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Global ITF and Uber launch safety charter for couriers, as social dialogue continues under new agreement [ITF] 26-04-2024

Bangladesh Rana Plaza: Never Again, Together, We Remember [NGWF] 25-04-2024

Europe Workers’ rights secured throughout the supply chain [ETUC] 25-04-2024

Global Interview with Luc Triangle, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) [LabourStart Podcasts] 24-04-2024

Turkey UNI and IUF in solidarity with striking PilenPak workers [IUF] 24-04-2024

Georgia Unions speak out against new law [GTUC] 24-04-2024

Canada Quebec Union takes step to represent Amazon warehouse workers in Laval, Que. [CBC] 23-04-2024

Myanmar Khaing Zar Aung expresses ”honour and sadness” for global rights prize [ITUC] 23-04-2024

Global Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers, ILO report finds [ILO] 23-04-2024

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Today in Labour History

1894 Ireland The founding conference of the Irish Trade Union Congress gets underway at the Trades Hall in Dublin.

1918 India The country's first labour union was born in the city of Chennai, then known as Madras, when workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills formed the Madras Labour Union.[more]

1934 Chile The FOCH union federation headquarters in Santiago, Chile was attacked by police and bosses' militia. Seven workers and one child were murdered, with 200 workers badly injured.

1983 Canada As part of its anti-labour agenda, the Alberta government brings in legislation denying firefighters and healthcare workers the right to strike.[more]

1998 Denmark A general strike in the private sector broke out, involving a fifth of the country's workforce.

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