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Iran / Global International solidarity in the face of escalating repression in Iran [IUF] 16-01-2026
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Australia Microsoft signs AI deal with ACTU, ASX to rise after Wall Street slides [ABC] 15-01-2026
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Canada / Ontario ETFO Support Staff are on Strike [SEIU 2] 15-01-2026
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Europe European banking social partners sign landmark statement on violence and harassment [UNI Global Union] 16-01-2026
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Fiji No comments on strike notice – EFL [The Times] 15-01-2026
Germany airport strikes cancel over 3,400 flights and disrupt half a million passengers [Visa HQ] 15-01-2026
Ghana GAWU supports National Fishers Association to unionise [The Times] 15-01-2026
Greece Civil servants plan work stoppage to press for pay hike, restoration of cut allowances [Kathimerini] 15-01-2026
India UFBU Rejects IBA Appeal, Confirms All-India Bank Strike on January 27 [The Kanal] 15-01-2026
Iran / Global International solidarity in the face of escalating repression in Iran [IUF] 16-01-2026
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Ireland Workers at Meta subcontractor Covalen to strike for two days [The Irish Times] 15-01-2026
Israel Histadrut Honors Reservist Employees [Davar] 16-01-2026
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Namibia Namib Mills strike turns violent: Union leader punches contractor amid claims of replacement labour hiring [The Namibian] 15-01-2026
New Zealand Unions call for workers’ right to ignore their bosses after hours [Newsroom] 15-01-2026
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Nigeria Workers begin two-week warning strike in Niger State-owned varsity [AIT] 15-01-2026
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South Africa SAFTU stands in solidarity with communities affected by devastating floods [SAFTU] 16-01-2026
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Spain Around 1,000 doctors march through central Barcelona demanding better working conditions [Catalan News] 15-01-2026
Sri Lanka Doctors threaten nationwide strike over unresolved issues [Hiru News] 15-01-2026
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Thailand Thai trade unions strengthen action on safe and healthy workplaces [ILO] 16-01-2026
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Turkey The miners strike of 1991 [PN] 16-01-2026
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Today in Labour History
1905 Russia 12,000 workers on the Poutilov construction site strike in solidarity with two workers dismissed for their membership if the "legal" association of Zoubatov.
1919 Argentina End of the general strike underway in Buenos Aires since January 7. Armed repression resulted in the death of more than 200 workers.
1957 Senegal Creation of the General Union of Black African Workers (UGTAN), headquartered in Dakar. After one year, it brings together 80 to 90% of union members in AOF, 150,000 in total.
1979 Iran The Shah of Iran flees into exile after months of protests which included strikes by unions and leftwing groups.[more]
1997 India Trade union leader, Dutta Samant was assassinated. He had led 300,000 mill workers in a year-long strike in 1982 in Mumbai.
1997 Albania Several months of civil unrest began when hundreds of thousands of workers lost savings and housing during the crash of the last of the pyramid investment funds. They demand reimbursement and overthrow the government.
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