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An important analysis from the IUF: www.iuf.org/news/defendi...
Defending Democracy and Dignity at Work in Rojava and Syria - IUF
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February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
An important analysis from the IUF: www.iuf.org/news/defendi...
KENYA: Aviation Workers Serve 7-Day Strike Notice to KCAA thekenyatimes.com/latest-kenya...
Aviation Workers Serve 7-Day Strike Notice To KCAA
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has received a seven-day strike notice from the Aviation Workers Union citing stalled CBA negotiations
thekenyatimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
KENYA: Aviation Workers Serve 7-Day Strike Notice to KCAA thekenyatimes.com/latest-kenya...
SPAIN: 3-day train drivers' strike kicks off spanishnewstoday.com/3_day_train_...
3-day train drivers' strike kicks off in Spain
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February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
SPAIN: 3-day train drivers' strike kicks off spanishnewstoday.com/3_day_train_...
GERMANY: ftnnews.com/travel-news/...
Germany Public Transport Strike Alert for February as Verdi Targets Major Cities - Focus on Travel News
Public transport strikes across Germany in February are set to disrupt buses, trams and U-Bahn services in Munich, Nuremberg, Hamburg and Hesse.
ftnnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
GERMANY: ftnnews.com/travel-news/...
SWEDEN / USA: Tesla’s Sweden standoff draws UAW support as unions widen pressure campaign www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden...
Tesla’s Sweden standoff draws UAW support as unions widen pressure campaign
In a post shared on social media, the United Auto Workers stated that it stands with IF Metall workers who are striking against Tesla Sweden.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
SWEDEN / USA: Tesla’s Sweden standoff draws UAW support as unions widen pressure campaign www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden...
TURKIYE: At least 146 workers killed on the job in January bianet.org/haber/at-lea...
At least 146 workers killed on the job in January
In addition to labor deaths, January was marked by widespread protests by warehouse workers.
bianet.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
TURKIYE: At least 146 workers killed on the job in January bianet.org/haber/at-lea...
INDIA: Beyond 1976 ban: Expert on why 50 years later, India’s ‘broken’ justice system still fails millions in bonded labour indianexpress.com/article/lega...
Beyond 1976 ban: Expert on why 50 years later, India’s ‘broken’ justice system still fails millions in bonded labour
Bonded Labour Abolition Act 1976: 50 years of abolition law: Dr Tina Kuriakose Jacob is a development sector practitioner working with both government and civil society organisations, specialising in ...
indianexpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
INDIA: Beyond 1976 ban: Expert on why 50 years later, India’s ‘broken’ justice system still fails millions in bonded labour indianexpress.com/article/lega...
FIJI: ‘What a shame’: Union accuses EFL of bad faith, warns strike will proceed fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/...
‘What a shame’: Union accuses EFL of bad faith, warns strike will proceed | Fiji Sun
Mr Paul warned that if the situation was not addressed, the planned industrial action would go ahead.
fijisun.com.fj
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
FIJI: ‘What a shame’: Union accuses EFL of bad faith, warns strike will proceed fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/...
AUSTRALIA: Young people could get massive pay boost in 'totemic' wage case www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Young people could get massive pay boost in 'totemic' wage case
"I'm paying adult fuel with still a child's wage," says Ben Walker, one of the almost half a million young people who could see a huge boost to their wage.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
AUSTRALIA: Young people could get massive pay boost in 'totemic' wage case www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
CANADA / IRAN: CFNU Statement on the situation in Iran: Health care workers must be protected nursesunions.ca/cfnu-stateme...
CFNU Statement on the situation in Iran: Health care workers must be protected Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) condemns the violent repression of protests and strikes that began in Iran this January. Between January 7-8, 2026, 30,000 to 36,000 people are estimate...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
CANADA / IRAN: CFNU Statement on the situation in Iran: Health care workers must be protected nursesunions.ca/cfnu-stateme...
Our new Photo of the Week:
Students for International Labour Solidarity is a member of Dignity & Rights, a coalition of 30 human and labour rights NGOs campaigning on behalf of Haitian women workers making Gap clothes who were fired for being pregnant and for organising a union. (Photo: SILS)
Students for International Labour Solidarity is a member of Dignity & Rights, a coalition of 30 human and labour rights NGOs campaigning on behalf of Haitian women workers making Gap clothes who were fired for being pregnant and for organising a union. (Photo: SILS)
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Our new Photo of the Week:
Students for International Labour Solidarity is a member of Dignity & Rights, a coalition of 30 human and labour rights NGOs campaigning on behalf of Haitian women workers making Gap clothes who were fired for being pregnant and for organising a union. (Photo: SILS)
Students for International Labour Solidarity is a member of Dignity & Rights, a coalition of 30 human and labour rights NGOs campaigning on behalf of Haitian women workers making Gap clothes who were fired for being pregnant and for organising a union. (Photo: SILS)
09-02-2011 EGYPT: Strikes begin to spread across Egypt, as new independent unions emerge during the anti-Mubarak movement. arabawy.org/24684/unions...
