 2026-01-28 [EFJ]

Convicted bomb suppliers lose appeal over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder 2026-01-28 [EFJ]

Protecting Seafarers and Fishers to Strengthen Safety: A Core Principle for Europe’s Maritime Future 2026-01-28 [ETF]

ETF Sends Letter to European Commissioner on Fisheries Control Regulation 2026-01-28 [ETF]

North Sea Summit: industriAll Europe welcomes the Hamburg Declaration and calls for a worker centred offshore wind strategy 2026-01-28 [IndustriAll Europe]

England NUJ raises concern over raid on Adil Raja 2026-01-28 [NUJ]

New Collective Agreement for Israel’s Largest Telecommunications Company 2026-01-28 [Davar]

TTUTA denies knowledge of action as wage dispute leads to protests 2026-01-28 [Trinidad Guardian]

CPO offers NUGFW $2.6B wage package; cash and non-cash payment deal 2026-01-28 [Trinidad Guardian]

CPO offers NUGFW 10% hike, including non-cash options 2026-01-28 [Newsday]

NZ Post to close more than 140 service counters 2026-01-28 [RNZ]

VIDEO California Kaiser Oakland UNAC/UHCP Healthcare Workers Strike For Staffing & Wages & Against Union Busting For more info 2026-01-28 [LVP]

FEDUSA welcomes Chery's acquisition of Nissan plant in Pretoria 2026-01-28 [FEDUSA]

KwaZulu-Natal NEHAWU welcomes appointment of more than 5000 community health workers by Povinciald Department of Health 2026-01-28 [COSATU]

CLC’s response for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit 2026-01-27 [CLC]

British Columbia B.C. paramedics to take strike vote after ‘no positive progress was made’ 2026-01-27 [CHEK]

Air New Zealand flight attendants plan trio of strikes in February 2026-01-27 [Radio New Zealand]

Andrea Egan supports the equal pay fight in Barnet 2026-01-27 [Unison]

Union-led education supports Lithuanian players 2026-01-27 [FIFPRO]

SIFUP provides aid to footballers affected by forest fires in Chile 2026-01-27 [FIFPRO]

  JOB   Industrial Relations Organiser 2026-01-27 [FSU]

  JOB   Executive Officer - Industrial Relations 2026-01-27 [ASTI]

  JOB   Director of Communications 2026-01-27 [INTO]

  JOB   Associate Official (2-Year Fixed-Term Contract) 2026-01-27 [TUI]

Manitoba Retired Canadian battalion chief and IAFF union leader, Dennis Lloyd, dies 2026-01-27 [IAFF]

Trial Opens for Hong Kong Alliance Over National Security Charges 2026-01-27 [HKLRM]

Why Climate Action Is a Trade Union Issue 2026-01-27 [BFAWU]

PAM member survey: Financial concerns shape the lives of service sector workers 2026-01-27 [PAM]

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