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USA Minnesota Another General Strike Now Likely [Payday Report] 25-01-2026

USA Minnesota Over 700 Minnesota Businesses Closed - 300 Solidarity Actions Nationwide - Pittsburghers Occupy a Target [Payday Report] 24-01-2026

Global 128 journalists killed in 2025: interview with the IFJ's Pamela Morinière [LabourStart Podcasts] 22-01-2026

USA Minnesota On the eve of the Day of Truth and Freedom, we talk with the leader of the trade unions of Minneapolis [Labour Start Podcasts] 22-01-2026

Greenland / Europe Statement of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland – EU must stand firm against coercion [IndustriAll Europe] 21-01-2026

USA In First Year of Second Term, Trump Governed for and by Billionaire CEOs and Big Tech Companies [AFL-CIO] 21-01-2026

Jordan / Syria Jordan, Syria trade unions move to deepen cooperation [Zawya] 21-01-2026

Canada / USA Many countries - minus 1 - approve application of a global minimum corporate tax [RadioLabour] 19-01-2026

Iran / Global International solidarity in the face of escalating repression in Iran [IUF] 16-01-2026

Yemen / Global Education International demands the immediate and unconditional release of three teachers who face execution [Education International] 15-01-2026

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