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Strike looms at four sugar mills as workers demand Sh10.8 billion arrears

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Great Ormond Street Hospital workers secure historic appeal over discrimination [Morning Star] 24-01-2026


Minnesota “Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE [In These Times] 24-01-2026


Minnesota Hundreds of Businesses Join General Strike Against ICE [Mother Jones] 24-01-2026


Minnesota Here's What The Protests And Strikes Looked Like In -10-Degree Minnesota Today [Buzzfeed] 24-01-2026


Minnesota Over 700 Minnesota Businesses Closed - 300 Solidarity Actions Nationwide - Pittsburghers Occupy a Target [Payday Report] 24-01-2026



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California Kaiser Permanente braces for potential strike by 2,800 health care workers in Northern California 2026-01-24 [FOX]

VIDEO New York Jacobi Hospital nurses march to show support for NYSNA union strike 2026-01-24 [News12]

VIDEO Minnesota Education union leader cites school safety concerns after Minnesota ICE arrests 2026-01-24 [CBS]

Minnesota Healthcare workers demand ICE out of hospitals 2026-01-24 [FOX]

JOHESU: TUC, NLC threaten nationwide strike, give FG 14-day ultimatum 2026-01-24 [The Guardian]

TUC, NLC issue 14-Day ultimatum over health workers’ pay, threaten nationwide strike 2026-01-24 [Vanguard]

Strike looms at four sugar mills as workers demand Sh10.8 billion arrears 2026-01-24 [The Voice]

Strike: NLC accuses FCTA of intimidation, seeks mass action 2026-01-24 [Punch]

Unions suspend industrial action, reach fresh agreement with KEDCO 2026-01-24 [The Guardian]

Minnesota Unions, progressives and clergy urge Minnesotans to join strike against ICE's deportation raids in Minneapolis 2026-01-24 [The Morning Star]

NLC supports FCTA workers’ strike over unpaid wages 2026-01-24 [Ripples]

NLC, TUC threaten strike over unpaid health workers’ salary 2026-01-24 [Punch]

Hyundai union battles Atlas rollout as Korea weighs layoffs, strike rights 2026-01-24 [The Chosun Ilbo]

Miners continue strike amid 'inhuman' working conditions 2026-01-24 [Panorama]

Minnesota “Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE 2026-01-24 [Workday]

‘Your struggle is our struggle’ — NLC asks affiliate unions to join FCTA workers’ strike 2026-01-24 [The Cable]

Ontario Union says presence of security raising tension on Laurentian’s picket lines 2026-01-24 [The Star]

Ontario Workers at Central West Specialized Developmental Services hit nine weeks on the picket line 2026-01-24 [OPSEU]

England Windrush line staff vote for three-day strike 2026-01-24 [BBC]

Karnataka Unsung Heroes: From factory worker to champion of workers’ rights, meet the woman who fought for menstrual leave and fair wages in Bengaluru’s ‘limelight-less’ garment sector 2026-01-24 [The Indian Express]

Ontario UFCW calls for stronger pay equity measures beyond Ontario transparency law 2026-01-24 [HR Law]

Sustained Media Engagement Key To Protecting Domestic Workers’ Rights In Nigeria – Stakeholders 2026-01-24 [The New Telegraph]

NLC declares war on FCTA as workers shut down Abuja 2026-01-24 [Vanguard]

Union calls for Workplace Protection Orders 2026-01-24 [CCN]

NLC shuts down Abuja, backs indefinite FCTA workers’ strike 2026-01-24 [Vanguard]

AMA welcomes gun law and hate crime reforms 2026-01-24 [AMA]

New South Wales State must protect vulnerable retail and fast-food workers 2026-01-24 [SDA]

New York Mamdani joined nurses on the picket line, rather than shaming and scolding them as past mayors have done 2026-01-24 [New York Times]

Q&A with Katie Bowler: Studying environmental finance and how PFA Education Grants have helped during her studies 2026-01-24 [PFA]

Western Australia Griffin Coal State Agreement extension brings certainty for workers and energy transition. 2026-01-24 [MEU]

Ohio Cleveland Institute of Music faculty ratify first contract 2026-01-24 [Crain's Cleveland Business]

FSU says job cuts breach spirit of ANZ-Suncorp sale conditions 2026-01-24 [FSU]

More secure jobs are being created 2026-01-24 [ACTU]

Alberta Bill 13 targets Alberta Indigenous communities 2026-01-24 [CUPE]

Saskatchewan CUPE Saskatchewan calls on province to strengthen commitment to child care ahead of ministerial meetings 2026-01-24 [CUPE]

Ontario Paramedics need real solutions to growing crisis, not more red tape: CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario Share this page in your online social circles Share this 2026-01-24 [CUPE]

England The Battle of Wapping begins – archive, January 1986 2026-01-24 [The Guardian]

Nunavut nion wants territory to reduce contracting out healthcare workers 2026-01-24 [The Spectator]

Quebec Montreal blue-collar workers to strike for one day on Feb. 4 2026-01-24 [CTV]

Quebec Working in the office 3 days a week: 93% of SPGQ professionals oppose it 2026-01-24 [CITY]

Federal cuts hit core services as thousands of PSAC members receive affected notices 2026-01-24 [PSAC]

Ontario Union pushes back on latest call for Ontario paramedics college 2026-01-24 [CBC]

Ontario As St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton moves to cut 62 jobs, workers warn of more burnout 2026-01-24 [CBC]

Prince Edward Island Workers at P.E.I.'s Guardian, Journal Pioneer newspapers enter first union contract 2026-01-24 [CBC]

Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions 2026-01-24 [CITY]

Minnesota UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota 2026-01-24 [UAW]

Minnesota Over 700 Minnesota Businesses Closed - 300 Solidarity Actions Nationwide - Pittsburghers Occupy a Target 2026-01-24 [Payday Report]

Minnesota Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown 2026-01-24 [NPR]

Minnesota No Work, No School, No Spending: Minnesota Goes on Strike Over ICE Surge 2026-01-24 [The Black Chronicle]

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