UK Teach union wins £14.3m in compensation payouts for school workers [Morning Star] 2024-03-28
UK MPs' plan to boost statutory sick pay would end ‘disgrace’ against female workers, TUC says [Morning Star] 2024-03-28
Global UNCSW68: Good progress for gender equality and workers’ rights [ITUC] 2024-03-28
UK A minimum wage alone can’t fix the UK poverty scandal [Guardian] 2024-03-28
UK Opposition to strengthening workers’ rights likened to ‘doomsday warnings’ over minimum wage [Morning Star] 2024-03-28
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Global BWI unveils 2024 Women Workers’ Calendar, celebrates women trade unionists [BWI] 2024-03-27
USA / Illinois Women union leaders want workplace challenges addressed [QC News] 2024-03-27
Global Black Women Labor Leaders Unite to Address Global Issues [Solidarity Centre] 2024-03-27
USA The Women Behind the Brotherhood [NPCA] 2024-03-27
India / Karnataka For Karnataka's domestic workers, personal is political [The Federal News] 2024-03-27
Global / UK UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record [The Guardian] 2024-03-27
UK Revealed: CBI uses gagging clauses to prevent discussion of sexual misconduct claims [The Guardian] 2024-03-26
Global RadioLabour World Report - Equal pay in 168 years! [RadioLabour] 2024-03-25
Global BWI unveils 2024 Women Workers’ Calendar, celebrates women trade unionists [BWI] 2024-03-25
Ireland Worker told job moving boxes was only for men awarded €7,500 [RTÉ] 2024-03-25
UK / England Birmingham equal pay bill could be less than £760m [BBC] 2024-03-25
Bangladesh Tea workers exploitation continues unabated [Bangi News] 2024-03-24
USA / New York Carpenters seek women to pursue career in field [Mid-Hudson] 2024-03-24
UK GMB union staff to strike over alleged sexual harassment failures [BBC] 2024-03-22
Global / India Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk, India study finds [BBC] 2024-03-22
Australia Some aged care workers win long-overdue pay rise, others miss out [Green Left Weekly] 2024-03-22
UK GMB wins sick pay for 19,000 care workers [GMB] 2024-03-22
South Africa COSATU applauds Parliament’s adoption of National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide Bill [COSATU] 2024-03-21
Canada / Quebec Women of Steel promote hiring and retention of women at Quebec aluminum smelter [USW] 2024-03-21
USA / New York NYC Home Attendants Rally At City Hall Demanding End to 24-Hour Workday [Harlem World] 2024-03-21
Philippines Garment Workers Fight Union Busting [Solidarity Centre] 2024-03-21
India / Karnataka Vote consciously and do not get swayed by polarising messages, says domestic workers union [The Herald] 2024-03-21
UK 1.6 million more people are in poverty in working households since 2010 [TUC] 2024-03-21
UK Swift compensation needed now to right huge pension wrongs [UNISON] 2024-03-21
UK WASPI women must be awarded compensation after DWP blunder, report finds [Mirror] 2024-03-21
UK 'Shocking' report highlights DWP pension failures says union leader [Unite] 2024-03-21
UK Government should compensate Waspi women for pension trickery, ombudsman finds [Morning Star] 2024-03-21
Canada / Ontario Maison d’amitié women’s shelter calls for a “no board,” risking women’s safety and punishing women workers [CUPE] 2024-03-20
Global Reuters Institute: Research shows women only make 24% of news top editors [IFJ] 2024-03-20
Spain CCOO holds second training on gender portrayal of politicians [IFJ] 2024-03-20
Global The concept of “quid-pro-quo sexual harassment” hides the coercive power of men and the systemic vulnerability women in insecure work [IUF Asia/Pacific] 2024-03-20
Italy On Tuscany’s Farms, Women Migrant Laborers Face Exploitation [New Lines] 2024-03-20
Nigeria NLC, ILO train advisors on gender mainstreaming to protect migrant workers [The Gazette] 2024-03-20
Bangladesh 92pc of garment workers in BD lack formal contracts [The Financial Express] 2024-03-20
New Zealand / India Accredited employer work visa flaws spread to health sector [Radio New Zealand] 2024-03-19
Zimbabwe ZCTU demands 11 urgent interventions for women [New Zimbabwe] 2024-03-19
Global Regional Women’s Networks: Strengthening Solidarity and Equality [Education International] 2024-03-19
UK Women of colour are nearly three times as likely to be on zero-hour contracts as white men [Cosmopolitan] 2024-03-19
Sudan Doctors’ Union accuses RSF of sexual violence [Radio Tamazuj] 2024-03-19
Global / UK Sexual exploitation drives 37% rise in profits from forced labour, ILO says [The Guardian] 2024-03-19
North Macedonia Textile workers mobilise in the face of impunity for employers and the violation of their rights [Equal Times] 2024-03-18
UK Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse [BIJ] 2024-03-18
Australia Domestic workers in Hong Kong scared to speak up as rights dwindle [ABC] 2024-03-17
Canada / New Brunswick Besides bananas, you also need apples and oranges: Pay equity coalition reacts to Seniors’ Advocate report [The NB Media Co-op] 2024-03-17
