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1943 Italy The strike at FIAT that marked the beginning of the end for Mussolini starts. Within a week over 100,000 workers were on strike and the armed resistance had begun.[more]
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Afghanistan Three woman media workers shot dead in eastern Afghanistan [AP] 04-03-2021
Australia Unions: Aged care system needs radical overhaul [Green Left Weekly] 04-03-2021
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Brazil Persistence of slave labor exposes lawlessness of Amazon gold mines [Mongabay] 04-03-2021
Canada Linda Silas ends CLC bid [CFNU] 04-03-2021
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China / Global Showtime for Xi as China's annual Congress opens [POLITICO] 04-03-2021
Colombia Sintracarbón fights for 450 jobs at Cerrejón, Colombia [IndustriALL] 04-03-2021
Europe Apply to join online training to improve media reporting on Muslims and Islam [EFJ] 04-03-2021
Finland Local agreements on pay in the technology industry [Trade Union News from Finland] 04-03-2021
Georgia Another trade union school was launched in Batumi, Adjara region. [GTUC] 04-03-2021
Global IndustriALL, ITF and TUAC urge action on export credit to revive global economy [IndustriALL] 04-03-2021
Hong Kong Trade unionists under fire [CLB] 04-03-2021
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India / Karnataka Toyota Kirloskar Motors asks Bidadi plant workers to return to work; union to continue stir [Moneycontrol News] 04-03-2021
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Netherlands Sex workers protest asking government to let them get back to work [Yahoo] 04-03-2021
New Zealand Covid-19 coronavirus: Frontline MIQ workers share experiences earning minimum wage while carrying the burden of the nation [NZ Herald] 04-03-2021
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South Africa Putco, Numsa manage to stave off 200 retrenchments [The Citizen] 05-03-2021
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UK Win! Hestia pays London Living Wage after Unite campaign [Union News] 04-03-2021
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USA / Colorado RTW defeated 2 states [Ucommblog] 04-03-2021
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Zambia Zambian mineworkers protest delays in redundancy payments [IndustriALL] 04-03-2021
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