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19-02-2017 CANADA: Labour leader Bob White dies at 81 years of age. He is remembered as a founder of the Canadian Auto Workers and a popular president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
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Bob White, Union Organizer, Union Leader
April 28, 1935 – February 19, 2017 When I last visited Bob at his nursing home in Kincardine, a nurse politely pulled me aside to tell me that he no longer talked much but remained quite sociable. The...
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19-02-2006 MEXICO: An explosion at the Pasta de Conchos mine in Sabinas kills 65 workers. Grupo Mexico, the mine’s owner, ends rescue efforts after 5 days even though only 2 bodies had been recovered.
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19-021920 FRANCE: Responding to the dismissal of a trade unionist from the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges workshop, 1,500 railway workers went on strike, the start of a movement that lasted 5 months.
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19-02-1866 USA: The first union in Mississippi was created by African-American washerwomen.
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UKRAINE: Athletes, Miners, Energy Workers and Trade Unionists Express Support for Ukrainian Skeleton pilot Heraskevych
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Athletes, Miners, Energy Workers and Trade Unionists Express Support for Ukrainian Skeleton pilot Heraskevych - КВПУ, Конфедерація вільних профспілок України
Workers and affiliated organizations of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) have expressed their support for Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. The
https://kvpu.org.ua/en/trade-union-news/general/athletes-miners-energy-workers-and-trade-unionists-express-support-for-ukrainian-skeleton-pilot-heraskevych/
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KENYA: Strike Called Off: Major Win for Aviation Workers
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Strike Called Off: Major Win for Aviation Workers
Spread the loveThe Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) has officially called off its industrial action involving employees of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and the Kenya Airports Authority...
https://www.k47.co.ke/strike-called-off-major-win-for-aviation-workers/
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NORTH MACEDONIA: General strike and protest in March
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General strike and protest in March
General strike and protest in March
https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/ne-mars-greve-te-pergjithshme-dhe-proteste/
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MEXICO: Trolleybus Workers Could Bring Mexico City to a Grinding Halt
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Mexico City’s Trolleybus Workers Could Bring the City to a Grinding Halt
Rail, trolleybus, and cable car workers could soon hit the brakes on Mexico City’s mass transit syst
https://labornotes.org/2026/02/mexico-city-trolleybus-workers-could-strike
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SOUTH AFRICA: Cosatu, NUM concerned over mine killings
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Cosatu, NUM concerned over mine killings
Cosatu is concerned that the signing of a framework agreement for a sustainable mining industry was doing little to quell killings.
https://sundayindependent.co.za/news/2013-08-13-cosatu-num-concerned-over-mine-killings/
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TUNISIA: Women Lead the Struggle Against Industrial Pollution in Gabes
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Women Lead the Struggle Against Industrial Pollution in Gabes
Women are the first victims of air pollution produced by the Tunisian Chemical Group in Gabes. Today, women of the region are at the forefront of an unprecedented social movement, fighting to ensure t...
https://nawaat.org/2026/02/17/women-lead-the-struggle-against-industrial-pollution-in-gabes/
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INDIA: Standing Together: How Unorganised Nurses in Nagpur Built a Winning Union
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Standing Together: How Unorganised Nurses in Nagpur Built a Winning Union
Nurses at Nagpur's Urban Public Health Centres unionised during the pandemic after facing inadequate PPE, delayed wages, and extreme stress. With support from veteran leaders and PSI, they won their d...
https://publicservices.international/resources/videos/standing-together-how-unorganised-nurses-in-nagpur-built-a-winning-union?id=16398&lang=en
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GLOBAL: Binding agreements deliver: Unions push wages and accountability in global supply chains
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Binding agreements deliver: Unions push wages and accountability in global supply chains - industriall-union
At the 12th OECD Forum on responsible business conduct in Paris, marking 50 years of the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, IndustriALL
https://www.industriall-union.org/binding-agreements-deliver-unions-push-wages-and-accountability-in-global-supply-chains
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GLOBAL: Trade union manifesto for a Just Transition in textile and garment supply chains
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https://www.ituc-csi.org/Trade-union-manifesto-for-a-Just-Transition-in-textile
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UK: Plans to equalise minimum wage for older and younger workers could be delayed
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Plans to equalise minimum wage for older and younger workers could be delayed
Minister insists government still committed to manifesto pledge
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/plans-equalise-minimum-wage-older-090924073.html
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AUSTRALIA / CHINA: Transnational Union-busting? HungryPanda riders say Chinese police intimidating families in China over Sydney protests
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HungryPanda delivery drivers say police contacted family back home
Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/hungrypanda-riders-chinese-police-threats-sydney-australia/106353996
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USA: Writers Guild West’s Own Staff Calls a Strike Against the Union
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Writers Guild West’s Own Staff Calls a Strike Against the Union
Workers will be picketing in front of the union’s headquarters until further notice in protest of alleged unfair labor practices.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-guild-west-staff-calls-strike-1236507942/
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CANADA: Following a million-dollar ruling against Amazon, Unifor will seek mediation to expedite first contract
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Following a million-dollar ruling against Amazon, Unifor will seek mediation to expedite first contract
VANCOUVER—The B.C. Labour Relations Board has ruled that Amazon violated the Labour Code by unlawfully imposing a wage freeze on unionized workers, upholding a complaint filed by Unifor.
