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Australia ‘I never gave consent’: The Australians being replaced with copies of themselves [The Morning Herald] 09-10-2026
Europe Workers Are Not Europe’s Cost Problem [Social Europe] 09-10-2026
Ireland When Ireland’s library workers drove the far-right out [PSI] 08-10-2026
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Australia VIDEO Transport Workers Union speaks on today's strikes by StarTrack workers [Nine News] 09-10-2026
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Belarus Trade union activist Areshka has completely lost his sight, but managed to write a few words to his grandchildren himself [svaboda] 09-10-2026
Belgium A wave of strikes has swept across Belgium; train and flight disruptions are possible [UA News] 09-10-2026
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Cambodia / UK The workers earning less than £1 an hour to make official UK football shirts [BBC] 09-10-2026
Canada Labour unions, Indigenous leaders and environmental groups hit the precinct to highlight concerns ahead of key vote on Building Canada Strong Act [iPolitics] 09-10-2026
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Chile Strike could cut November output at Chile's Centinela copper mine by half, unions say [Mining Weekly] 09-10-2026
Colombia Central Union of Workers (CUT) denounces armed attack against Gonzalo Núñez, calls on Colombian state to provide protection measures [PBI] 09-10-2026
Ecuador The Boiling Point: Inside the 19-Province Uprising Threatening Noboa's Presidency [The Latin Times] 09-10-2026
Europe Workers Are Not Europe’s Cost Problem [Social Europe] 09-10-2026
France Refinery workers went on strike and blocked fuel shipments [France 24] 09-10-2026
Gabon Employees of the Sugar Factories Initiate an Indefinite Strike [Benin Web TV] 09-10-2026
India / Andhra Pradesh CITU backs strike by contract health employees [The Hindu] 09-10-2026
1 more labour news stories from India today
Ireland Public sector strikes likely as unions and Government cannot agree on agenda for talks [The Irish Examiner] 09-10-2026
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Kenya Lecturers’ strike: Why university students could wait longer for classes to resume [People Daily] 09-10-2026
Korea (South) Micron Taiwan Union Demands Samsung-Style Pay, Threatens Strike (99% Approval) [The Chosun Ilbo] 09-10-2026
Mali Loulo-Gounkoto targeted by multiple strikes starting September 28 [Benin Web TV] 09-10-2026
New Zealand National's small business plan: 47 band-aids and an attack on workers rights [NZCTU] 09-10-2026
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Nigeria TUC Tells FCT Workers To Disregard NLC’s Indefinite Strike Order [TVC] 09-10-2026
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South Africa Farm workers march in Cape Town for public land to be released for housing [Ground Up] 09-10-2026
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Spain Pepe Álvarez (UGT) states that the general strike is aimed 'against those who feel addressed' [Demócrata] 09-10-2026
Sri Lanka Over 30 trade unions oppose proposed tripartite management of EPF [The Financial Times] 09-10-2026
Switzerland Trade Union Federation Calls for Across-the-Board Wage Increases of 2.5 Percent [Blue News] 09-10-2026
Taiwan Strike at AGC Display Glass ends with deal [The Times] 09-10-2026
UK Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC [The Guardian] 09-10-2026
9 more labour news stories from UK today
USA Latinas Deserve Equal Pay. Unions Help Make It Happen [BlackPressUSA] 09-10-2026
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Today in Labour History
1910 Ireland Huge torchlight march through Dublin to celebrate release of socialist and trade union leader James Larkin from jail.
1933 United States of America Pixley, CA: 18,000 cotton workers strike & ultimately win a pay raise; 4 workers killed during the strike.
1947 Africa Beginning of a 170-day strike ending 19 March 1948, in the railways of French-speaking West Africa. 20,000 strikers mobilized in all the territories of the former AOF under the slogan "For equal work, equal pay".
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