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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Korea (South) ASML Korea Union Demands Direct Talks With Samsung Electronics [Seoul Economic Daily] 13-11-2026
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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
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Nigeria Edo Medical Workers Commend Okpebholo For Health Sector Reforms [The Whistler] 13-11-2026
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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
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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
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USA The International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) today announced its one-of-a-kind labor communications contest winners [ILCA] 13-11-2026
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