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Canada / Alberta IAM Brings ‘Be More Than a Bystander’ Training to Local 99 Finning Members in Canada [IAM] 2024-10-11

Mexico ILO Mexico and the Government of Canada Launch Joint Project to Strengthen Labor Relations in Mexico with a gender approach [ILO] 2024-10-11

USA Gender equity among trades workers is increasing, but there's a long way to go [WGLT] 2024-10-11

USA How Project 2025 Pushes Corporate Profit Not Worker Power [NWLC] 2024-10-11

Cambodia Trade union leader Chhim Sithar, released from prison: “We must keep speaking out and uniting for our rights” [Equal Times] 2024-10-11

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Canada / New Brunswick Finding the joy in long-term care with Pat Armstrong [CHC] 2024-10-10

Canada / Ontario Ford government is sabotaging its own home care reforms by refusing to improve wages for Ontario’s worst paid public sector workers — mainly female, often racialized [The Star] 2024-10-10

Morocco Journalists’ union to establish a mechanism to combat harassment and gender-based violence [IFJ] 2024-10-10

New Zealand Rest home resident alarmed as staff cuts proposed [Radio New Zealand] 2024-10-09

Bangladesh Patients suffer as nurses go on work abstentiion in Dhaka, Ctg [The Daily Star] 2024-10-09

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Bangladesh / Lebanon Fear, uncertainty grip Bangladeshi migrants in Lebanon [The Herald] 2024-10-09

Iraq / Kenya Enslaved and Desperate: Kenyan Domestic Help Seeks Escape from Iraq [Mwakilishi] 2024-10-09

Australia Full-time professionalism top of the agenda for A-League Women players: PFA Report [PFA] 2024-10-09

New Zealand New Zealand Nurses Organization calls for Health NZ Te Whatu Ora to do more to fight against systemic rascism [NZ Herald] 2024-10-08

New Zealand Introducing newly elected nZEI-te Riu Roa president Ripeka Lessels [NZEI-Te Riu Roa] 2024-10-08

Global UNI launches trade union manuals to address menstruation, maternity and menopause in the workplace [UNI Global Union] 2024-10-08

Canada / Ecuador Solidarity with Indigenous women resisting free trade, mining violations in Ecuador [CUPE] 2024-10-08

USA More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work [NBC] 2024-10-08

Australia Meet the women campaigning for reproductive leave rights for Australians [Honey] 2024-10-05

Cambodia Worker Leader Imprisoned on Factory’s False Charges Acquitted—ASICS, MUJI Fail to Require Supplier to Compensate Worker It Wrongly Accused [WRC] 2024-10-05

Israel New Beekeepers Receive their Diploma and Join the “Bees for Peace” Family [WAC] 2024-10-05

Asia / Pacific FIFPRO Asia/Oceania appoints Shoko Tsuji as General Secretary [FIFPRO] 2024-10-05

Rwanda Holding the line for women leadership: The inspiring journey of Lea Rugambage [BWI] 2024-10-04

Canada / Quebec The CAQ government is not keeping its word on pay equity payments in the health and social services sector [CUPE] 2024-10-04

USA / Michigan Women of Steel collect donations for Delta County food pantries [WLUC] 2024-10-04

USA It's Time for a National Monument to Labor Hero Frances Perkins [Newsweek] 2024-10-04

USA / Oregon Oregon leaders win AFT women’s rights award [AFT] 2024-10-04

USA Laborers' Add Paid Maternity Benefit for Women Union Members [ENR] 2024-10-02

UK 'It is overwhelmingly women, frankly, black women': The low-paid NHS staff who missed out on COVID bonus [Sky] 2024-10-02

India / Karnataka 'Too much humiliation': Why Samsung workers are striking in India [Context] 2024-10-02

USA / California On 40th Anniversary Of Union Carbide Bhopal India Industrial Disaster, Women Survivors Speak Out In Oakland [LVP] For more info 2024-10-01

Australia Senate report on menopause welcomed by the AMA [AMA] 2024-09-30

Cambodia Report: With Unions, Workers Experience Less Heat Stress [Solidarity Center] For more info 2024-09-30

Australia ‘Like I’ve been jailed’: after a lifetime of piecework, textile outworkers can retire with no super [The Guardian] 2024-09-29

Australia / Queensland 'My body, my choice': unions rally on abortion rights [AAP] 2024-09-28

USA More Than 8,000 Catholic Employers Can Now Deny Workers Time Off for an Abortion or IVF [Ms.] 2024-09-28

Hong Kong Migrant domestic workers unions ‘dismayed,’ ‘disappointed’ by HK$120 increase to monthly salary [The Free Press] 2024-09-28

UK Harrods manager says company ‘failed our colleagues’ following sexual misconduct allegations [Morning Star] 2024-09-27

Latin America Latin America Domestic Workers Celebrate, Plan to Expand Success [Solidarity Center] For more info 2024-09-27

South Africa Fairtrade suspends local producer over farm workers’ poor conditions [GroundUp] 2024-09-27

New Zealand Nurses union warns people will die in downgrade of Dunedin Hospital [RNZ] 2024-09-27

UK Bosses could face action if they fail to prevent workplace sexual harassment [Morning Star] 2024-09-26

Tunisia New centre for Tunisia’s women garment workers [IndustriALL] 2024-09-26

Europe European women workers raring to lead fight for climate justice [BWI] 2024-09-26

UK Women should stay in unions and fight, feminist fringe hears [Morning Star] 2024-09-25

Malaysia / UK Clare Rewcastle Brown's appeal request dismissed [IFJ] 2024-09-25

UK Former Harrods workers accuses company of covering perpetrators [Morning Star] 2024-09-25

