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Stop killing transport workers: ITF sounds alarm as attacks on shipping and transport workers escalate again

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Stop killing transport workers: ITF sounds alarm as attacks on shipping and transport workers escalate again [ITF] 15-07-2026


/ Global England Solidarity has never mattered more: unionists ahead of Durham Miners Gala [IndustriALL] 11-07-2026


ILO Gender Equality Agenda: A workers’ victory [IUF] 09-07-2026


Health Sector Unions and the Changing Landscape of International Health [PSI] 09-07-2026


BRICS Trade Union Forum to prioritise AI governance and inclusive policies [Metro India] 09-07-2026



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Stop killing transport workers: ITF sounds alarm as attacks on shipping and transport workers escalate again 2026-07-15 [ITF]

Global ILO adopts first global convention for platform workers For more info 2026-07-14 [The Labour Pulse]

Technology in healthcare must serve workers, TUAC tells OECD Forum on Gender Equality 2026-07-14 [TUAC]

Global ITUC Cites Spain Policy Ahead Of UN Development Forum For more info 2026-07-14 [The Labour Pulse]

Global ILO's ACTRAV Director Opens Montevideo Mission With Regional Union Leaders For more info 2026-07-14 [The Labour Pulse]

Transforming Education Summit +4: Building resilience starts with supporting teachers 2026-07-13 [Education International]

Funding the future: Education unions, students, and civil society mobilise to boost global education financing 2026-07-13 [Education International]

Indonesia ILO Warns Mineral Boom Risks New Labour Vulnerabilities For more info 2026-07-13 [The Labour Pulse]

Global England Aegis Union Marches at Durham Miners' Gala For more info 2026-07-12 [The Labour Pulse]

Uncovering the ‘billionaire coup against democracy' 2026-07-12 [MR online]

Global England Solidarity has never mattered more: unionists ahead of Durham Miners Gala 2026-07-11 [IndustriALL]

Global Massachusetts 4,500 Brigham and Women's Nurses Strike and Face Lockout in Largest Healthcare Walkout in Massachusetts History For more info 2026-07-11 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Fast Fashion's Dirty Secret Is in Ethiopia: How Global Brands Are Profiting From Poverty Wages For more info 2026-07-11 [The Labour Pulse]

BRICS Trade Union Forum to prioritise AI governance and inclusive policies 2026-07-09 [Metro India]

IndustriALL child protection policy 2026-07-09 [IndustriALL]

Health Sector Unions and the Changing Landscape of International Health 2026-07-09 [PSI]

Education unions demand a human centred AI with the teacher-student relationship at its core 2026-07-09 [Education International]

ILO Gender Equality Agenda: A workers’ victory 2026-07-09 [IUF]

The teacher shortage is not gender-neutral: Researchers call to address inequality 2026-07-08 [EI]

Employment Outlook 2026: low unemployment masks deepening challenges for workers 2026-07-08 [TUAC]

Nigeria ITUC Releases Free Just Transition Training Materials for Workers Across Africa For more info 2026-07-08 [The Labour Pulse]

Global ILO and Jordan Trade Unions Strengthen Efforts to Protect Migrant Workers’ Rights 2026-07-07 [Funds for NGOs]

What I am still learning, and why that matters 2026-07-07 [IndustriALL]

Global ILO Official Urges Union Solidarity on AI, Highlights New Platform Work Treaty For more info 2026-07-07 [The Labour Pulse]

What I am still learning, and why that matters - Atle Høie, IndustriALL general secretary 2026-07-07 [IndustriALL]

Closing the implementation gap: TUAC at 50 years of the OECD Guidelines 2026-07-07 [TUAC]

Global Dialogue on AI Governance 2026-07-07 [ITUC]

Uncovering The ‘Billionaire Coup Against Democracy’ 2026-07-07 [The Maple]

Global ILO Chief Urges Governance-First Approach as AI Summits Open in Geneva For more info 2026-07-07 [The Labour Pulse]

Global She Has Been Selling Here for Twenty Years. They Still Won't Give Her a Seat at the Table. For more info 2026-07-07 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Australian Capital Territory Australian Women Earn 79 Cents for Every Dollar Men Make. A New Law Was Supposed to Change That. For more info 2026-07-06 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Unlabeled Pills Given to Silence Period Pain on India's Garment Lines, Investigation Finds For more info 2026-07-05 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Tamil Nadu Unlabeled Pills Given to Silence Period Pain on India's Garment Lines, Investigation Finds For more info 2026-07-05 [The Labour Pulse]

Protecting World Cup players from abuse 2026-07-04 [FIFPRO]

Global Report on the International Labour Conference 2026 2026-07-04 [ICTU]

Global regulation for global platform work 2026-07-04 [PAM]

Global Gulf States Say They Are Ending Kafala. For Women Domestic Workers, the System Still Runs Their Lives. For more info 2026-07-04 [The Labour Pulse]

The ILO Convention on Platform Labour: A Verdict 2026-07-04 [Asian Labour Review]

Global They Are Not Running Away. They Are Being Pushed: Japa and the Labour Crisis Nigeria Refuses to Name For more info 2026-07-04 [The Labour Pulse]

Global One in Three Seafarers Paid an Illegal Fee to Get a Job. Most Never Reported It. For more info 2026-07-04 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Migrant Workers, Gulf, Bangladesh, Nepal, Heat, Wage Theft, HRW, Saudi Arabia, BWI For more info 2026-07-03 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Thirteen Years After Rana Plaza, More Than 1,000 Bangladesh Factories Are Still Behind on Safety Rep For more info 2026-07-03 [The Labour Pulse]

Oil and gas workers demand Just Transition and corporate accountability 2026-07-03 [IndustriALL]

Gold is booming, miners are not benefiting 2026-07-03 [IndustriALL]

BWI launches its Green Infrastructure Network 2026-07-03 [BWI]

Against the tide: Workers’ rights in Commonwealth countries 2026-07-03 [The Round Table]

Right to a human decision 2026-07-03 [Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]

Global Thirteen Years After Rana Plaza, More Than 1,000 Bangladesh Factories Are Still Behind on Safety Rep For more info 2026-07-03 [The Labour Pulse]

Global Shipping's Worst Year on Record Left 6,223 Seafarers Abandoned and $25.8 Million in Unpaid Wages For more info 2026-07-02 [The Labour Pulse]

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