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Corporate harm costs Britain £4.4bn a year ...10 times the cost of preventing it, says the Fabian Society [Morning Star] 19-10-2026

London hospital staff strike for second time over 'poverty-level' pay [My London] 19-10-2026

Schools’ out again: strike by non-teaching staff [Portugal Resident] 19-10-2026

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union escalates strike with crane protest [The Chosun Ilbo] 19-10-2026

Regional transport workers to strike again Thursday as labor talks remain deadlocked [NL Times] 19-10-2026

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SSANU suspends strike over payment of eight months’ allowance arrears 2026-10-19 [The Sun]

Varsity Workers Suspend Strike Threat After FG Pays Salary Arrears 2026-10-19 [Leadership]

Clashes erupt at cost-of-living protests - Union has called a general strike for November 20 2026-10-19 [Deutsche Welle]

Talks to begin between Government and trade unions over public sector pay deal 2026-10-19 [The Irish Independent]

The unions register the general strike of 11N amid rising prices and the cost of housing 2026-10-19 [Demócrata]

Unite announces 24-hour strike action by offshore Apache workers set to hit UK fuel supplies 2026-10-19 [Unite]

Regional transport workers to strike again Thursday as labor talks remain deadlocked 2026-10-19 [NL Times]

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union escalates strike with crane protest 2026-10-19 [The Chosun Ilbo]

Schools’ out again: strike by non-teaching staff 2026-10-19 [Portugal Resident]

Kiwibank workers strike over 2.25% pay offer after $174 million profit 2026-10-19 [E tū]

Kiwibank workers strike over pay offer 2026-10-19 [RNZ]

England Lancet strike action resumes as publication impacted 2026-10-19 [NUJ]

Edo tanker explosion: NUPENG grieves over loss of lives, calls for sweeping safety reforms 2026-10-19 [Vanguard News]

Samsung Bio union chief's dual roles ignite conflict-of-interest furor in Korea 2026-10-19 [The Chosun Ilbo]

The Opportunity Party has a class problem 2026-10-19 [The Post]

Quebec The Video Game Industry’s Crisis Is a Crisis of Capitalism 2026-10-19 [Jacobin]

Alberta Tomorrow is Alberta Referendum Day – Vote REMAIN. Vote NO to the nine. 2026-10-19 [USW]

Healthcare workers in Wiltshire and Somerset to strike over safety and workloads 2026-10-19 [Unison]

Unite response to government’s public transport anti-social behaviour plans 2026-10-19 [Unite]

Strike by 'vital' defence manufacturing workers begins 2026-10-19 [GMB]

London hospital staff strike for second time over 'poverty-level' pay 2026-10-19 [My London]

Burnham says youth employment and training crisis is a 'moral failure' 2026-10-19 [BBC]

North-south jobless divide unearthed in new report 2026-10-19 [Morning Star]

More than £2.2bn of ‘suspicious wealth’ invested in new-build properties, research shows 2026-10-19 [Morning Star]

Corporate harm costs Britain £4.4bn a year ...10 times the cost of preventing it, says the Fabian Society 2026-10-19 [Morning Star]

FISE SG stands in solidarity with the high school and university students of France 2026-10-19 [WFTU]

California state workers' union to hold one-day strike on October 21 2026-10-19 [CBS News Sacramento]

Paid placement policy will help build nursing workforce 2026-10-19 [NZNO]

Paid placement policy will help build nursing workforce 2026-10-19 [NZNO]

Alberta UNA shocked and saddened by tragedy at CFB Wainwright 2026-10-18 [UNA]

Alberta Statement on the fire at CFB Wainwright 2026-10-18 [NUPGE]

Cosatu pushes two-pot retirement reform, tax relief and higher wages for workers 2026-10-18 [SW]

Workers Rally in Turin Over Low Wages and High Prices 2026-10-18 [countercurrents.]

Sri Lanka: organizing despite union busting 2026-10-18 [IndustriAll]

A long-delayed moment of truth for North Sea oil and Labour’s climate credentials 2026-10-18 [LabourList]

NO AMAZON! Stop the $101.5 million Amazon tax break 2026-10-18 [Action Network]

Trade unions demand better healthcare working conditions at Dialogue+ conference in Madrid 2026-10-18 [CESI]

JOB Director of Campaigns 2026-10-18 [NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa]

JOB National Industrial Organiser 2026-10-18 [AMEA]

Study highlights European edge over US 2026-10-18 [Eurocadres]

Over 1,000 Singapore Pools employees to benefit from NTUC LearningHub’s AI training programmes 2026-10-18 [NTUC]

From 1972 to today: How NTUC helped shape Singapore's wages through the National Wages Council 2026-10-18 [NTUC]

Winter Conditions at Finland Airports 2026-10-18 [IFALPA]

Trade unions bring workers’ Just Transition demands to Pre-COP31 2026-10-18 [ITUC]

A moderator’s death exposes an industry-wide crisis 2026-10-18 [UNI]

Alberta Workers unionized 4 workplaces in Sep 2026 2026-10-18 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Edmonton care home proposes wage freezes 2026-10-18 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Edmonton care workers move to mediation 2026-10-18 [Alberta Worker]

Workers mobilize against Bill C-39 across Canada 2026-10-18 [rabble]

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