KENYA: COTU demands deportation of Chinese national captured assaulting Kenyan worker citizen.digital/article/cotu...

INDIA: Domestic workers bill: Gaps in draft legislation worry unions, activists www.deccanherald.com/india/karnat...

NIGERIA: Blackout hits Imo as Labour withdraws workers after police raid www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/blac...

USA: No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide therealnews.com/starbucks-wo...

CANADA: Union Presidents Say Federal Government is “Scapegoating” Public Servants For the Deficit pressprogress.ca/union-presid...

UK: GTA 6 scandal grows: fired devs accuse Rockstar of union-busting chronik.fr/2312-gta-6-s...

16-11-1948 USA: In solidarity with the French miners' strike, American dockers refuse to load coal bound for France.

16-11-1925 CANADA: Three thousand workers at shoe factories in Quebec City go on strike when the employers announce reduced rates of pay. When the workers agree to submit the dispute to arbitration, they win a favourable result, but employers refuse to accept the decision.

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PORTUGAL: Social Democratic Workers of Porto call for dialogue to avoid strike www.portugalpulse.com/social-democ...

UK: Doctors in England launch strike over pay and jobs www.enca.com/lifestyle/do...

INDIA: Anti-labour policies: CITU chief Hemalatha comes down heavily on Centre www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

IRELAND: Ordinary workers feel ‘left behind’ after pay hikes for semi-state CEOs, incoming Siptu chief says www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...

USA: Ian Hodson: How we fight and how we win www.counterfire.org/article/ian-...

AUSTRALIA: Fair Work Commission rejects McDonald’s bid to delay bargaining with the SDA www.sda.au/sa-nt/news/f...

NIGERIA: Health workers declare indefinite nationwide strike tribuneonlineng.com/health-worke...

AUSTRALIA: Jail time for threatening staff as retail attacks surge rangestrader.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2025-11...

ITALY: Major travel disruptions as airline and transport workers stage strikes m.economictimes.com/nri/latest-u...

USA: ‘Red cup rebellion’: striking Starbucks baristas urge customers to stay away www.theguardian.com/business/202...

15-11-1995 FRANCE: Start of a series of huge strikes over the Juppé plan for cuts to Social Security and to pensions.

15-11-1987 ROMANIA: Brașov Rebellion begins in against Nicolae Ceaușescu's plans to reduce wages, food etc. 10,000s of workers strike.

15-11-1922 ECUADOR: In the city of Guayaquil, workers come together in a general strike for pay rises and the 8-hour day. Soldiers fire on a mass rally, killing as many as 300 people. Workers won most of their demands a few days later. nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/ecua...

14-11-1982 POLAND: Solidarity trade union leader and shipyard worker Lech Walesa is released from prison in Poland after 11 months

14-11-1977 UK: Firefighters begin their first ever national strike over 30% pay claim.

14-11-1938 USA: Foundation of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (later Communications Workers of America) in New Orleans.

14-11-1917 FINLAND: A week-long general strike begins in Finland, called by socialists influenced by the Russian Revolution.

14-11-1913 UK: Sympathy action breaks out in some British ports, like Liverpool, in support of workers in Dublin, but fails to spread.

New campaign! Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco bit.ly/4nT78fB

GHANA: Health Services Workers’ Union Wins UNI Global “Breaking Through Award” for private healthcare organizing drive uniglobalunion.org/news/ghanas-...

BANGLADESH: Sanitation Workers in Dhaka Demand Reinstatement and Fair Treatment publicservices.international/resources/ne...

AFRICA: "The New Colonizers Are Multinational Corporations" SEIU President April Verrett @ PSI's AFRECON publicservices.international/resources/ne...

UK / USA: British journalist detained by immigration authorities www.ifj.org/media-centre...

GLOBAL: Workers lead the charge for a Just Transition www.industriall-union.org/workers-lead...

JAPAN: Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3167...

TAIWAN: Institutionalized salary increases and adequate professional wages are key to recruiting and retaining teachers www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3167...

TANZANIA: BWI raises alarm over election-related violence and rights abuses www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...

GLOBAL: BWI women fight global rollback of rights, chart path to equality ahead of 2026 World Congress www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...

AUSTRALIA: QLD appoints former chair of rightwing group Advance to school curriculum board as union leaders ousted www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

USA: The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

13-11-2002 UK: First strike by the Fire Brigades Union in their 2002-2003 dispute for increased pay.

13-11-1996 FRENCH GUIANA: The Education Workers of Guiana stage a general strike in support of high school students. nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/fren...

13-11-1974 USA: Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers union activist Karen Silkwood dies in suspicious car crash while driving documents to a reporter.

13-11-1918 NETHERLANDS: Workers march through Amsterdam in support of mutinous soldiers at the height of the "Red Week" in the Netherlands. Five are killed and eighteen wounded when soldiers loyal to the government open fire on the march. www.marxist.net/history/neth...

13-11-1913 IRELAND: Irish syndicalist union leader Jim Larkin is released from prison during the bitter Dublin Lock-out. rustbeltradical.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Netherlands: Pawel Rudzki fired by supermarket for his union activism. Protest and show your solidarity here: bit.ly/49fLX3D

Belgian unions mobilising for the general #strike 26 November. The final day of three days of mobilisation 23 (Demo to protest against violence against women) 24 public transport strike 25 public sector strike 26 general strike (including public services and transport) @labourstart.bsky.social

NIGERIA: CEE-HOPE seeks media support for domestic workers’ rights, unionisation thenationonlineng.net/cee-hope-see...

USA: Starbucks' baristas are striking again – will that hold back the chain's recovery? www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK: ‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Study of union members in Malta shows that when stewards are seen as effective, members report greater trust and willingness to take part in union activities—from meetings to industrial action. doi.org/10.1177/0022... @labornotes.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social #IndustrialRelations #Unions