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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


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



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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]

Minister Gwarube to address examination breach in Grade 12 NSC exams 2025-12-12 [The Mercury]

NUM rejects Eskom unbundling strategy 2025-12-12 [Politicsweb/NUM]

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

Ontario Doug Ford ordered Ontario public servants back to the office. Now, nearly 11,000 are asking to work from home 2025-12-11 [Toronto Star]

COSATU shocked by SAFTU’s attempt to throttle unity talks 2025-12-11 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes proposed increase in the National Minimum Wage 2025-12-11 [COSATU]

COSATU applauds the SIU’s UIF anti-corruption search and seizure operations 2025-12-11 [COSATU]

Solidarity Center Achieves Worker Rights Boost in Bangladesh For more info 2025-12-11 [Solidarity Center]

Quebec Montreal transit maintenance workers begin new job action with overtime hours strike 2025-12-11 [Canadian Press]

As Equal Times closes, the work continues 2025-12-11 [Equal Times]

Alberta Lethbridge firefighters finally have a new contract 2025-12-11 [Alberta Worker]

NUMSA demands state-lender intervention in steel crisis 2025-12-11 [IndustriALL]

Nova Scotia Unifor Atlantic Communications Locals ratify new collective agreement with Bell 2025-12-11 [Unifor]

Scotland Teaching profession ‘at breaking point’ warns union 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

MPs slam ministers' Employment Rights Bill capitulation 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

Scotland Report on creative work a ‘game-changer,’ STUC says 2025-12-11 [STUC]

Justice for Cammell Laird 37, MP demands 2025-12-11 [Morning Star]

Workers' rights bill standoff continues after Lords defeat 2025-12-11 [BBC]

NURTW raises concerns as Ogun moves to replace old parks with modern terminals 2025-12-11 [The Guardian]

Women workers demand rights and recognition as inequalities laid bare at EU-Oxfam event 2025-12-11 [UNB]

Nova Scotia Report raises concerns about human rights of N.S. female migrant workers 2025-12-11 [Town and Country Today]

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