Canada / Ontario Report shows 'a perfect storm' is brewing as Ontario falls further behind on wages in child care sector [The Pointer] 2024-03-16
Australia Wage case recognises historic undervalued work of aged care nurses [ANMF] 2024-03-16
Global / Palestine UN CSW68 – Global Feminist Rally For Palestine – Ceasefire Now!!! [PSI] 2024-03-16
USA / Pennsylvania ‘They come out and do great’: Roundtable discussion addresses barriers, seeks solutions to help women enter the workforce [Union Progress] 2024-03-16
Zimbabwe ZCTU demands 11 urgent interventions for women [New Zimbabwe] 2024-03-16
Namibia Unions fight for gender equality [IndustriALL] 2024-03-14
Global Education unionists call for free quality public education to help end poverty for women and girls in all their diversity [EI] 2024-03-14
India / Telangana Women's Day Celebrations Are A Cause of Dignity of Labour [The Chronicle] 2024-03-14
India / Delhi Karawal Nagar almond factory workers complain of stagnant wages, assault by factory owners [The Hindu] 2024-03-14
UK Trade union Usdaw unveils growing abuse against shopworkers [The Times] 2024-03-14
Bangladesh Government faces questions at ILO over labour conditions [Prothom Alo] 2024-03-14
Qatar Women community leaders 'hold the line,' mark women’s month [BWI] 2024-03-14
USA AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler on Equal Pay Day [AFL-CIO] 2024-03-13
Global Public Care Services at the Heart of Feminist Wellbeing Economies [PSI] 2024-03-13
Palestine / Africa OATUU Commemorates IWD in Solidarity with Palestinian Women [OATUU] 2024-03-13
Korea (South) Migrant workers, caregivers condemn BOK suggestion to exempt foreign nannies from minimum wage [The Times] 2024-03-13
USA Why male nurses earn $250 more per week than female nurses. [Morningstar] 2024-03-13
India INTUC urges govt for justice to women workers [The Express] 2024-03-13
Australia The traditional 9am-5pm hours could be scrapped for WFH employees. What will it mean for women? [Women's Agenda] 2024-03-13
Ghana ICU-Ghana urges women to venture into STEM [CNR] 2024-03-13
India / Delhi ‘Enslaved’ Almond Workers Demand for Basic Rights and Daily Wage in Delhi [The Mooknayak] 2024-03-13
Ghana TUC calls for ratification of ILO convention 190 for workers protection [Modern Ghana] 2024-03-13
UK / Wales Trade unionists welcome proposed Bill to increase the numbers of women in the Senedd [The Morning Star] 2024-03-13
Global Female employment improves in numbers and quality in this century [ILO] 2024-03-13
Egypt Strike by female textile workers followed by repression - support the online campaign [CTUWS] ActNOW! 2024-03-13
Australia Award system letting down women and carers [ACTU] 2024-03-13
UK Research into UK seafarers' experiences of sexual assault at sea continues [Nautilus] 2024-03-13
UK Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK [The Guardian] 2024-03-12
Canada / Global CUPE joins union women from around the world at key UN gathering [CUPE] 2024-03-12
Pakistan The Pakistani women spearheading agricultural reform [Fair Planet] 2024-03-12
Korea (South) Women in Construction: Kim Kyung Shin, tower crane operator [Building] 2024-03-12
Africa ITUC-Africa calls for investment in social protection provisions to improve women’s empowerment [The Tribune] 2024-03-12
USA AFGE Celebrates Women’s History Month, 50th Anniversary of AFGE Women’s Department [AFGE] 2024-03-12
UK / Ireland / Northern Ireland From ‘Banter’ to ‘Abuse’?: New Northern Ireland guide aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace [News Letter] 2024-03-12
Nigeria TUC women wing collaborates with NDE on job provision [The Tribune] 2024-03-12
Egypt Woman journalist detained and released on bail [IFJ] 2024-03-12
UK Million Women's March protesters rally in central London [Morning Star] 2024-03-11
Europe International Women’s Day: EU needs ‘deeds not words’ on equality [ETUC] 2024-03-11
Global International Women’s Day: Solidarity with female journalists risking their lives to report the news [EFJ] 2024-03-11
Europe IWD: Safeguarding women journalists in the digital age [EFJ] 2024-03-11
New Zealand Nurses demonstrate outside Christchurch hospital over delayed payments [Radio New Zealand] 2024-03-11
New Zealand Health workers fed up with delays [The Press] 2024-03-11
New Zealand Nurses demonstrate outside Christchurch Hospital [RNZ] 2024-03-11
Canada / Ontario Union Women are Rising Up for Gender Justice! [NBFL] 2024-03-11
Global Declaration of the WFTU working women committee on 8th March 2024 [WFTU] 2024-03-10
Europe International Women’s Day: It’s HER right! [CESI] 2024-03-10
Nepal Video Launch and Panel Discussion on Challenges and Triumphs of CHWs [PSI] 2024-03-10
Ghana Maritime and Dock Workers Union, others mark Women’s Day [GNA] 2024-03-10
UK / Scotland Women and girls 'had to join the miners' strike cause' [BBC] 2024-03-10
Pakistan Working Women vow to continue struggle for freedom, economic autonomy and social protection [Me Business] 2024-03-10
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