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Is the October 15 strike for Palestine going ahead after the peace agreement? Yes, and these are the minimum services - News Room USA | LNG in Northern BC The general strike called in Spain this Wednesday October 15 It remains despite the peace agreements in Palestine. The different unions maintain…

SPAIN / PALESTINE: Is the October 15 strike for Palestine going ahead after the peace agreement? Yes, and these are the minimum services lnginnorthernbc.ca/2025/10/14/i...

Cagliari: Pharmacists strike outside the Regional Council building against Federfarma. - L'Unione Sarda English The protest, organized by Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs Uil, is the first of many planned for October

ITALY: Cagliari: Pharmacists strike outside the Regional Council building against Federfarma www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/...

What's behind the global attack on the right to strike? The right to strike and the right to collective bargaining are the most powerful tools workers have to defend themselves against labour abuses. Between 1948 and 2012, these human rights were considere...

GLOBAL: What’s behind the global attack on the right to strike? www.equaltimes.org/what-s-behin...

Greece sees 2nd general strike this month as unions protest new labor law ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens Tuesday as Greece’s labor unions called the country’s second general strike this month to protest a new labor law...

GREECE: 2nd general strike this month as unions protest new labor law halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/14/g...

PM addresses union tensions, confirms public salary review to be released NASSAU, BAHAMAS— Prime Minister Philip Davis has confirmed that the national salary review for public servants will be made public, following a tense meeting with union leaders earlier today. In a sta...

BAHAMAS: PM addresses union tensions, confirms public salary review to be released ewnews.com/pm-addresses...

Venezuela: Communards Gather to Make ‘Communal Feminism’ a Priority - Venezuelanalysis Grassroots organizer Manuela Sánchez Avilan emphasized the need to collectivize care work in communal spaces.

VENEZUELA: Communards Gather to Make ‘Communal Feminism’ a Priority venezuelanalysis.com/images/venez...

Court orders end to Rotterdam dockworkers’ strike until Friday Dockworkers who fasten and unfasten containers at the Port of Rotterdam returned to work Monday morning after a court ordered a temporary suspension of their strike, which had disrupted cargo operatio...

NETHERLANDS: Court orders end to Rotterdam dockworkers’ strike until Friday nltimes.nl/2025/10/13/c...

#IFJBlog: Sexual harassment still perceived as “normal and socially acceptable” behaviour / IFJ Women journalists in the Balkans talk about violence, but rarely about their own personal experience, a survey finds. A recent study conducted by the Mediacentar Sarajevo - in collaboration with the K...

CROATIA / SLOVENIA: Sexual harassment still perceived as “normal and socially acceptable” behaviour www.ifj.org/media-centre...

Equal pay victory for women at Birmingham City Council | News, Press release | News | UNISON National Agreement will settle historic pay claims

UK: Equal pay victory for women at Birmingham City Council www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/10...

Belgian Workers March Against Austerity As Government Targets The Most Vulnerable Bold promises of sustainable jobs and increased purchasing power have evaporated into austerity measures that spare only the wealthy.

BELGIUM: Workers March Against Austerity As Government Targets The Most Vulnerable www.socialeurope.eu/belgian-work...

NLC demands probe as NUPENG grieves over Aremu’s death By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and progressive civil society groups have been plunged into mourning following the ...

NIGERIA: NLC demands probe as NUPENG grieves over Aremu’s death www.vanguardngr.com/2025/10/nlc-...

Progress in the EU in terms of adequate wages, but not in Italy The Commission's annual report on wage development still shows limits, especially in Italy. Minzatu: 'Don't compete on low costs'

EUROPE / ITALY: Wages, EU shows progress—not Italy, at the bottom among the 27 www.eunews.it/en/2025/10/1...

Staff at one of NZ's most well-known brands to strike, as community covers wages in 'rare display' Union delegate says offer of an extra 76 cents per hour was a 'slap in the face'.

NEW ZEALAND: Resene factory workers to strike for living wage after what union calls ‘insulting’ pay offer www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/resene-fa...

Collective agreement coverage soars to record 2.8 million workers Australian workers are reaping the benefits of sweeping industrial relations reforms introduced by the federal Labor government, with a record number of workers now covered by collective bargaining ag...

