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Mexico An 18-year miners’ strike comes to an end in Sonora [Mexico News Daily] 20-12-2025
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2 weeks ago 1500 garment workers were made homeless when the Korail 'slum' in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka was devastated by a fire. Their union, the National Garment Workers Federation, is raising money to provide for their immediate needs and to assist in rebuilding. This worker lost all her belongings and her home in the fire and now relies on that 'relief' to provide her with clothing and food. (Photo: NGWF) Click here to see more union news from Bangladesh.Got a photo that should be here? Post it to our group on Flickr. To see an archive of all our recent photos, click here.
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Africa Int’l Migrants’ Day: Take decisive action to protect migrant workers, ITUC-Africa tells African governments [AIT] 21-12-2025
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1890 United Kingdom 9000 from three Scottish railway companies strike for pay and conditions, including 10 hour day. Lasted over a month and forced parliamentary debate on hours in railway industry.
1913 Ireland Over £9000 worth of food arrives in Dublin from the TUC, for families of locked-out workers to survive Christmas.
1945 Senegal Workers in Dakar begin a strike for higher wages which will inspire the workers' movement across West Africa.[more]
1972 France Law on gender pay equity takes effect.
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