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Netherlands Union activist Pawel Rudzki speaks about his fight for justice [LabourStart Podcasts] ActNOW! 29-11-2025
Belgium Successful three-day action in Belgium – Workers stand up against austerity and weakened rights [IndustriAll Europe] 28-11-2025
Bangladesh A decade after Rana Plaza, workers still die for fast fashion, Amazon can change that, but won’t [Maktob Media] 28-11-2025
Algeria / Global Arbitrary sentencing of Ali Mammeri — IUF calls for an end to trade union repression [IUF] 27-11-2025
Global Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday [UNI Global Union] 27-11-2025
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Australia / South Australia Keep Your Promise! Unions Launch Campaign Demanding Delivery of Gender Equality Bill [SA Unions] 30-11-2025
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Canada / Ontario CUPE 1281 supports prison workers [Briarpatch] 30-11-2025
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France Strikes in France in December 2025 and how you may be impacted [The Connexion] 30-11-2025
Global Jason Resnikoff, US labour historian: “If unions don’t negotiate over the technological changes that are taking place, and if the state doesn’t regulate them, who will?” [Equal Times] 30-11-2025
Guyana The fall of the trade union movement and its consequences [The Stabroek News] 30-11-2025
Hong Kong Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire [The Times] 30-11-2025
India / Punjab Strike against Kilometre Scheme: PRTC acts tough, sacks 22 contractual employees, issues notice to 1,100 [The Times] 30-11-2025
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Ireland Healthcare Workers Stand in Solidarity with Gaza Colleagues [Newry] 30-11-2025
Italy / Egypt “Vengeance of the state”: Italian trade unionists mobilise over threat to deport Egyptian activist [MENA SN] 30-11-2025
Mexico CNTE Will Strike, Protest in 2026 so President Sheinbaum Keeps Promise to Repeal Calderón’s ISSSTE Law [MSM] 30-11-2025
New Zealand Unions call on Prime Minister to respect democracy and scool communities [NZCTU-Te Kauae Kamahi] 30-11-2025
Portugal IL promotes an optional debate in Parliament on the day of the general strike [Portugal Pulse] 30-11-2025
South Africa Tyre sector workers to receive three-year wage Increase [IOL] 30-11-2025
Spain Scandal at Sargadelos Factory — Mass Work Stoppage, Accusations, and Unexpected Statements from the Owner [RusSpain] 30-11-2025
UK Private hire union says it expects full involvement in the Mayor of London’s new compensation process [taxi-point] 01-12-2025
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Zimbabwe ZCTU expresses shock over “anti-worker” 2026 national budget [Pindula] 30-11-2025
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1944 Senegal In the early hours of the morning French troops attack the unarmed African troops in Thiaroye with machine guns. The mutineers had demanded payment of their salaries and equality with White soldiers. 3 to 400 die.[more]
1946 United States of America 130,000 Oakland, USA workers go on general strike.[more]
1948 Australia The long ACTU-led campaign to win more time off for workers led to the imposition of the 40-hour work week and the 2-day weekend.[more]
1955 United States of America Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.
1997 France Committees of the unemployed occupy Assedic branches and ANPEs in the provinces and in Paris demanding a reassessment of social minima. The movement will continue until June 1998.
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