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Ukraine No power, no heat, no water – how journalists in Kyiv keep working amid blackouts and freezing temperatures [EFJ] 04-02-2026

Palestine / Israel International construction unions denied entry to the occupied Palestinian territories [BWI] 04-02-2026

India Nationwide Protest Led by Women Gig Workers across the country [GIPSWU] 04-02-2026

Myanmar ITUC demands urgent international action after five years of military rule [ITUC] 02-02-2026

Turkey / Italy Italian High School Teachers in Istanbul Launch Strike Action [Bianet] ActNOW! 02-02-2026

Panama ITUC condemns arbitrary detention and expulsion of trade union leader [ITUC] 02-02-2026

USA Largest nurses union calls to abolish ICE after Alex Pretti killing: ‘They messed with the wrong profession’ [TRNN] 01-02-2026

USA Minnesota How labour in Minnesota is protecting people from ICE [RadioLabour] 31-01-2026

Africa Mentorship programme empowers young African women to transform trade unions [IndustriALL] 30-01-2026

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Today in Labour History

1900 Martinique A rollining strike started 2 days earlier to obtain better wages. At 17.15, Lieutenant Kahn started a shootout which did not end the strike, but which left 10 dead and 12 seriously injured.

1919 United States of America Workers in Butte, Montana responded to a dollar per day wage cut by launching a general strike. To prevent disunity, workers formed a Workers and Soldiers Council to conduct the strike.

1938 Russia Veteran metalworker Olga Taratuta was executed in the USSR for organising rail workers. She had been arrested and imprisoned many times by the regime and by the Tsar.

1962 France The Charonne massacre took place in Paris, when nine members of the CGT trade union were killed by the police while demonstrating against the OAS French paramilitaries in Algeria.

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