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Andorra Andorra's Housing Union and USdA Prepare Border Blockade Over Housing Crisis [La Veu Lliure] 13-11-2026

Global IndustriALL puts organizing first as union busting goes global [IndustriALL] 12-11-2026

Spain General strike: how 50 years of industrial action shaped Spain’s post‑Franco democracy [The Conversation] 11-11-2026

Europe Unions mobilize for fair wages, decent work and living standards [IUF] 10-11-2026

Global / Türkiye ITUC demands for COP31 [ITUC] 10-11-2026

Spain Defending workers’ rights in and beyond the workplace – inspiration from Spain [IER] 07-11-2026

Bangladesh Union leaders arrested as garment wage board meets [IndustriALL] 06-11-2026

France Protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living [BBC] 06-11-2026

USA Labor Movement Organizing Powers Pro-Worker Majorities in Congress; 639 union members elected [AFL-CIO] 05-11-2026

Brazil Court orders Meta to restore Brazilian bank workers’ union WhatsApp after global solidarity [UNI Global Union] 04-11-2026


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Today in Labour History


1913 UK Sympathy action breaks out in some British ports, like Liverpool, in support of workers in Dublin, but fails to spread.

1917 Finland A week-long general strike begins in Finland, called by socialists influenced by the Russian Revolution.[more]

1938 United States of America Foundation of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (later Communications Workers of America) in New Orleans.

1977 United Kingdom Firefighters begin their first ever national strike over 30% pay claim.

1982 Poland Solidarity trade union leader and shipyard worker Lech Walesa is released from prison in Poland after 11 months


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Andorra
Andorra's Housing Union and USdA Prepare Border Blockade Over Housing Crisis [La Veu Lliure] 13-11-2026


Australia
/ Western Australia MEAA's National Media Section Condemns the Behaviour of MP's Outside Parliament House in WA [MEAA] 13-11-2026 5 more labour news stories from Australia today


Bangladesh
Union leaders urge RMG workers to return to their workplaces [The Daily Star] 13-11-2026


Canada
/ Ontario Stelco to recall 175 laid-off workers on Dec. 1 [Toronto Star] 13-11-2026 20 more labour news stories from Canada today


Europe
AI age needs a new social contract, unions tell EU leaders [ETUC] 13-11-2026


Fiji
Union seeks special relief package for workers [The Times] 13-11-2026


France
Inside France’s uprising: Students, workers, and a generation in revolt [TRNN] 13-11-2026


Guatemala
Five achievements of our Chiquita campaign so far [Public Eye] 13-11-2026


Iceland
Decriminalising Sex Work: Is This Feminism? [The Grapevine] 13-11-2026


India
/ Telangana Telangana Contract Healthcare Workers Escalate Hospital Protest [Urban Acres] 13-11-2026 3 more labour news stories from India today


Indonesia
New labour law replaces Omnibus [IndustriALL] 13-11-2026


Iraq
International conference in Baghdad highlights how decent work strengthens youth opportunities and active citizenship [ILO] 13-11-2026


Ireland
Global Nurses United congratulates member union, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, on its recent bargaining victory [GNU] 13-11-2026 1 more labour news stories from Ireland today


Israel
Unions declare labor dispute at Arkia Airlines in protest of owners’ actions [The Times] 13-11-2026


Italy
The factory occupation constructing new futures [Red Pepper] 13-11-2026


Kenya
Del Monte Workers Take to Streets Over Pineapple Theft, Warn Jobs Are at Risk [Thika Town Today] 13-11-2026 1 more labour news stories from Kenya today


Korea (South)
ASML Korea Union Demands Direct Talks With Samsung Electronics [Seoul Economic Daily] 13-11-2026 7 more labour news stories from Korea (South) today


Latin America
Governing Platform Work: Lessons from Latin America [OnLabor] 13-11-2026


Mexico
Hyundai Accused of Leaving Transport Operators Without Routes and Putting More Than 300 Jobs at Risk [MSN] 13-11-2026


New Zealand
The Warehouse denies union claims of toilet monitoring at depots [HRD] 13-11-2026 1 more labour news stories from New Zealand today


Nigeria
Edo Medical Workers Commend Okpebholo For Health Sector Reforms [The Whistler] 13-11-2026 3 more labour news stories from Nigeria today


Palestine
/ UK Palestine: journalists arrested by Israeli forces [NUJ] 13-11-2026


South Africa
/ Gauteng Pikitup resumes Joburg collections after Samwu strike leaves streets buried in rubbish [IOL] 13-11-2026


Spain
Transport negotiates with unions to stop the rail strikes of November 17 and 23 [Demócrata] 13-11-2026 1 more labour news stories from Spain today


Sweden
Union Vision Sets Out Welfare Demands as Parties Trade Offers [The Labour Pulse] 13-11-2026


Turkmenistan
/ Switzerland The Swiss textile machinery in Turkmenistan's forced labour system [Public Eye] 13-11-2026


UK
Airport workers meet with MPs as Unite campaigns for airport bans for abusive passengers [Morning Star] 13-11-2026 8 more labour news stories from UK today


USA
The International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) today announced its one-of-a-kind labor communications contest winners [ILCA] 13-11-2026 8 more labour news stories from USA today