New Zealand First day of bargaining for Te Whatu Ora nurses [NZNO] 2024-09-24

UK 159 MPs write to Asda bosses over sex discrimination [GMB] 2024-09-23

UK Cultural revolution required to end violence against women, Labour fringe meeting hears [Morning Star] 2024-09-23

UK Over a million pounds awarded in discrimination compensation to former Thames Valley Police (TVP) officer [Police Federation] 2024-09-23

Canada Gender Equality Week 2024: Women deserve a better deal [CLC] 2024-09-23

UK Ofsted cannot be allowed to reform itself, say teachers’ unions [The Observer] 2024-09-22

UK Labour Conference 2024: Usdaw calls for action to prioritise retail growth and for worker protection in a new technology revolution [USDAW] 2024-09-20

Bangladesh American trade platforms demand reforms to protect labour rights [The Daily Star] 2024-09-19

Global International Equal Pay Day: Close the gender pay gap for social justice [ITUC] 2024-09-18

UK / England 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty' [BBC] 2024-09-18

Australia / Victoria Unpaid wages left celery farm migrant workers 'frightened', Ombudsman says [ABC] 2024-09-18

Bangladesh Trade Union Platform for Migrant Workers starts operation [The Business Post] 2024-09-18

India / Tamil Nadu Samsung workers consider legal action as protests continue at Chennai plant [The Business Standard] 2024-09-18

Global There is still a gender pay gap [IndustriALL] 2024-09-18

South Africa / Western Cape Sex workers celebrate pride in Cape Town [GroundUp] 2024-09-17

UK 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty' [BBC] 2024-09-17

Australia Coalition super proposal would worsen women’s financial security [ACTU] 2024-09-17

Australia Menopause is a workplace issue: Union calls for 12 days’ paid menopause and menstruation leave in the finance sector [FSU] 2024-09-17

Australia Latest AMA Diversity Report on Gender shows continued improvement in meeting targets [AMA] 2024-09-17

UK Nurses bore the brunt of Covid, ex-chief nurse says [BBC] 2024-09-17

UK Firefighters rally for maternity pay outside South Yorkshire Fire Authority meeting [FBU] 2024-09-16

UK ‘Toxic’ Culture Remains at Scandal-Hit TSSA Union as Strike Looms Over Alleged Bullying [Byline Times] 2024-09-14

Pakistan Women, agricultural workers bear brunt of Sindh’s bonded labour crisis [Organiser] 2024-09-14

UK / Scotland Female Asda workers to hold demonstration outside superstore over pay dispute [The Standard] 2024-09-14

India Gaurav Gogoi raises concern over 'harsh conditions' for women in India's textile sector [Today] 2024-09-14

UK Sisters to the Front: Combating sexual violence in our movement [UWU] 2024-09-14

Palestine A midwife in Gaza: Bringing life into the workld during Israel's war [Al-Jazeerah] 2024-09-13

New Zealand Olympians, mother of Olivia Podmore give evidence in landmark legal battle with High Performance Sport New zealand [Radio New Zealand] 2024-09-13

UK TUC delegates demand justice for rape and domestic violence survivors [Morning Star] 2024-09-12

New Zealand Patient harm cannot be avoided amid chronic understaffing in health sector-emergency doctor [Radio New Zealand] 2024-09-11

India / West Bengal Striking junior doctors defy SC deadline, spurn Mamata's talks invite [Times of India] 2024-09-11

Bermuda PSI Congratulates Sister Linda Bogle-Mienzer: Trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights [PSI] 2024-09-11

Palestine / Israel Education International calls for the immediate release of Palestinian teacher union activist Fatima Nimer Al-Rimawi [Education International] 2024-09-11

Australia What is reproductive health leave and why do we need it? [The Conversation] 2024-09-11

UK Call for legal right to miscarriage leave [NASUWT] 2024-09-11

UK Call for suicide prevention training in all workplaces [NASUWT] 2024-09-11

Romania Court reopens investigation into smear campaign against journalist Emilia Șercan [EFJ] 2024-09-10

USA / Maine Union Construction Academy graduates first Women in the Trades cohort [Mainebiz] 2024-09-10

Australia HSU pushes for Australian workers to get 12 days of reproductive leave [7 News] 2024-09-09

UK Why trade unions need women and why women need collective self-organisation [The Morning Star] 2024-09-09

UK Asda equal pay demonstrations as 60,000 workers begin sex discrimination case [GMB] 2024-09-07

USA Women’s Critical Role in the Labor Movement [Ms.] 2024-09-07

India / West Bengal How a bank run by sex workers is helping women turn their lives around [i news] 2024-09-07

Global / India Flood Relief Operations by Team AIRF/SCRMU [AIRF, INDIA] For more info Image 2024-09-06

Chile PSI Women's Committee defends urgency of the “Chile Cuida” bill in the Social Development Commission of the Chamber of Deputies [PSI] 2024-09-06

Australia Q&A with Chelsea Blissett: How she hopes to inspire others after receiving the 2024 Craig Foster Scholarship [PFA] 2024-09-06

Iran Despite weeks of protests, Iran fails to address nurses demands [Iran international] 2024-09-05

Bangladesh Bangladesh factories close after protests: Police [CNA] 2024-09-05

Nigeria Unions seek more women participation in trade associations [The Guardian] 2024-09-05

Malaysia NUBE pickets Maybank nationwide over worker harassment [Citizen Journalist] 2024-09-05

Canada / Quebec New mural in Hull honours Allumettières’ history [QCNA] 2024-09-05

Singapore Full-time female employees in Singapore got 14.3% less pay than male counterparts in 2023: MOM study [Yahoo] 2024-09-05

India Malayalam Cinema Is Facing a Reckoning. It May Be Telugu Film Industry’s Turn Next. [The Wire] 2024-09-05