Working Women's News
From Around the World

Updated: Monday 13 October 2025, 20:27:37
Deutsch English Español Français עִבְרִית Italiano Norsk Português Русский

Iceland Fifty Years Later, Push For Equality Continues: Remembering The Strike That Stopped The Nation [The Grapevine] 2025-10-13

Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions [IndustriALL] 2025-10-13

UK Spycops inquiry reconvenes with their infiltration of race justice campaigns front and centre [Morning Star] 2025-10-13

UK / England Longest strike in NHS history reaches 200 days [BBC] 2025-10-12

Bangladesh Rethinking worker welfare in a changing climate [The Standard] 2025-10-12

Want to add news to this page?
Sign up to become a volunteer LabourStart correspondent - click here.

Australia Women are $26,000 poorer in retirement due to unpaid super [SDA] 2025-10-11

Global Teachers and their unions use innovative and empowering approaches to ensure the right to education for girls in all their diversity [EI] 2025-10-11

UK / Wales Sexual harassment ‘epidemic’ at Cardiff council [Nation Cymru] 2025-10-11

UK / England Merseyside council faces claims which could cost 'tens of millions of pounds' [The Echo] 2025-10-11

North America SMART brings nearly 500 sisters and allies to Chicago for Tradeswomen Build Nations [SMART] 2025-10-10

Links for more news about working women:
ITUC Women / International Domestic Workers Federation / ILO Gender Equality
Suggestions for more links? Email us!

India / Karnataka Karnataka becomes first Indian state to grant paid menstrual leave to all women [Maktob Media] 2025-10-10

New Zealand Poll shows pay equity attack will cost Government votes and possibly the Beehive [PSA] 2025-10-09

UK Government right to rule out unfair tribunal fees, says UNISON [Unison] 2025-10-09

UK David Lammy rules out charging workers for employment tribunal claims [The Guardian] 2025-10-08

New Zealand Prison nurses and healthcare assistants to strike on October 23rd [NZNO] 2025-10-08

UK Spycops inquiry resumes next week [Morning Star] 2025-10-07

USA / District of Columbia Pointing to Union Busting and Sexual Harassment Allegations at DC Restaurants, Restaurant Workers Call for Babbo Boycott on Opening Day [UNITE-HERE] 2025-10-07

Bangladesh IBC seeks changes in proposed trade union registration rules [The Financial Express] 2025-10-07

Australia PFA A-League Women Fan Focus Groups [PFA] 2025-10-07

Australia Close staffing loophole putting children at risk: Early educators [UWU] 2025-10-07

New Zealand Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and kaimahi hauora vote to strike on October 2#########################################################################################33333 [NZNO-Toputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa] 2025-10-05

Bangladesh Why early pregnancy persists among Bangladesh’s garment workers [The Business Standard] 2025-10-05

UK ‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five [The Guardian] 2025-10-03

USA National Nurses United and UE call for end to military operations and blockade of Palestine [National Nurses United] 2025-10-03

New Zealand October strike by nurses, teachers likely to be the biggest in decades [RNZ] 2025-10-03

UK 'I won £65,000 at an employment tribunal – but I've yet to see a penny' [BBC] 2025-10-02

India / Punjab ‘Forced to do extra duties’: 6 months on, over 50,000 anganwadi workers in Punjab yet to get honorarium [The Indian Express] 2025-10-02

UK / Wales Underpaid hospital workers 'betrayed' as health board pulls out of pay deal 'without explanation' [Wales Online] 2025-10-02

UK Bullying ‘rife’ in creative industries [LRD] 2025-10-02

USA / Canada Strength in sisterhood: Global inspiration from TWBN 2025 [BWI] 2025-10-01

Global Women transport workers unite for gender-transformative climate action [ITF] 2025-10-01

UK Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say [The Guardian] 2025-10-01

UK Consultation and funding are the first steps to improving social care [UNISON] 2025-09-30

UK Labour conference backs calls, supported by Usdaw, to strengthen high streets and town centres [USDAW] 2025-09-30

Europe ETF survey exposes shocking levels of violence and harassment against women transport workers [ETF] 2025-09-30

Nepal Nepal CHWs win WHO's Public Health Champion Award [PSI] 2025-09-30

Australia ANMF celebrates successful campaign to secure pay rises for aged care workers [ANMF] 2025-09-30

Global Women trade unionists prepare ground for equality ahead of Sydney [IndustriALL] 2025-09-29

Pakistan Workers recall Baldia tragedy, demand justice [The Tribune] 2025-09-29

UK / England Council to spend £51m on equal pay settlements [BBC] 2025-09-29

Indonesia Women's Network Urges Government to Protect Women and Vulnerable Groups [Kompas] 2025-09-29

New Zealand Pay Rise For 800 Auckland Council Library Workers A Step Towards Pay Equity [PSA] 2025-09-29

Bangladesh Extreme heat, harassment deeply hit RMG workers, productivity: Survey [The Business Standard] 2025-09-29

UK Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds [The Guardian] 2025-09-29

USA / California Honoring cannery workers on 40th anniversary of strike [The Pajaronian] 2025-09-27

UK Lucy Bronze on player advocacy and growth of women's game [FIFPRO] 2025-09-27

Canada Economic justice depends on bold vision, investment in care [CLC] 2025-09-26

USA The New York State AFL-CIO Women’s Committee ‘Celebrate The Legacy Of Kate Mullany & Early Female Unionists’ [WNY Labor Today] 2025-09-26