AUSTRALIA: Collective agreement coverage soars to record 2.8 million workers ieuqnt.org.au/collective-a...

Medical contract employees protest for pending salaries | Hyderabad News - The Times of India Warangal: The Telangana United Medical and Health Employees Union (TUMHEU) staged a protest on Monday in front of the Super Speciality Hospital, Kakat.

INDIA: Medical contract employees protest for pending salaries timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderab...

USA: AFGE ‘Urges’ Federal Workers To Join The October 18th ‘No Kings Day Protests Everywhere They Are Scheduled To Take Place’ www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2025/10...

Charges For Workers’ Rights Violations Drop 90% In Ontario Doug Ford’s government laid just 150 charges against employers for serious ESA violations from 2024-2025 compared to 1,500+ in 2015.

CANADA: Charges For Workers’ Rights Violations Drop 90% In Ontario www.readthemaple.com/charges-for-...

14-10-1981 AUSTRALIA: Dock workers in Darwin start 7-day strike, refusing to load uranium on board “Pacific Sky” for US military use.

14-10-1976 CANADA: In Canada's first country-wide general strike, one million workers join a Day of Protest against the federal government's wage controls policy.

Strengthening our organising efforts and representation of BME trade unionists When it comes to BME workers, trade union organising is about more than just numbers - it requires fostering strong inclusive cultures where BME activists feel that they belong, have a voice and take ...

UK: Strengthening our organising efforts and representation of BME trade unionists www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/streng...

Stand in Solidarity with the Striking Project Workers in the Oil and Gas Sector in Iran Demanding Justice and Dignity According to confirmed reports, yesterday (8 October 2025), over 200 contractual workers at the Star Oil facility in southern Iran went on strike in protest at not having received their wages since Ju...

IRAN: Stand in Solidarity with the Striking Project Workers in the Oil and Gas Sector in Iran Demanding Justice and Dignity codir.net?p=4135

Why maritime labour standards fail to protect seafarers despite recent reforms -Christoph Scherrer In the 2010s, after decades of widespread lawlessness on the world’s oceans, the International Labour Organization (ILO) established the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2…

GLOBAL: Why maritime labour standards fail to protect seafarers despite recent reforms globallabourcolumn.org/2025/09/30/w...

IAMREC 2025: Solidarity Resolution with Panama PSI IAMREC representatives, during our meeting held in Panama on September 29-30, we approved the resolution in solidarity with the workers in Panama.

PANAMA: IAMREC 2025: Solidarity Resolution with Panama publicservices.international/resources/ne...

We Must Cut the Roots of Mental Ill-Health in Humanitarian Emergencies For the 34th successive year, World Mental Health Day is being marked across the world today, drawing global attention to the importance of mental health.

GLOBAL: We Must Cut the Roots of Mental Ill-Health in Humanitarian Emergencies publicservices.international/resources/ne...

ILO launches global campaign to accelerate ratification of fundamental OSH conventions - IUF

GLOBAL: ILO launches global campaign to accelerate ratification of fundamental OSH conventions www.iuf.org/news/agricul...

Pakistan: Police raid press club and assault media workers / IFJ Police allegedly assaulted multiple journalists and destroyed their equipment at the National Press Club in Islamabad on October 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliat...

PAKISTAN: Police raid press club and assault media workers www.ifj.org/media-centre...

DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions On 7 October, in the noon of a blazing sun, women miners stand in nearly knee-high mud pools processing cobalt from nearby pits at Mutoshi, Kolwezi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Lua...

DR CONGO: DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions www.industriall-union.org/drc-women-ar...

Europe’s responsibility in the textile industry: a push for stronger due diligence A day of action in Brussels in September highlighted the urgent need for stronger EU due diligence and labour rights protections in the textile industry. Through debates, high-level meetings and a pub...

EUROPE / GLOBAL: Europe’s responsibility in the textile industry: a push for stronger due diligence www.industriall-union.org/europes-resp...

Lebanon: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action Informed by the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (UNHLP), the Santiago Consensus and new research focusing on the political economy of education in Lebanon, Educ...

LEBANON: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3149...

Mongolia: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government The peaceful sit-ins by teachers and education support personnel in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar are drawing national attention and growing solidarity from other sectors, such as the railway secto...

MONGOLIA: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3150...