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Finland Young people without working life skills? [PAM] 2025-06-08

Ireland Congress Youth launch your rights at work guide for young workers [Irish Congress of Trade Unions] 2025-06-07

USA / Wisconsin Anodyne Coffee workers unanimously vote in favor of a union [The Sentinel] 2025-06-06

USA West Side Albuquerque Starbucks workers vote yes to union [The Journal] 2025-06-06

Singapore Driving toward security: How Singapore’s Platform Workers Act empowers platform workers to plan their financial future [NTUC] 2025-06-06

South Africa Teacher union welcomes return of education assistants to public schools across South Africa [The Citizen] 2025-06-06

UK Young and black employees most likely to have workplace monitored according to new report [The Mirror] 2025-06-05

USA / California Passing the torch: Boilermakers union keeps trade thriving by introducing it to students [Local News Matters] 2025-06-05

South Africa Sadtu welcomes the resumption of the education assistants programme in schools [The Star] 2025-06-05

Europe Uniting young workers: industriAll Europe youth at 2025 Congress [IndustriAll Europe] 2025-06-05

Canada / British Columbia Nearly 7,000 young workers sustain on-the-job injuries: WorkSafeBC [My Nelson Now] 2025-05-31

USA / Global AI Leader Dire Warning: WHITE COLLAR BLOODBATH IS HERE! [Breaking Points] 2025-05-30

Australia / South Australia New youngest senator elected at 21 with unexpected win [CITY] 2025-05-27

Korea (South) In the 21st presidential election, labor pledges such as the extension of the retirement age and the.. [Maeil] 2025-05-27

Nigeria Youth Unemployment, A Time Bomb Ready To Explode – NECA, Labour [Leadership] 2025-05-26

Korea (South) A year has passed since the 'Right Labor Union,' a third union of the Seoul Transportation Corporati.. [Maeil] 2025-05-25

USA How Today's Young Workers Are Creating a New Opportunity for Unions [Entrepreneur] 2025-05-23

Australia New employment minister pressed to prioritise pay equity for 18-year-olds [HR Leader] 2025-05-21

Malaysia Govt targets two million trade union members by end of 2025 [The Post] 2025-05-21

Africa Nigeria, 23 others commit to skills devt, apprenticeship reforms [The Guardian] 2025-05-21

Africa SASASNET calls on AU to adopt Mombasa Declaration [The Point] 2025-05-21

Italy Abandonment of a Maghrebian labourer: an emblematic case of exploitation [Notizie] 2025-05-21

USA The Perennial Struggle of Young Workers [The Good Men Project] 2025-05-19

Global Podcast: Young and unhappy in the world of work: What can we do about it? [ILO] 2025-05-13

Europe Young unionists unite for a week-long exchange on social dialogue and workers’ rights [BWI] 2025-05-09

El Salvador Labour leaders urge Salvadoran government to release illegally deported union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia [AFL-CIO] 2025-05-07

USA / Florida Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart [Newsweek] 2025-05-07

USA Young workers were poised to graduate into a promising labor market, but Trump policy actions could unravel progress [EPI] 2025-05-07

India / Delhi Young, Left, and reading—Delhi’s May Day Bookstore celebrates Workers’ Day for the 13th year [The Print] 2025-05-03

Iraq Youth in despair, no jobs to share: Iraq’s workforce hanging in the air [شفق نيوز] 2025-05-03

USA / New York Starbucks Workers United Grew Out of Jaz Brisack’s Undercover Organizing. Here’s How [Teen Vogue] 2025-05-01

Canada / Ontario Call for Mentees! Young Worker Mentorship Program [OPSEU] 2025-05-01

Korea (South) Lee Jae-myung vows to raise retirement age [The Korea Herald] 2025-05-01

Singapore NTUC to push for more business transformation and workforce training: Ng Chee Meng at May Day Rally [The Straits Times] 2025-05-01

Nigeria CSOs Slam Gov Lawal Over Sacking Of 2,363 Zamfara Workers [Leadership] 2025-05-01

Global #IWMD2025: Young workers demand safe working conditions [BWI] 2025-05-01

Iran An online conference in Celebration of May Day by Free Them Now [Free Them Now (FTN)] 2025-04-28

