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Nurse to patient ratios will ease health crisis 2024-12-31 [NZNO]

Tennessee UAW ahead as first ballots counted in union vote at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory 2024-04-20 [Reuters]

Tennessee Volkswagen workers vote on union membership in test of UAW’s plan to expand its ranks 2024-04-20 [AP]

WFTU statement on the national strike in Greece 2024-04-20 [WFTU]

Mental health foundation facing staff cuts from government funding squeeze 2024-04-19 [PSA]

Unions, minister butt heads over fishermen employment programme 2024-04-19 [The Namibian]

SADTU pleads with government for more teaching staff 2024-04-19 [Power98.7FM]

Outsourcing fails hundreds of hard-working security guards and cleaners yet again 2024-04-19 [ActionSA]

Union dismay over Te Whatu Ora limit and spending cuts 2024-04-19 [Radio New Zealand]

Ontario MDA Space strike continues as management refuses to negotiate with workers 2024-04-19 [Unifor]

‘Historic blow’ as Amazon workers to vote on union recognition 2024-04-19 [Morning Star]

Teaching unions slam ministers as survey reveals major cuts to teaching assistants 2024-04-19 [Morning Star]

Scotland Scottish government join Tories to block support for injured workers 2024-04-19 [Morning Star]

Corruption at ports endangering seafarers 2024-04-19 [Nautilus]

Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work 2024-04-19 [UNISON]

Ontario 65,000 Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% wage increase, benefit improvements in new contract 2024-04-19 [CUPE/SEIU]

Supreme Court to hear the Usdaw challenge to Tesco on their use of ‘fire and rehire’ to undermine ‘retained pay’ 2024-04-19 [USDAW]

Voices: Banks are closing sex workers’ accounts – but it’ll only push us to take bigger risks 2024-04-19 [The Independent]

West Bengal Political Campaigns Have Overshadowed Workers' Plight in the Tea Gardens 2024-04-19 [The Wire]

Minnesota The union building trades can be a gateway to wage equality for MN women 2024-04-19 [Reformer]

British Columbia Another transit worker labour dispute in Metro Vancouver is brewing 2024-04-19 [Urbanized]

Starbucks to bargain with a committee of 150 worker representatives 2024-04-19 [The Cap Times]

Shawn Fain Triumphed in Detroit. Now He’s Headed South 2024-04-19 [The Nation]

ITUC general secretary called for the release of trade union leaders in Belarus 2024-04-19 [salidarnast.info]

CWU threatens industrial action at DPD Ireland 2024-04-19 [RTE]

Healthcare workers' strike persists as gov't and unions fail to reach agreement 2024-04-19 [The Citizen]

Health Unions Continue Strike as Government Disregards Agreement 2024-04-19 [PSI]

The Paradox of the American Labor Movement 2024-04-19 [The Atlantic]

England Factory workers to strike amid row over pay 2024-04-19 [BBC]

Texas In the age of streaming, some working musicians eye unions as a means to better deals 2024-04-19 [The Standard]

California The Long Beach Post Is Union Busting in Broad Daylight 2024-04-19 [Jacobin]

Asda Lowestoft workers announce strike dates 2024-04-19 [GMB]

Prince Edward Island Union says moving long-term care staff disrupts patients and workers 2024-04-19 [CBC]

England Asda workers announce 48-hour strike action 2024-04-19 [BBC]

Labour Union Pickets Heritage Bank Over Sack Of 1,000 Support Workers 2024-04-19 [Channels TV]

Unions want new law to stop firms from using AI to spot facial expressions and tone of voice as part of hiring 2024-04-19 [Forbes]

Union takes Adient Automotive to labour tribunal for union busting 2024-04-19 [IndustriALL]

Eastern Cape COSATU welcomes Volkswagen’s R4 billion investments in its Kariega assembly plant 2024-04-19 [COSATU]

North West Sibanye closes loss-making 4B shaft at Marikana but minimises job losses 2024-04-19 [MiningMX]

Court dismisses Sama’s application to help doctor who was fired 2024-04-19 [Sunday World]

Labour Party fulfilled requirements to contest polls: Mathunjwa 2024-04-19 [SABC]

Bussjåførene har fått ny lønn: Dette er et solid løft 2024-04-19 [Fri fagbevegelse]

Aksjonerer for fagforeningsrettigheter og demokrati 2024-04-19 [Unio]

Learning to lead: ILR institute trains the next generation of union organizers 2024-04-19 [The Chronicle]

Alabama “The Time is Now”: Mercedes workers in Alabama to vote for union May 13-17 2024-04-19 [UAW]

Costco workers poised to strike over unresolved labour disputes and worker death 2024-04-19 [UNI]

Alabama Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to vote in May on United Auto Workers union 2024-04-19 [ABC]

South Australia AFL Showdown train commuters face major disruptions as union threatens 24-hour strike 2024-04-19 [ABC]

Western Australia Dozens of WA schools to take part in teachers’ strike 2024-04-19 [The Morning Herald]

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