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Global AI and digitalisation – technology shouldn’t be the boss of you [Hazards] 22-04-2025
India Code red for workers [Frontline] 20-04-2025
Global How transport unions are tackling modern slavery head-on [ITF] 18-04-2025
Belarus Three years after the suppression of independent trade unions, Belarus workers keep on fighting [IUF] ActNOW! 17-04-2025
China BYD Workers Lead Mass Strikes to Challenge Wage Cuts and Broken Promises [China Labour Bulletin] 17-04-2025
Belarus Jailed trade union hero Aliaksandr Yarashuk awarded the Arthur Svensson International Prize for 2025 [Styrke] ActNOW! 16-04-2025
Belarus / Global Trade union activism is not extremism – join the campaign! [IndustriAll Europe] ActNOW! 15-04-2025
USA Alamo Drafthouse Strike Ends After Deal Is Reached in New York [The Hollywood Reporter] 15-04-2025
Global Back to austerity? Global unions confront IMF and World Bank on ’Path to Prosperity’ [ITUC] 14-04-2025
Turkey / Global Solidarity with education trade unionists defending democracy [Education International] ActNOW! 14-04-2025
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