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USA Minnesota How labour in Minnesota is protecting people from ICE [RadioLabour] 31-01-2026
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Africa Mentorship programme empowers young African women to transform trade unions [IndustriALL] 30-01-2026
Canada / Ontario Stiles joins London union leaders in calling for workers’ action centre to remain open in wake of auto layoffs [CTV] 30-01-2026
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Europe Migration: Quality jobs key to ending labour shortages [ETUC] 30-01-2026
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Georgia Workers at Georgia’s largest fertiliser plant go on strike over pay [Caliber] 30-01-2026
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Germany German teachers follow Kosovo’s example, go on strike demanding a €300 pay rise [Kosovapress] 30-01-2026
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Global / China BWI denounces Zhongmei Engineering Group’s pattern of abuse [BWI] 30-01-2026
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India / Karnataka Bus unions to stage Bengaluru protest on Friday over arrears, pay hike [The Deccan Herald] 30-01-2026
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Indonesia She Was a Key Voice of the 1990s Labor Movement in Nike’s Indonesia Factories. Today She Relies on Donations From Abroad. [ProPublica] 30-01-2026
Ireland Tech workers on strike [Newstalk] 30-01-2026
Kenya 5,000 sugar workers strike over Ksh.10.8 billion unpaid dues [The Citizen] 30-01-2026
Korea (South) President Lee Says 'The World Is Coming Anyway'... Metal Workers' Union Responds: 'Is the State Just Letting the Cart Roll?' [Asian Business Daily] 30-01-2026
Maldives Media control bill censors editorial content as threats against journalists increase [IFJ] 30-01-2026
New Zealand Another major IT outage again exposes government's reckless cuts to health digital services to [PSA] 30-01-2026
Niger Deutsche Welle correspondent arrested in Niamey [IFJ] 30-01-2026
Nigeria Aviation Unions Slam Enugu Airport Concession, Threaten Strike [Aljazirah] 30-01-2026
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North Macedonia Trade Unions Demand Pay Rises, Threaten Institutional Blockades and General Strike [BNA] 30-01-2026
Poland Opinion on draft reform of broadcasting law and EMFA implementation [EFJ] 30-01-2026
Romania Education unions prepare move towards general strike [Insider] 30-01-2026
South Africa Eskom brings 5.5% increase offer to wage talks [Bizcommunity/Reuters] 30-01-2026
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Spain Metrotenerife and Unions Finalise Agreement Ending Two-Year Tram Strike [Tenerife Weekly] 30-01-2026
Taiwan Teachers fight back a punitive oversight system [Education International] 30-01-2026
Türkiye VIDEO Labour Movement in Turkey (15 December – 15 January 2026) [UID-DER] 30-01-2026
UK RMT welcomes rail companies brought under GBR from Sunday [RMT] 01-02-2026
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USA / Pennsylvania Union workers launch initiative to research options for soon-to-be-shuttered Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [WESA] 30-01-2026
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Today in Labour History
1864 United States of America The Collar Laundry Union was formed in New York, the first women's union in US history, led by Kate Mullany. Over the next few years the women increase their wages from $2 to $14 a week.
1947 Japan On this date, the rival confederations Sanbetsu and Sodomei announced a national strike. Many unaffiliated unions join in over wage demands and the resignation of the government.
2010 Finland More than 1,000 stevedores go on strike without warning in the country's ports.
2011 Tunisia Following the Tunisian revolution, Habib Guiza takes over the heritage of the Tunisian General Confederation of Labour, thus putting an end to the monopoly of the UGTT
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