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EUROPE: Steelworkers, Car-Parts Staff and Journalists Draw a Line: A Europe-Wide Pushback Against Plant Closures ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/u…

Steelworkers, Car-Parts Staff and Journalists Draw a Line: A Europe-Wide Pushback Against Plant Clos

Steel, auto and media staff answer closure plans with strikes, protests and legal challenges, findin

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Palestine: ITUC solidarity mission supports jobs, livelihoods and workers’ rights ituc-csi.org/palestine-ituc-…

Palestine: ITUC solidarity mission supports jobs, livelihoods and workers' rights

The ITUC is standing in solidarity with workers in Palestine through a mission focused on protecting jobs, incomes and rights, particularly in (…)

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USA: Nurse Strikes Have Quadrupled Since 2017. Here's Why It Keeps Growing nurse.org/news/nurse-strikes…

Nurse Strikes Have Quadrupled Since 2017. Here's Why It Keeps Growing

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SOUTH KOREA: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union escalates strike with crane protest chosun.com/english/national-…

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union escalates strike with crane protest

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union escalates strike with crane protest Union demands performance share as profits exceed 4 trillion won, rejects tentative agreement

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ITALY: Clashes erupt at cost-of-living protests - Union has called a general strike for November 20 dw.com/en/meloni-backs-polic…

Italy: Clashes erupt at cost-of-living protests

Anger over living costs and low wages has brought Italians onto the streets. A major union has called a general strike for November 20.

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SPAIN: The unions register the general strike of 11N amid rising prices and the cost of housing democrata.es/en/politics/gen…

The unions register the general strike of 11N amid rising prices and the cost of housing. -...

CCOO, UGT, CGT, CNT and other organizations register this Monday the mobilizations planned for November 11.

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Photo of the Week: 2 decades of mobilization and advocacy by the Sindicato Nacional dos Empregados Domésticos (National Union of Domestic Workers) paid off this month as Mozambique enacted legal protections for domestic workers in line with ILO Convention No. 189. (Photo: IDWF)
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SOUTH KOREA: HD Hyundai Heavy Union Stages Another Partial Strike Amid Record Profits en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/…

HD Hyundai Heavy Union Stages Another Partial Strike Amid Record Profits

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' union will stage a three-day partial strike from the 21st after members rejected a tentative wage deal.

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19-10-1996 CANADA: When General Motors tries to break a Canadian Autoworkers strike by removing equipment, union members occupy the Oshawa plants. rankandfile.ca/the-1996-gm-o…

The 1996 GM Oshawa occupation

By Doug Nesbitt In October 1996, Canadian autoworkers struck General Motors in a battle against outsourcing and other concessions. 25,000 workers walked off the job for three weeks and held back the...

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19-10-1980 USA: The J.P. Stevens textile company is forced to sign its first union contract after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states.
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19-10-1946 FRANCE: New civil service statute. The right to strike will only be recognized in 1950.
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ITALY: CGIL Announces a General Strike for November 20 italien.news/en/politics/cgi…

CGIL Announces a General Strike for November 20

CGIL General Strike on November 20: Landini Calls for More Funding for Wages, Healthcare, and Housing. Specific details on the impact on transportation have not yet been announced.

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PORTUGAL: Union leader does not rule out another general strike over rising cost of living reutersconnect.com/item/port…

Licensable video: Portuguese union leader does not rule out another general strike over rising cost...

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SPAIN: Bank workers strike for higher wages and tech safeguards as most suffer from mental health problems uniglobalunion.org/news/spai…

Spain's bank workers strike for higher wages and tech safeguards

Four in five bank workers in Spain say that unrealistic targets set by opaque algorithms are damaging their physical and mental health.

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CANADA: Union decries 'jaw-dropping' increase in violence against Winnipeg School Division staff cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…

Union decries 'jaw-dropping' increase in violence against Winnipeg School Division staff | CBC News

The union representing educational support staff in Manitoba's largest school division is sounding the alarm over what its president describes as a shocking increase in violence against its workers.

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: NUGFW: 124 SWRHA workers sent home guardian.co.tt/news/nugfw-12…

NUGFW: 124 SWRHA workers sent home

A to­tal of 124 dai­ly-paid work­ers at the South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) have been sent home, with the Na­tion­al Union of Gov­ern­ment and Fed­er­at­ed Work­ers (NUGFW) call­ing...

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TURKIYE: Jack & Jones workers in Türkiye win first collective agreement uniglobalunion.org/news/jack…

Jack & Jones workers in Türkiye win first collective agreement

UNI Global Union’s Turkish affiliate Koop-Is has concluded the first ever collective agreement with Jack & Jones in Türkiye. Covering around 500 retail workers across 24 stores, the agreement...

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GHANA: GAUA Strike Off: Kwaku Karikari Amoah Explains Union’s Decision modernghana.com/videonews/ci…
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BANGLADESH: Journalist dies in shooting attack in Northern Bangladesh ifj.org/media-centre/news/de…

Bangladesh: Journalist dies in fatal shooting in Northern Bangladesh / IFJ

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed journalist Lutfozzaman Fakir Alif at Uttarail Bazar in Northern Bangladesh on October 15. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Bangladesh...

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SOUTH KOREA: Court curbs Samsung Biologics union's second strike, expanding ban to 9 processes mbiz.heraldcorp.com/article/…

Court curbs Samsung Biologics union's second strike, expanding ban to 9 processes

A court has expanded the number of production processes at Samsung Biologics that must continue operating during labor disputes — from three to nine — effecti

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