https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/following-a-million-dollar-ruling-against-amazon-unifor-will-seek-mediation-expedite
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CANADA: ‘We Don’t Think They’re Serious’: Amazon Union Wants Mediation
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‘We Don’t Think They’re Serious’: Amazon Union Wants Mediation | The Tyee
Unifor Local 114 says the company has stalled bargaining for its only group of unionized workers in Canada.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/18/Amazon-Union-Wants-Mediation/
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18-02-2010 Ghana: Sex workers in Accra, Ghana in the Commercial Workers' Union were fighting to collectively raise their prices in response to high inflation.
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18-02-1935 USA: Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were stranded by a wildcat strike of elevator operators in the city.
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18-02-1925 PERU: Maritime and railway workers in Mollendo, Peru, launched a general strike against the unjustified sacking of three workers at the British-owned Peruvian Corporation. A week later, the workers were reinstated.
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18-02-1924 FRANCE: Madame Sorgue, French revolutionary & feminist died in London. A fierce advocate for the working class, she supported many strikes, including several by women workers in France against sexual harassment from male bosses
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Four years of war: Workers still paying the price in Ukraine [IndustriALL]
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Four years of war: Workers still paying the price in Ukraine - industriall-union
Russia’s war of aggression, which began with the full-scale assault on 24 February 2022, continues to inflict devastating losses on Ukrainian workers and
https://bit.ly/4yearsofwar
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Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet [PSI]
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Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet
President Javier Milei's draconian labour reform bill has received preliminary Senate approval, but the fight is far from over. The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies, where workers and unions ...
https://bit.ly/not-over-yet
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NORTH MACEDONIA: Unions warn of 24-hour strike: "If there is no decision!"
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Unions warn of 24-hour strike: "If there is no decision!"
Unions warn of 24-hour strike: "If there is no decision!"
https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/sindikatat-paralajmerojne-greve-24-oreshe-nese-ska-vendim/
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AUSTRALIA: Thousands of early education workers get big win in push for 30 per cent pay rise
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Big win for early education workers in push for 30 per cent pay rise
If the recommendation is followed through, it would put an extra $17,500 in the pocket of workers.
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/thousands-of-early-education-workers-get-big-win-in-push-for-30-per-cent-pay-rise-221805225.html
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CANADA / MEXICO: Steelworkers plan parallel trip to Mexico during labour-excluded “Team Canada” trade mission
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Steelworkers plan parallel trip to Mexico during labour-excluded “Team Canada” trade mission - USW Canada
TORONTO – With the federal government bringing a “Team Canada” trade delegation to Mexico this week – excluding any labour representation – members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) are making a ...
https://usw.ca/labour-trade-delegation-mexico/
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17-02-2006 UK: Royal Mail workers in Belfast return to work after a successful wildcat strike against victimisation.
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Belfast post wildcat strikers win for all of us
At a packed meeting at lunchtime on Friday 17th February, in Transport House, Belfast, striking postal workers decided to end their wildcat strike and return to work having won their dispute.
https://libcom.org/article/belfast-post-wildcat-strikers-win-all-us
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17-02-1993 UK: Over 300 workers sacked at Timex factory, Dundee after official strike over a pay freeze & redundancies.
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17-02-1944 CANADA: Wartime unrest convinces the federal government to bring in an emergency order, P.C. 1003, which requires employers to recognize unions supported by the majority of employees. This sets a standard for postwar labour relations.
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17-02-1918 RUSSIA; Lenin orders the execution, deportation and imprisonment of sex workers.
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17-02-1864 FRANCE: The "Manifesto of the sixty", signed and published by sixty workers from the Seine, called for workers' representation in Parliament.
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USA: Unions face a fight for survival under Trump
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US unions face a fight for survival under Trump
-Jana Silverman and Stanley Gacek About two years ago, the US union movement appeared to be in a moment of revitalisation. The ‘Hot Labor Summer’ of 2023, characterised by an unpreceden…
https://globallabourcolumn.org/2026/02/11/us-unions-face-a-fight-for-survival-under-trump/
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POLAND:
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UNI joins Carrefour Poland workers in demand for fair redundancy terms
Carrefour workers demand fair severance terms after years of loyal service Carrefour Poland offered vouchers instead of a better package Solidarność sent an open letter to global management UNI Global...
https://uniglobalunion.org/news/carrefour-poland-workers-demand-fair-redundancy/
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ARGENTINA: Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet
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Argentina's Labour Reform: The Fight Is Not Over Yet
President Javier Milei's draconian labour reform bill has received preliminary Senate approval, but the fight is far from over. The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies, where workers and unions ...
