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/ Global Interview: How Nurses' Cross-border Solidarity is Building Power [PSI] 13-05-2026


ILO Labor Treaty Should Protect All Gig Workers [Human Rights Watch] 13-05-2026


Give workers a vision and they will help with solutions [IndustriALL] 13-05-2026


/ Global Workers the last to know: KONE's mega-deal with TK Elevator [IndustriAll Europe] 12-05-2026


IWMD 2026: Record-breaking global mobilisation pushes workers’ safety demands worldwide [BWI] 08-05-2026



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Give workers a vision and they will help with solutions 2026-05-13 [IndustriALL]

Global From diagnosis to action: green industrial policy in the Global South 2026-05-13 [TNI]

ILO Labor Treaty Should Protect All Gig Workers 2026-05-13 [Human Rights Watch]

Global Interview: How Nurses' Cross-border Solidarity is Building Power 2026-05-13 [PSI]

PSI Briefing Note - World Health Assembly (WHA79) 2026-05-13 [PSI]

Global Utøya: When democracy rises again
 2026-05-13 [BWI]

H&M unions strengthen collaboration with global alliance gathering 2026-05-13 [UNI Global Union]

Queer union solidarity at the heart of democracy 2026-05-12 [EI]

Global CUPE women bring their voices to the United Nations 2026-05-12 [CUPE]

Global Workers the last to know: KONE's mega-deal with TK Elevator 2026-05-12 [IndustriAll Europe]

Global Voice of Pilots Election Results 2026-05-11 [IFALPA]

Communications Toolkit | 2026 World Education Support Personnel Day 2026-05-11 [Education International]

Global What Drives a Country to Use Workers as An Export? 2026-05-09 [The Tyee]

Global Death toll rises to 37 in central China fireworks plant explosion 2026-05-08 [News CN]

USA Guild President Schleuss elected to leadership of International Federation of Journalists 2026-05-08 [CWA]

ITF statement on hantavirus 2026-05-08 [ITF]

Heat stress: A hazardous and deadly occupational risk for workers 2026-05-08 [BWI]

IWMD 2026: Record-breaking global mobilisation pushes workers’ safety demands worldwide 2026-05-08 [BWI]

Global Transport unions and Mexico City sign decent work pact ahead of 2026 World Cup 2026-05-07 [ITF]

Trade unions unite to defend postal services worldwide 2026-05-07 [UNI Global Union]

Global UNI congratulates Stanley Gacek on high honour from Brazil 2026-05-07 [UNI Global Union]

L7 Summit challenges G7 to put workers at the heart of trade policy 2026-05-07 [TUAC]

ILO report links labour rights to journalist safety and press freedom 2026-05-07 [ILO]

Dan Gallin, Labour Internationalist 2026-05-07 [IUF]

Zuliana Lainez elected as new IFJ president at IFJ Centenary Congress 2026-05-07 [IFJ]

Meet the newly elected members of the IFJ Executive Committee 2026-05-07 [IFJ]

UK Why the climate movement marches for workers’ rights 2026-05-07 [Greenpeace]

Condemnation statement of te World Federation of Trade Unions on te attack on the Summud flotilla activists 2026-05-07 [WFTU]

Hard as steel: workers stand firm at ArcelorMittal AGM 2026-05-06 [IndustriALL]

World Press Freedom Day: Protecting Public Service Media as critical infrastructure for democracy 2026-05-05 [EFJ]

Samar Al Halal: “When surveillance becomes normal, democracy turns into a show” 2026-05-05 [IFJ]

Teachers are inspiring global action for racial justice in education 2026-05-05 [Education International]

Unions to G7: Your trade agenda needs workers’ rights to succeed 2026-05-05 [ITUC]

ArcelorMittal: Enough is enough 2026-05-05 [IndustriALL]

New Social Contract - ITUC Newsletter May 2026: Reclaiming democracy and justice for working people 2026-05-05 [ITUC]

China Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 26 people 2026-05-05 [BBC]

Israel The OECD misses out on the essence of public policy 2026-05-05 [Davar]

IFJ Centenary World Congress kicks off in Paris 2026-05-04 [IFJ]

ArcelorMittal: enough is enough 2026-05-04 [IndustriALL]

International workers’ memorial day: when work breaks the mind as well as the body 2026-05-04 [IndustriALL]

ArcelorMittal: respect workers' rights 2026-05-04 [IndustriAll Europe]

Online harassment against female journalists is a growing problem, UN report suggests 2026-05-04 [CBC]

Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day, in photos 2026-05-02 [CP]

World Press Freedom Day: Together for Information! 2026-05-02 [IFJ]

ILO acts on climate risks to worker safety 2026-05-02 [IndustriALL]

IFALPA Conference Statement on Positive Safety Culture 2026-05-02 [IFALPA]

Education unions are key to the global fight against raging global inequality 2026-05-02 [EI]

May Day: Wisdom workers of the world, unite, inspire, lead! 2026-05-02 [EI]

What is May Day? Workers’ protests erupt across the world over energy costs due to Iran war 2026-05-01 [The Independent]

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This month in labour history

1-05-1889 May Day - the international workers' holiday. [more]

5-05-1818 Karl Marx is born in Trier, Prussia. [more]