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Belizean Workers Gain Global Support as UN Backs Right to Strike

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Employers must keep workers safe in heatwave, TUC warns [Morning Star] 23-05-2026


Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe [Socialist Worker] 23-05-2026


Stagnating formal employment, but growing informal work requires structural changes in responses – UASA [Engineering News] 23-05-2026


CUPE warns Carney government against unprecedented attack on workers’ rights [CUPE] 23-05-2026


Alberta Unions ready to fight to protect public health care in Alberta [CLC] 23-05-2026



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Belizean Workers Gain Global Support as UN Backs Right to Strike 2026-05-23 [GBM]

May Day Actions Call for 'Workers Over Billionaires' 2026-05-23 [Labour Notes]

Labor Unions Worldwide Applaud ICJ Ruling Affirming Workers’ Right to Strike 2026-05-23 [Common Dreams]

Ontario Niagara Parks workers set to strike next week for fair wages 2026-05-23 [CHCH]

Alberta Avenue Living accused of unionbusting 2026-05-23 [Alberta Worker]

Ontario Over 400 support workers set to strike on Monday 2026-05-23 [TBNewsWatch]

Maharashtra Sanitation Workers Demand Retirement Benefits And End To Exploitation In Memorandum Submitted To Maharashtra Safai Karmachari Commission 2026-05-23 [The Free Press Journal]

Journalists defy state censorship, slam 'draconian' media gag laws 2026-05-23 [The Sun]

Gender Pension Gap at lowest level ever, Reform policies would put progress at risk 2026-05-23 [Prospect]

Workers Union Says Draft SARA Legislation Is “Deficient” 2026-05-23 [GBM]

Tamil Nadu Women garment workers protest transport cuts, allege harsh conditions at MEPZ unit 2026-05-23 [The Hindu]

Union decries retaliation by Chinese resto management 2026-05-23 [Bulatlat]

Trinidad Express Moves to Retrench Staff – Union Vows to Fight 2026-05-23 [Caribbean Today]

Union addresses workplace mental health 2026-05-23 [The Observer]

New report reveals shocking treatment of Australian optometrists under corporate model 2026-05-23 [HSU]

Workers shouldn’t have to pay for transition out of their own pockets 2026-05-23 [MEU]

Environmental research hit by widespread CSIRO job cuts 2026-05-23 [CPSU]

New South Wales Repeat offenders could be barred from NSW bank branches 2026-05-23 [FSU]

All in for this year’s reconciliation week – our role and individual responsibility 2026-05-23 [FSU]

Government closes loophole allowing child sex abusers to hide their assets in super 2026-05-23 [FSU]

Short-sighted: Optometrists treated like retail workers 2026-05-23 [Indonesiakini]

Theorist Fans - Tell Lunar X to recognize the Team Theorist Workers Union!  ActNOW!  2026-05-23 [IATSE]

Cannabis ban for flight crew: when workplace safety overrides legal rights 2026-05-23 [HRD]

No, Flight Attendants Aren’t Allowed to Smoke Cannabis, Canadian Employment Tribunal Rules 2026-05-23 [Paddle Your Own Kanoo]

Unifor reaches tentative agreement with Air Canada mainline group 2026-05-23 [Unifor]

British Columbia Strike notice by Metro Vancouver staff, district says essential services unaffected 2026-05-23 [The Star]

Saskatchewan Strike at 15 Wing Moose Jaw enters second week as workers continue picketing 2026-05-23 [CTV]

Ontario Steelworkers welcome Sault Ste. Marie steel investment as a win for workers and the community 2026-05-23 [USW]

Ontario ‘We need real change in the province’s most-dangerous industry’ 2026-05-23 [USW]

Biggest union warns government trying to remove workers’ rights 2026-05-23 [The Daily Hive]

Alberta Unions ready to fight to protect public health care in Alberta 2026-05-23 [CLC]

Unions warn Carney government is considering sweeping changes to labour law — including the right to strike 2026-05-23 [CBC]

CPO gives PSA 4 weeks to accept backpay offer 2026-05-23 [Trinidad Guardian]

NYC hotel workers ratify historic wage contract, averting strike 2026-05-23 [Hotel Dive]

Foreign students, workers will now be forced to leave US to apply for Green Cards 2026-05-23 [MEE]

US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say 2026-05-23 [CNN]

US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds 2026-05-23 [Guardian]

Green-Card Update: Trump Admin Wants Students, Temp Workers to Return Home 2026-05-23 [Newsweek]

Good jobs or bad law?: The row over workers' rights 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Coal Mine Explosion In China Kills Over 90 Workers With Rescue Operation Underway 2026-05-23 [10News]

CUPE warns Carney government against unprecedented attack on workers’ rights 2026-05-23 [CUPE]

Ontario CUPE 786 hospital workers protest job cuts at Hamilton hospital with PSW and clerical positions on the chopping block 2026-05-23 [CUPE]

Manitoba Support staff at Salem Home and Calvary Place join CUPE and achieve first collective agreements 2026-05-23 [CUPE]

Stagnating formal employment, but growing informal work requires structural changes in responses – UASA 2026-05-23 [Engineering News]

Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe 2026-05-23 [Socialist Worker]

Organise now to fight oncoming climate catastrophe 2026-05-23 [Socialist Worker]

Employers must keep workers safe in heatwave, TUC warns 2026-05-23 [Morning Star]

Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital' 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations - TUC response 2026-05-23 [TUC]

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