Canada Apply Now! ILWU Canada Young Workers Conference, September 10-12, 2025 [ILWU] 2025-04-27

Australia Young workers deserve safe & fair workplaces [SDA] 2025-04-27

Saint Lucia NWU Youth Congress Postponed Until Further Notice [The Voice] 2025-04-25

Australia One in five young workers victims of wage theft as election looms [ACTU] 2025-04-23

Azerbaijan / Global International labour movement launches campaign to free detained labour activists in Azerbaijan [OC Media] ActNOW! 2025-04-23

Thailand Victory for the Chiang Mai Barista Labor Union Against Wage Theft! [iufap.org] 2025-04-21

USA Explaining Young Workers’ Support for Unions [CAP] 2025-04-20

Global ICN's alliance of student and early career nurse holds inaugural meeting [International Council of Nurses] 2025-04-20

Finland SAK employee rights advisory service helps employees free of charge, with advice also available in English [SAK] 2025-04-15

Nepal Teacher's ongoing protest [Nepal News] For more info 2025-04-15

Cambodia Empowering Cambodia’s youth through vocational training [Equal Times] 2025-04-15

Turkey / Canada TikTok Moderators Fight against Trauma and for a Union [Labornotes] ActNOW! 2025-04-10

Canada / Ontario Call for Mentees! Young Worker Mentorship Program – Deadline April 30, 2025 [OPSEU] For more info 2025-04-10

Turkey At least 145 workers die in March 2025 in Türkiye, work-related death toll hits 447 in 3 months [Turkiya Today] 2025-04-09

Korea (South) After leading charge to oust Yoon, young women and LGBTQ+ Koreans flock to unions and politics to make lasting change [Hankyoreh] 2025-04-09

Cyprus 44 per cent say would emigrate for better life in union poll [The Mail] 2025-04-09

Nigeria FG agrees pension buyout for aged seafarers —Maritime Workers Union [Vanguard] 2025-04-08

Global Young Steelworkers from Canada and U.S. build ties with allies from around the world [USW] 2025-04-04

UK FDA at TUC Young Workers’ Conference 2025 [FDA] 2025-04-04

USA Workers at Northwest Youth Services demand leadership firings [Cascadia Daily News] 2025-04-03

Malaysia Stellantis agrees 350 job cuts in southern Italy with unions [The Edge Malaysia] 2025-04-03

UK ‘Young people’s struggles go beyond turning off a phone or deleting an app’ [Metro] 2025-04-03

Israel Israel's economy, labor market still weak after Israel-Hamas War - OECD report [The Jerusalem Post] 2025-04-03

UK Gateshead Youth Justice worker honoured by royalty at national awards ceremony [Gateshead Council] 2025-04-03

UK Money blog: Almost all foreign visitors have to pay to visit UK from today - with one exception [Sky News] 2025-04-03

USA Mercer County Children and Youth workers threaten one-day strike over healthcare dispute [WFMJ] 2025-04-03

India Youth Congress Workers Demand For HCA Chief’s Resignation [Ind Today] 2025-04-03

UK Digital youth work standards launched [Children and Young People Now] 2025-04-03

Italy Stellantis to Implement 350 Voluntary Exits in Italy [Index Box] 2025-04-03

UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increases, as new rates take effect [Institute of Employment Rights] 2025-04-03

Japan Companies focus on ‘bonding’ to keep young hires from quitting [The Asahi Shimbun] 2025-04-03

Australia ‘Little reward’: Why Gen Z office staff aren’t at their desks [News.Com.Au] 2025-04-03

UK Payslip boost for millions as new minimum wage rates take effect [Wired Gov] 2025-04-03

Canada Next-gen workforce shares biggest myths about employers and young workers [CBC News] 2025-04-03

USA Conflict boils over as Legislature advances changes to voter-approved minimum wage increases [Nebraska Examiner] 2025-04-03

China China Tells Kids to Study Manufacturing to Fill Factory Jobs [Bloomberg] 2025-04-03

USA Home Builders see younger workers joining the workforce [WZMQ] 2025-04-03

UK Former support worker launches petition calling for a youth club to be set up in Banbury [Banbury Guardian] 2025-04-03

