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Turkey / Denmark Danish Flower Giant Accused of Mafia Methods against Employees [DanWatch] 2025-07-09

UK UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work [The Guardian] 2025-07-08

UK / Scotland Ten per cent of Scottish women 'sexually assaulted at work' [The Herald] 2025-07-08

UK / Scotland Almost 10% of women in Scotland 'sexually harassed at work' [STV] 2025-07-08

UK / Scotland Sexual harassment endemic in Scottish workplaces, landmark Unite survey finds [Unite] 2025-07-08

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Antigua and Barbuda ABWU’s Annual Women’s Conference set for July [The Observer] 2025-07-07

UK FDA attends unveiling of plaque in honour of first female civil servant Jeanie Senior [FDA] 2025-07-07

India Long hours, low earnings, paying to work: The brutal life of an Urban Company beautician [News Laundry] 2025-07-07

Ghana TEWU elects first female Deputy General Secretary [The Graphic] 2025-07-07

UK Unions and campaigners welcome bereavement leave extension for early pregnancy loss [Morning Star] 2025-07-07

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Ghana Don’t treat gender struggles as isolated women’s issues – Trade Unions told [GNA] 2025-07-06

Canada Supporting workers and families means improving maternity and parental leave [PSAC] 2025-07-05

Canada / Ontario USW Local 1-2010 Women of Steel deepen equity education in Northern Ontario [USW] 2025-07-05

USA Trump to cut protections for home health aides, migrant farmworkers [The Post] 2025-07-03

UK Workers face two-year wait for several new rights [BBC] 2025-07-02

UK Unite disappointed with further two year wait for promised improved employment rights [Unite] 2025-07-02

UK / England Strike warning over 'too slow' equal pay action [BBC] 2025-07-02

Ireland ‘I won’t work alone with certain colleagues’: Female paramedics break silence on 'toxic' culture [The Journal] 2025-07-02

UK New strike threat in Birmingham equal pay row as school workers say ‘enough is enough’ [birminghamworld.uk] 2025-07-02

UK / Scotland The women who occupied Scottish factories and beat deindustrialisation [inkl] 2025-07-01

Panama Sovereignty, Strikes and the Shadow of U.S. Power [Code Pink] 2025-07-01

UK / England Birmingham equal pay strikes loom [GMB] 2025-07-01

USA National Nurses United July 1 rallies against medcaid cuts [National Nurses United] 2025-07-01

Chile Women are Renewing Chile’s Labor Movement [Asian Labour Review] 2025-06-30

Colombia Early childhood workers create new union [PSI] 2025-06-30

Europe Lucy Bronze: 'We want players to have the same opportunities' [FIFPRO] 2025-06-29

South Africa Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks [ProtectionWeb] 2025-06-28

Australia 'It's about power': How sexual harassment affects those on the margins [SBS] 2025-06-28

Africa ITUC-Africa tasks African govts, others to end violence crimes against women [Nigerian Trbune] 2025-06-26

USA Save the date: Tradeswomen Build Nations conference set for Sept. 19 – 21 [The Labor Tribune] 2025-06-26

USA Pay Equity at Kroger [Phenomenal World] 2025-06-26

New Zealand Teachers burned on pay equity hit the negotiation table [NZEI-Te Riu Roa] 2025-06-25

UK Train companies criticised for not providing secure areas for female workers to breastfeed [Morning Star] 2025-06-25

UK Overlooking sexual harassment against health staff ‘risks patient safety’ [Morning Star] 2025-06-25

Middle East Arab education unions gear up to increase women's participation and leadership [Education International] 2025-06-25

Africa 6th UNI Africa Women’s Conference unites to consolidate power and demand change [UNI Global Union] 2025-06-25

USA / Global Interview with Shawna Bader-Blau, head of the Solidarity Center [LabourStart Podcasts] 2025-06-25

South Africa POPCRU sounds alarm over rape allegations at SAPS academies [SABC] 2025-06-24

New Zealand Nurses need share of primary health funding increase [NZNO-Toputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa] 2025-06-24

New Zealand Theatre nurses in Whangarei to strike [NZNO] 2025-06-23

Global International Domestic Workers' Day reminds us: their rights matter! [ILO] 2025-06-23

Namibia Private doctors urged to work night shift at Kattutura clinic-nurses warn of burnout [The Namibian] 2025-06-23

New Zealand Northland nurses and healthcare assistants strike over on-going pay dispute [Radio New Zealand] 2025-06-23

UK Violence against women is a ‘national emergency’ [UNISON] 2025-06-23

UK Mary Higgs: The undercover vagrant who exposed workhouse life [BBC] 2025-06-22

Global From shame to hope: Convention 190 as a shield against the violence and harassment suffered by female athletes [Equal Times] 2025-06-22

Indonesia Unseen, Now Heard - This powerful account by an Indonesian domestic worker and a leading advocate for domestic worker rights is a testament to a methodology rooted in dignity and agency [Asian Labour Review] 2025-06-22

UK Deprioritising shop theft will bolster criminal gangs [USDAW] 2025-06-22

Canada / USA Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' 400% raise is a reminder of how little female athletes get paid [CBC] 2025-06-20

Australia Pike River and two women's 15-year fight for justice and accountability [Green Left Weekly] 2025-06-20

