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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


Global Fit2Win: Who is BAT fighting, and what does it want to win? [IUF] 08-10-2026


Nepal Public Sector Unions are Under Attack — International Solidarity is Essential [IndustriALL] 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 7 more labour news stories from Australia today


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 1 more labour news stories from Belgium today


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 18 more labour news stories from Canada today


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 2 more labour news stories from Ireland today


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 1 more labour news stories from New Zealand today


Nigeria
TUC Tells FCT Workers To Disregard NLC’s Indefinite Strike Order [TVC] 09-10-2026 5 more labour news stories from Nigeria today


South Africa
Farm workers march in Cape Town for public land to be released for housing [Ground Up] 09-10-2026 1 more labour news stories from South Africa today


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 5 more labour news stories from USA today


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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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