https://publicservices.international/resources/news/argentinas-labour-reform-the-fight-is-not-over-yet?id=16393&lang=en
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CUBA: PSI Inter-America condemns the US economic blockade of Cuba
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PSI Inter-America condemns the US economic blockade of Cuba
PSI Inter-America condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing criminal, violent, and inhumane economic blockade unilaterally imposed on Cuba by the United States. For decades, the Cuban peopl...
https://publicservices.international/resources/news/psi-inter-america-condemns-the-us-economic-blockade-of-cuba-?id=16394&lang=en
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AFRICA: African and Arab Countries Regional Programme of Action (2026-2030)
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African and Arab Countries Regional Programme of Action (2026-2030)
Unions commit to defend quality public services, resist privatisation, and fight for tax justice, debt relief and climate justice during the 14th Africa and Arab Countries Regional Conference (AFRECON...
https://publicservices.international/resources/news/african-and-arab-countries---regional-programme-of-action-2026-2030-?id=16395&lang=en
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SYRIA: Journalists union seeks to advance media sector reform
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Syria: Journalists union seeks to advance media sector reform / IFJ
The Syrian Journalists Union (SJU), an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), held a consultative meeting on 10 February in Damascus to discuss urgent measures to reform and s...
https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/syria-journalists-union-seeks-to-advance-media-sector-reform
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ITALY: Government-Union Clash Over Olympic Flight Strike Defused as Walkout Postponed
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Government-Union Clash Over Olympic Flight Strike Defused as Walkout Postponed
On 15 February the Italian government invoked emergency powers to postpone a 24-hour airline strike that would have paralysed Olympic traffic. Unions reluctantly moved the action to 26 February but d...
https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-02-15/it/government-union-clash-over-olympic-flight-strike-defused-as-walkout-postponed/
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ARGENTINA: Unions brace for 24-hour general strike after Senate approves labour reform
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Argentine unions brace for 24-hour general strike after Senate approves labour reform
Argentina’s main union federation, the Confederation of General Workers (CGT), is preparing to call a 24-hour nationwide general strike in response to the Senate’s recent approval of sweeping labour r...
https://ilkha.com/english/world/argentine-unions-brace-for-24-hour-general-strike-after-senate-approves-labour-reform-512125
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TAIWAN: TaiDoc union launches strike campaign, demands reinstatement of fired officials
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TaiDoc union launches strike campaign, demands reinstatement of fired officials - Focus Taiwan
The union at TaiDoc Technology Corp. said Monday it will launch a strike campaign to press the medical device maker to meet its demands, including reinstating dismissed union officials.
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202602160009
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FINLAND: Care workers strike begins Tuesday in private sector
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Care workers strike begins Tuesday in private sector
A three-day strike by care workers in Finland’s private social services sector begins on 17 February after unions and employers rejected a mediation proposal on pay. The dispute affects over 70,000 st...
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/28525-care-workers-strike-begins-tuesday-in-private-sector.html
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BELGIUM / PALESTINE: Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises
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Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises
Trade union calls Col. Moshe Tetro's participation in defense ministry tour 'unacceptable' as workers halt production; Hind Rajab Foundation chief lauds day-long strike
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-arms-factory-workers-strike-over-idf-attaches-visit-to-premises/
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ZIMBABWE: Female Mine Workers Face “Alarming” Sexual Harassment In Chinese-Run Mines – Union
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Female Mine Workers Face "Alarming" Sexual Harassment In Chinese-Run Mines - Union ⋆ Pindula News
Zimbabwean women employed by Chinese-owned mining firms are facing what union leaders describe as systemic abuse, ranging from sexual harassment and unlawful dismissals to demands for HIV test results...
https://news.pindula.co.zw/2026/02/16/female-mine-workers-face-alarming-sexual-harassment-in-chinese-run-mines-union/
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NEW ZEALAND: Locked out: Lyttelton port dispute leaves lasting legacy 75 years later
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Locked out: Lyttelton port dispute leaves lasting legacy 75 years later
When wharfies arrived for work at Lyttelton on February 15, 1951, they found the entrances locked.
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/locked-out-lyttelton-port-dispute-leaves-lasting-legacy-75-years-later
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A new Photo of the Week just went up on our main page. 300 million workers were on strike in just one country last week. India's Joint Platform of Trade Unions organized a general strike on 12 January against governments policies, the new labour codes which just came into effect. (Photo:CITU)
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Good news from Venezuela.
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https://www.ituc-csi.org/Venezuela-Trade-union-leaders-released
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Good news from Venezuela.
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https://www.ituc-csi.org/Venezuela-Trade-union-leaders-released
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UK: ‘Employers are using childcare for migrant care workers as a weapon,’ union says
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https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/childcare-for-migrant-care-workers/
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NIGERIA: Grid collapse: NLC threatens showdown over electricity crisis
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Grid collapse: NLC threatens showdown over electricity crisis
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened a nationwide industrial showdown over the persistent collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid, declaring that a decade of power sector privatisation has ...
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/02/grid-collapse-nlc-threatens-showdown-over-electricity-crisis/
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