Global Fast Fashion Exploits Garment Workers—Here’s How [Good on You] 2025-09-25

Myanmar Rebel forces abduct journalist over civil war coverage [IFJ] 2025-09-25

India / Telangana Dusshera Holidays Demand for Anganwadi Workers - Final Decision Soon!! [Sakshi Education] 2025-09-25

France 'Shut your mouth': Low-paid women still waiting for their #MeToo [The Australian] 2025-09-25

New Zealand What's been said about the Holidays Act overhaul [1News] 2025-09-25

UK Blacklisted union expert launches legal challenge against spycops chair [Morning Star] 2025-09-25

New Zealand Paracetamol is safe despite Trump claims, College of Midwives says [RNZ] 2025-09-24

Africa / United Arab Emirates ITUC-Africa slams UAE over rising cases of abuse against African migrants [Nigerian Tribune] 2025-09-24

New Zealand Women, Casual, & Part-Time Workers Worse Off With Holidays Act Overhaul [PSA] 2025-09-24

USA AFL-CIO Women’s Committee celebrate legacy of Kate Mullany and early female unionists [NYSUT] 2025-09-24

Global ITUC insists trade unions are key to closing gender gap [The Guardian] 2025-09-23

Australia / Victoria Early childhood workers stand up for better pay [The Star-Mail] 2025-09-23

Canada / Nova Scotia Munro Academy strike hits two-week mark as parents stand with workers and government oversight questions loom [Unifor] 2025-09-23

Canada Time to launch long-delayed public service pay-equity plan [The Hill Times] 2025-09-23

India Urban Company IPO leaves gig workers fearing tougher conditions [Context] 2025-09-23

Global ITUC insists trade unions are key to closing gender gap [The Guardian] 2025-09-23

India / Andhra Pradesh Asha workers stage dharna [Hans] 2025-09-23

New Zealand Part-time workers to get less sick leave as law changed [RNZ] 2025-09-23

New Zealand Pay equity protests mark historic suffrage date [The Sun] 2025-09-23

Nepal Training on Just Transition and Gender Issues Concluded [GEFONT] 2025-09-23

Global The Worker Rights Consortium: Fighting for Garment Workers Worldwide [Ford Foundation] 2025-09-23

New Zealand Thousands protest against pay equity changes [Radio New Zealand] 2025-09-22

USA Inside the largest gathering of unionized tradeswomen in the world, talk of tariffs [NPR] 2025-09-22

Korea (South) School lunches go viral but workers making them suffer in silence [The Times] 2025-09-22

Iran Labor activist Mohammadi still on death row [Deutsche Welle] 2025-09-22

Lesotho Ending AGOA will cost 'our souls and bodies’: Lesotho union leader [Context] 2025-09-20

New Zealand Pay equity protests across Aotearoa [Waatea News] 2025-09-20

Bangladesh Hunger and hardship behind every leaf [The Daily Star] 2025-09-20

Asia Public sector unions demand rights and reforms across Asia [The Hindu] 2025-09-20

UK End not defend - prevent workplace sexual harassment [End Not Defend] 2025-09-19

Canada Pay Equity: PSAC continues the fight for equal pay [PSAC] 2025-09-19

Australia Australian Education Union Federal Women’s Conference – Safe. Respected. Equal [The National Tribune] 2025-09-19

India Platform Work Unions Are Fighting Gender And Caste Bias, Clearing New Paths To Resistance [Behan Box] 2025-09-19

UK NAHT analysis finds ‘persistent gender pay gap at every level’ [IER] 2025-09-19

Antigua and Barbuda ABWU to Tackle Workplace Stress and Mental Health at Annual Conference [Antigua News] 2025-09-19

Bangladesh Invisible backbone: Female RMG workers struggle for safety, survival in Bangladesh [Bangi News] 2025-09-19

New Zealand Pay equity protest picnic at Mount Drury [Sun Live] 2025-09-19

USA / California Kaiser nurses in California to hold information pickets protesting lay-offs wage theft and AI [National Nurses United] 2025-09-19

UK Stagecoach Manchester in 'insulting' toilet message shame [Morning Star] 2025-09-18

New Zealand Nurses turn their backs on Health Minister [Radio New Zealand] 2025-09-17

Global International Equal Pay Day 2025: Trade unions are key to closing the gender pay gap [ITUC] 2025-09-17

USA Trump Is Making It Harder for Women to Work in Construction [The New Republic] 2025-09-17

Japan Pension reforms needed in Japan as women's work styles evolve [The Mainichi] 2025-09-17

India / West Bengal Working women in rural Bengal earn better than urban counterparts: Report [Social News XYZ] 2025-09-17

Global Women lead for learning - Insights from the 2025 Gender Report [Education International] 2025-09-16

UK Starmer urged to make ‘populist case’ for workers’ rights reforms [The Guardian] 2025-09-15

Australia / South Australia SA’s lowest paid health workers still fighting for pay deal [InDaily] 2025-09-15

India / Assam Tea Garden Workers in Teok Injured After Oil Spill, ATTSA Demands Action [Pratidin Time] 2025-09-15

India / Assam 2,000 Cachar tea estate workers protest over dues, Puja bonus slash [The Times] 2025-09-15

Ghana Major Stride in Ghana: Government Moves to Enforce Domestic Workers’ Rights [IDWF] 2025-09-14

Philippines Care Workers Renew Fight for Unpaid Hazard Pay [UNI Global Union] 2025-09-14

Canada The women are rising [rabble] 2025-09-14