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PALESTINE: 10-day administrative strike over cuts, layoffs in Gaza www.saba.ye/en/news38194...

AFRICA: ‎Trade unions demand 5% of national income for social protection www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/trad...

UK: Inside Labour’s union row over immigration reforms www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

NIGERIA: NASU seeks end to casualisation, exploitation of contract workers tribuneonlineng.com/nasu-seeks-e...

CUBA: ITUC-Africa challenges US embargo, demands justice for workers www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/ituc...

LAOS: Stronger social protection key to protecting Lao workers from climate risks www.ilo.org/resource/new...

JAPAN: UA Zensen Union Seeks 6% Pay Hike in 2027 Wage Talks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW ZEALAND: Insurance Australia Group Workers in New Zealand to Strike Over Collective Agreement www.moomoo.com/news/post/10...

27-10-1997 CANADA: More than 125,000 Ontario teachers walk out to protest the province's plans to cut school budgets and centralize control over education. The 2-week protest affects 2 million students and is the largest teachers’ strike in North American history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_On...

27-10-1951 USA: The National Negro Labor Council is formed in Cincinnati to unite black workers in the struggle for full economic, political and social equality.

27-10-1948 FRANCE: Dockworkers block the flow of foreign coal into ports. The CGT calls on all sailors and railway workers to follow.

27-10-1925 MOROCCO: Creation of a professional association of railway workers bringing together associations from all rail networks.

GERMANY: Volkswagen Confirms 12,000 Additional Job Cuts as Union Sets January Strike Deadline www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/...

SPAIN: More than 2,500 company committees join the general strike on November 11 www.democrata.es/en/economy/m...

FRANCE: Rail workers join November strike www.thelocal.fr/20261026/fre...

LEBANON: A crucial meeting of Ogero’s Workers’ Union executive council: the union is considering major escalation, including an open-ended strike www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Loca...

INDIA: Maid to order: Mumbai’s app-based domestic workers face pay cuts, safety gaps and eroding ties with employers www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...

INDIA: On Call in a Burning City: Women Platform Workers and the Impact of working in extreme heat ruralindiaonline.org/library/reso...

INDONESIA: East Lampung pioneers integrated migrant worker protection services in Indonesia www.ilo.org/resource/new...

PORTUGAL: The largest Portuguese union denounces the "repressive action" after the eviction of the housing camps www.democrata.es/en/internati...

SOUTH KOREA: KCTU Election Begins Amid Social Dialogue Debate www.chosun.com/english/nati...

ASIA: Haze, heat and outsourcing: materials unions agree joint plan in Jakarta www.industriall-union.org/haze-heat-an...

AUSTRALIA: More than a workforce: Australia’s migrant nurses, midwives and carers anmj.org.au/more-than-a-...

CANADA: How young fish harvesters are helping save a rapidly aging industry www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Our latest Photo of the Week is from Portugal where 17 October saw a national one-day warning strike by Portuguese public sector workers organized by CGTP. The issue? Wages that are not keeping pace with increasing costs. (Photo: CGTP)

PORTUGAL / SPAIN: Spanish and Portuguese unions discuss joint general strike www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/p...

26-10-1948 FRANCE: The police invade the Gard basin. The mason Max Chaptal, who was demonstrating with the miners, is killed by a machine-gun bullet fired by a tank. There are also 8 seriously injured.

26-10-1849 FRANCE: Police forces seize three mines in Alès during a strike that began on October 1. The operation resulted in the death of a miner and 400 arrests. The strike ended on November 29, after two deaths.

26-10-1825 USA: After 8 years and over 1,000 dead, mostly Irish migrants, the Erie Canal is open, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

IRELAND: Higher education still lacking sustainable funding model – unions www.ictu.ie/news/higher-...

FINLAND: Parkkipate employees are going on strike to get a collective agreement www.jhl.fi/en/news/park...

NEW ZEALAND: Greens’ fiscal plan takes working people’s priorities seriously union.org.nz/greens-fisca...

EUROPE: Member States push back on our digital rights www.eurocadres.eu/news/member-...

SINGAPORE: Born a day apart: Singapore’s oldest unions turn 80 www.ntuc.org.sg/pme/news/spw...

SWEDEN: Musk beat Sweden’s unions — but not the Swedish model www.ft.com/content/8a26...

SOUTH AFRICA: 39 years of Samwu: A legacy of worker activism www.sowetan.co.za/opinion/2026...

KENYA: Former Universal Health Coverage staff threaten to strike over 6 years of gratuity arrears peopledaily.digital/news/former-...

SPAIN: General strike: Union in the Balearics says: "We are confronting an entire system; it is a challenge to the system itself" www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2...

ASIA / PACIFIC: Unions unite for workers’ rights www.industriall-union.org/asa-pacific-...

INDIA: 7,000 farmers and workers rally in Maharashtra as drought deepens agrarian crisis sabrangindia.in/7000-farmers...

BANGLADESH: Experts, workers demand fair wages, occupational safety for building competitive RMG sector www.daily-sun.com/business/905...

AUSTRALIA: Federal Court approves SDA ALDI Unpaid Work Settlement www.sda.au/sa-nt/news/5...

25-10-2011 USA: Workers at Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, CA, win a union contract for pay rises & improved benefits after a 2 year struggle.

25-10-1956 HUNGARY: Insurrectionary general strike, fighting throughout the country, led by workers' councils and revolutionary committees.

25-10-1949 USA: Longshore workers in Hawaii win a strike for pay parity with their colleagues on the mainland.

25-10-1934 USA: Strike by 23,000 silk dye workers in Paterson, NJ.

25-10-1917 CANADA: Birth of labour activist Kent Rowley, in Montreal. He becomes Canadian director of the United Textile Workers of America in the 1940s and a founder of the Confederation of Canadian Unions in 1968. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/r...

25-10-1913 SOUTH AFRICA: Gandhi meets with coal mine owners and other employers of Indian workers at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and explains the strike is the result of the government’s refusal to abolish the £ 3 tax.

25-10-1900 CANADA: Some 250 soldiers are called out by the mayor of Valleyfield, Québec when striking workers block access to the Montreal Cotton Company mill. The soldiers open fire and more than a dozen workers are wounded. histoire-du-quebec.ca/valleyfield/

CROATIA / UZBEKISTAN: Croatia and Uzbekistan strengthen cooperation on employment and labour mobility www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...