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Lack of flexible working is “driving parents out of jobs” - new TUC polling

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Cosatu: balancing South African workers' rights and xenophobia [Business Report] 01-06-2026


Lack of flexible working is “driving parents out of jobs” - new TUC polling [TUC] 01-06-2026


'It's Shameless To Blame Workers' Rights And Fair Pay For The Youth Unemployment Crisis [HuffPost] 31-05-2026


Unions Demand President’s Resignation Amid Ongoing General Strike [The Tribune] 31-05-2026


Budget sickness, parliamentary committee ready for trade union hearing [Il Sole] 31-05-2026



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Keep Palantir away from new NHS data system, unions warn 2026-06-01 [Morning Star]

Lack of flexible working is “driving parents out of jobs” - new TUC polling 2026-06-01 [TUC]

cpkc rail strike ibew 2026-06-01 [CBC]

Court upholds veteran journalist’s conviction for obstructing police 2026-06-01 [The Free Press]

Cosatu: balancing South African workers' rights and xenophobia 2026-06-01 [Business Report]

Nine thousand social workers are unemployed, and a million learners are in crisis 2026-05-31 [Daily Maverick]

Conference of the Left: Building a left movement for working-class and popular power 2026-05-31 [SACP]

Michigan Countdown to Strike Deadline Begins as American Axle Workers Plan Livestream Announcement with UAW Leadership for Sunday Night 2026-05-31 [UAW]

Ohio Bipartisan bill would give workers up to 14 weeks of job-protected family and medical leave 2026-05-31 [Highland County Press]

London Tube strikes June 2026: Dates, lines affected and how long it will last 2026-05-31 [Mirror]

Calls to prevent ‘two-tier workforce’ as Britain’s biggest railway operator nationalised 2026-05-31 [TUC]

24 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year — and a big one didn't 2026-05-31 [Biz Insider]

Worker Wins: Taking Their Destiny Into Their Hands 2026-05-31 [AFL-CIO]

Pennsylvania Penn State union workers demand job protections as commonwealth campus closures loom 2026-05-31 [Centre Daily Times]

North Carolina IAM Union Urges North Carolina House to Reject Anti-Worker ‘Right-to-Work’ Constitutional Amendment 2026-05-31 [IAM]

The National Labor Relations Act Suffers Another Blow 2026-05-31 [OnLabor]

Colorado Gov. Polis again vetoes Colorado bill to ease union collective bargaining 2026-05-31 [CO Newsline]

VIDEO British Columbia A historic deal for unionized Uber drivers 2026-05-31 [CBC]

Utah Postal workers union push for voting by mail in Utah campaign 2026-05-31 [FOX]

Washington Union vows to push for answers after deadly Nippon mill explosion in Longview 2026-05-31 [KATU]

Republic Technicians Vote to Join Teamsters 2026-05-31 [Airline Geeks]

U.S. Employers Spent $1.7 Billion Last Year Fighting Unionization As Worker Organizing Grows 2026-05-31 [All Work]

Illinois Today in History: May 30, 1937, 10 killed in clash between striking steelworkers and police 2026-05-31 [Citizen's Voice]

New York Amazon lawsuit details federal labor board’s dysfunction in New York 2026-05-31 [AMNY]

Washington 11 Dead as All Bodies Recovered After Washington Chemical Explosion 2026-05-31 [NYTimes]

VIDEO Ontario Ontario’s higher education sector is at a breaking point 2026-05-31 [LeftStreamed]

Mpumalanga Labour Court reinstates 21 mine workers dismissed for protesting over unpaid overtime pay 2026-05-31 [IOL]

After 130 years Belgian liberal trade union initiates rebranding 2026-05-31 [The Times]

Hiked repo rate will leave its mark on workers' finances 2026-05-31 [Polity/UASA]

Kerala State to witness hartal-like situation on February 12; shops, markets will remain closed 2026-05-31 [Kaumudi]

Budget sickness, parliamentary committee ready for trade union hearing 2026-05-31 [Il Sole]

KEF Says Profit Allocation Is Management's Call, Strikes for Profit-Sharing Illegal 2026-05-31 [Seoul Economic Daily]

Unions Demand President’s Resignation Amid Ongoing General Strike 2026-05-31 [The Tribune]

Himachal Pradesh CITU Leaders Detained for Disrupting Shimla Municipal Meeting 2026-05-31 [Devi Discourse]

Youth Congress Launches ‘Gig Workers’ Nyay Campaign’, Seeks National Law 2026-05-31 [The Clarion]

'It's Shameless To Blame Workers' Rights And Fair Pay For The Youth Unemployment Crisis 2026-05-31 [HuffPost]

Truckies were already struggling to survive. Then the fuel crisis hit 2026-05-31 [The Guardian]

Ontario Steelworkers Local 6500 ratifies five-year deal with Vale Sudbury 2026-05-31 [Sudbury News]

Bell Technical Solutions workers ratify new collective agreement 2026-05-30 [Unifor]

Repo rate hike sparks concern over household debt, inflation and economic growth 2026-05-30 [Business Report]

State-backed Forced Labour Transfer Scheme 2026-05-30 [LinkedIn / Financial Times]

Yaser Ahmadinejad sentenced to 33-month in prison! For more info 2026-05-30 [SZAC]

Lithuania’s trucking boom draws migrant drivers, but some end up trapped by debt 2026-05-30 [Trans.info]

Himachal Pradesh Shimla administration bans sanitation workers’ strike under Essential Services Act 2026-05-30 [The News Mill]

England Indefinite strike action to begin Monday 8 June over Goldsmiths lockout 2026-05-30 [IER]

Tesla Sweden Strike Shifts as IF Metall Orders Mechanics Back to Work 2026-05-30 [Electric Vehicles]

Minority union at Samsung Electronics to challenge pay deal in court 2026-05-30 [Asia One]

Bpost services disrupted again as workers strike in Wallonia 2026-05-30 [The Times]

Strikes to hit 500-plus flights and transport networks as travel chaos looms 2026-05-30 [ITIJ]

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