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Cambodia Release LRSU President Sithar Chhim now [IUF] 28-11-2022

Indonesia Becoming a Union Leader: the story of Indonesian garment union organizer Aan Aminah [Asian Labour Review] 26-11-2022

Global RadioLabour World Report - World-wide Make Amazon Pay Day [RadioLabour] 26-11-2022

China Workers in running battles with police in protests at largest iPhone factory in country [Guardian] 24-11-2022

Global Violence and harassment at work: 16 days of activism [ITUC] 24-11-2022

Global Global education union leaders call for investment in education and renew their call to international solidarity [Education International] 23-11-2022

Qatar 2022 World Cup: Action Alert! Stand #WithMigrantWorkers [BWI] 23-11-2022

Cambodia Only �Instant Noodle� Unions Survive [Human Rights Watch] 22-11-2022

Bangladesh / Canada Canadian Tire accused of failing to protect human rights [USW] 22-11-2022

Cambodia Covid-19 Pandemic Used for Union Busting [Human Rights Watch] 21-11-2022

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Today in Labour History

1820 Germany Friedrich Engels is born in Wuppertal, Germany. He will become the most famous collaborator of Karl Marx.[more]

1908 United States of America 154 coal miners die in an explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania. Engineer and Superintendent Beeson informs newspapers that he inspected it a few minutes before the explosion and found it in perfect condition.

1913 Ireland Seafarers Union leader Havelock Wilson negotiates a return to work for his Dublin members, without consulting the ITGWU/

1984 United Kingdom TUC General Council seeks talks with government over British Miners' strike.

2004 China A fire in a coal mine in Chengjiashan, Shaanxi province, kills 166 workers.

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