Namibia Young social worker addresses social ills [The Namibian] 2025-04-03

Taiwan Young Taiwanese workers earn average NT$34K monthly salary [TVBS] 2025-04-01

Taiwan Number of young Taiwanese workers declines over decade [Taiwan News] 2025-04-01

USA 10 Ways Younger Workers Can Prepare for Future Social Security Changes [24/7 Wall Street] 2025-04-01

USA 10 Ways Younger Workers Can Prepare for Future Social Security Changes [24/7 Wall Street] 2025-04-01

USA Why More Young Workers Are Choosing Union Jobs in 2025 [Newswire] 2025-03-29

UK Revealed: Young workers disproportionately affected by ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts [Left Foot Forward] 2025-03-29

Canada / Ontario “We make the university run — and we can shut it down” [Socialist.ca] For more info 2025-03-29

Africa Young Workers Education & Mentorship Programme (YEMP) [PSI] 2025-03-28

UK Unions must tackle the growth of incel culture [Labour Research Department] 2025-03-28

Canada / Ontario New LiUNA training centre to be built in Walkerton [OCN] 2025-03-27

UK Shaping Tomorrow: Reflections on the TUC Young Workers' Conference [TSSA] 2025-03-27

USA / Georgia Clark Atlanta University introduces new training initiative dedicated to labor advocacy [WABE] 2025-03-27

USA Child labor protections could soon be rolled back in Florida. Why? [Tampa Bay Times] 2025-03-26

Mongolia Mongolia and the Republic of Korea to Collaborate in Supporting Youth Employment [Mongolian National News Agency] 2025-03-26

Australia No respite from tax burden on younger workers in budget [The Canberra Times] 2025-03-26

USA Pa. House passes bill hiking child labor fines, with growing partisan divide [Penn Live] 2025-03-25

Australia Australia's cross-generational money crisis exposed as woman living on $50 a week 'can't get work' [Yahoo Finance] 2025-03-25

UK Slow apprenticeship levels may threaten Labour’s growth agenda [Construction Management] 2025-03-25

UK Millions of workers born before 2004 set to be handed pay rise worth £1,400 [Birmingham Live] 2025-03-25

UK Millennials and Gen Z hit hardest by income tax bracket creep [Courier Mail] 2025-03-25

Nepal Nepal’s feat in poverty reduction remarkable [The Annapurna Express] 2025-03-25

UK How does the UK's minimum wage compare with other countries as hourly rate to increase [The Standard] 2025-03-25

Pakistan Swabi traders hire underage boys for harvesting pea crop [Dawn] 2025-03-25

Italy Tragedy Strikes As Young Worker Dies In Factory Accident [The Pinnacle Gazette] 2025-03-25

Resources




ITUC Youth Committee
The global hub for young trade unionists, offering news, campaigns, and organizing strategies.

Your Rights at Work (ILO Guide)
A comprehensive resource from the International Labour Organization (ILO) on workplace rights, fair wages, and union protections.

UNI Global Youth
International federation supporting young workers in service, tech, and media industries worldwide.

Public Services International - Youth
'Youth are the future' is an old cliche. We believe that youth are the present and need to be included as a strong and integral part of our movement NOW.



Australia: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) – Youth Committee
The ACTU's Youth Committee focuses on organizing and communicating with young workers, providing education, campaigning for better pay and conditions, and fostering leadership and mentoring opportunities.

Canada: Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) – Young Workers
The CLC provides avenues for young workers in Canada to engage in volunteer work, international solidarity, and community campaigns, emphasizing the importance of political involvement to defend workers' rights.

Ireland: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Youth Committee
The ICTU is the single umbrella organization for trade unions on the island of Ireland, providing resources and support for young workers to engage in the labor movement.

New Zealand: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU)
The NZCTU represents workers across New Zealand, offering resources and support for young workers, including information on finding the right union and understanding workers' rights.

USA: AFL-CIO Young Workers Initiative
Provides leadership development, training, and advocacy resources for young union members in the U.S.



USA: Toolkit for young workers
Workshops, seminars, scholarships and more