South Africa Domestic workers demand end to abuse on International Domestic Workers’ Day [Elitsha] 2025-06-20

Fiji Women in media (WIM) conference-day 2 'real power brokers urged to break silence on violence [Fiji Times] 2025-06-19

New Zealand Early childhood teachers aghast as Government eyes quality vs cost trade-off [NZEI] 2025-06-19

Zimbabwe CLAWUZ makes history for electing first woman general secretary [BWI] 2025-06-19

New Zealand War on women intensifies as govt takes axe to sick leave for part time workers [PSA-Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi] 2025-06-18

UK Public backs better pay for nursing as tens of thousands vote on NHS award [RCN] 2025-06-18

UK Unison demands compensation for the Waspi women [Morning Star] 2025-06-18

Global On the frontlines of crisis: it’s time to recognize domestic workers as essential [ILO] 2025-06-17

Australia Equal Pay Ruling: Landmark Step for Gender Justice in Public Services [PSI] 2025-06-17

India / West Bengal Domestic Workers’ Unions Growing Strong, Yet Fight for Rights, Recognition Goes on [News Click] 2025-06-16

India / Maharashtra Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies [The Guardian] 2025-06-14

USA / California Vietnamese women are the victims of unjust, discriminatory labor laws in California [The Union-Tribune] 2025-06-14

UK Thousands turn out for firefighter Jennie Logan's funeral procession [BBC] 2025-06-14

UK Low paid support staff pressured into providing essential medical care at school, says report [UNISON] 2025-06-13

Australia Health Union Pushes For 12 Days Of Reproductive Leave To Become Minimum Standard [LiSTNR] 2025-06-13

Canada / Ontario Striking personal care workers at Villa Colombo strengthened by growing political, union and community support [CUPE] 2025-06-13

India / Kerala ‘LDF against women, workers’: ASHA campaign against LDF in Nilambur before bye-poll [The News Minute] 2025-06-13

USA NWSL, WNBA unions release joint statement in response to immigration raids across U.S. [The Times] 2025-06-13

Pakistan Ban on all forms of child labour demanded [The News] 2025-06-13

India / Global Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies [The Guardian] 2025-06-12

UK Hundreds march in Brighton to demand £30m equal pay settlement [Morning Star] 2025-06-12

Europe EFJ General Meeting in Budapest adopts resolution to end inequality and violence against women journalists [EFJ] 2025-06-12

Yemen Gendered and sexualised attacks against women anchors must be prosecuted [IFJ] 2025-06-12

UK Sanitary win welcomed for female seafarers under MLC [Nautilus] 2025-06-12

UK / Global Sanitary win welcomed for female seafarers under MLC [Nautilus] 2025-06-12

Global Care work is in crisis because workers are denied their rights [Context] 2025-06-10

Morocco / Spain Vulnerable Moroccan Women Exploited in Spain, Then Expelled [Morocco World News] 2025-06-10

Switzerland Women's pay report: large companies disregard equal pay [Blue News] 2025-06-10

Morocco / Spain Controversy in Huelva : Moroccan seasonal workers face deportation and rights violations [Yabiladi] 2025-06-10

UK Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say [BBC] 2025-06-10

Malta Guilty verdicts in Daphne Caruana Galizia case mark another step towards full justice [EFJ] 2025-06-09

Sri Lanka Women remain constrained by persistent pay gulf [The Sunday Times] 2025-06-08

South Africa The plight of women farmworkers: Abuse, neglect, and systemic slavery [Sunday Independent] 2025-06-07

USA / California UCSF CWA UPTE Member Defends UCSF Professor Dr. Rupa Marya Fired By UC Bosses For Opposing Genocide [LVP] For more info 2025-06-07

New Zealand The Kiwi women who fought to become doctors [Radio New Zealand] 2025-06-06

UK / Scotland Teachers demand action to tackle classroom misogyny [Morning Star] 2025-06-06

Bangladesh Unpaid Eid salaries and bonuses casts shadows on Dhaka's textile industry [Asaia News] 2025-06-06

India / Tamil Nadu Workers struggle for water and wage in Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills [The News Minute] 2025-06-06

France Nationwide strikes highlight France’s struggle to close its gender pay gap [Courthouse News Service] 2025-06-06

USA / Oregon Garment workers confront Nike over wages [NW Labor Press] 2025-06-06

USA / Indonesia / Oregon Garment workers confront Nike over wages [NW Labor Press] 2025-06-06

USA White House targets Women’s Bureau for elimination [NW Labor Press] 2025-06-06

USA / Oregon NOLC dinner recognizes local labor movement heroes [NW Labor Press] 2025-06-06

USA / Oregon 2025 Oregon Tradeswomen Career Fair [NW Labor Press] 2025-06-06

UK Man sentenced for harassment of women journalists [NUJ] 2025-06-06

UK ‘We wanted to tell the wider story’: play highlights impact of ‘spycops’ scandal [The Guardian] 2025-06-05

South Africa POPCRU members to protest against claims of sexual abuse at training facilities [Eyewitness News] 2025-06-05

India Women in India’s informal sector are fighting for better working conditions [Development and Cooperation] 2025-06-05

Singapore Family-friendly workplaces in Singapore and what to look for [NTUC] 2025-06-05

India / Maharashtra Domestic Workers Launch Postcard Campaign Urging PM to Implement SC Order [The Live] 2025-06-05