#egyworkers #Jan25 مسيرة نقابية للتضامن مع الثورة — 3arabawy
Leaders of the independent Union of Real Estate Tax Authority Employees, march from Galaa Street to join the Tahrir Square occupation, in solidarity with the revolution.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
09-02-2011 EGYPT: Strikes begin to spread across Egypt, as new independent unions emerge during the anti-Mubarak movement. arabawy.org/24684/unions...
09-02-1932 GERMANY: The last issue of ‘Syndikalist’, newspaper of the Dresden FAUD, the anarcho-syndicalist Free Workers Union of Germany, was published before its suppression by the Nazis.
February 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
09-02-1932 GERMANY: The last issue of ‘Syndikalist’, newspaper of the Dresden FAUD, the anarcho-syndicalist Free Workers Union of Germany, was published before its suppression by the Nazis.
09-02-1869 CANADA: Birth of James Bryson McLachlan, at Ecclefechan, Scotland. As a union leader in Canada he becomes the champion of the Nova Scotia coal miners and a leading spokesman for the cause of labour radicalism. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
J.B. McLachlan revisited
History does not allow for a great deal in the way of direct instructions, but it is capable of identifying the times and places where people disturbed the complacencies of their time. In doing so, th...
canadiandimension.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
09-02-1869 CANADA: Birth of James Bryson McLachlan, at Ecclefechan, Scotland. As a union leader in Canada he becomes the champion of the Nova Scotia coal miners and a leading spokesman for the cause of labour radicalism. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
INDIA: Why women gig workers are protesting in Delhi www.thehindu.com/videos/why-w...
Why women gig workers are protesting in Delhi | The Hindu Spotlight
Women gig workers in Delhi protest for a fair legal framework and against unregulated algorithmic control.
www.thehindu.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
INDIA: Why women gig workers are protesting in Delhi www.thehindu.com/videos/why-w...
SOUTH AFRICA: Union accuses Health Department of failing young doctors capetimes.co.za/the-star/new...
Union accuses Health Department of failing young doctors
Last week, the department blamed lack of funding for the increase in the numbers of newly qualified doctors without internships at health institutions across the country.
capetimes.co.za
February 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
SOUTH AFRICA: Union accuses Health Department of failing young doctors capetimes.co.za/the-star/new...
08-02-1962 FRANCE: The Charonne massacre took place in Paris, when nine members of the CGT trade union were killed by the police while demonstrating against the OAS French paramilitaries in Algeria.
February 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM
08-02-1962 FRANCE: The Charonne massacre took place in Paris, when nine members of the CGT trade union were killed by the police while demonstrating against the OAS French paramilitaries in Algeria.
08-02-1938 RUSSIA: Veteran metalworker Olga Taratuta was executed in the USSR for organising rail workers. She had been arrested and imprisoned many times by the regime and by the Tsar.
February 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM
08-02-1938 RUSSIA: Veteran metalworker Olga Taratuta was executed in the USSR for organising rail workers. She had been arrested and imprisoned many times by the regime and by the Tsar.
08-02-1919 USA: Workers in Butte, Montana responded to a dollar per day wage cut by launching a general strike. To prevent disunity, workers formed a Workers and Soldiers Council to conduct the strike.
February 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
08-02-1919 USA: Workers in Butte, Montana responded to a dollar per day wage cut by launching a general strike. To prevent disunity, workers formed a Workers and Soldiers Council to conduct the strike.
08-02-1900 Martinique A rolling strike started 2 days earlier to obtain better wages. At 17.15, Lieutenant Kahn started a shootout which did not end the strike, but which left 10 dead and 12 seriously injured.
February 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
08-02-1900 Martinique A rolling strike started 2 days earlier to obtain better wages. At 17.15, Lieutenant Kahn started a shootout which did not end the strike, but which left 10 dead and 12 seriously injured.
GERMANY: Verdi announces more public sector strikes www.yahoo.com/news/article...
German trade union Verdi announces more public sector strikes
Germany is bracing for intensified strike action by public sector state workers next week. The deputy head of the Verdi trade union, Christine Behle, predicted on Friday that there would be "a colourf...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
GERMANY: Verdi announces more public sector strikes www.yahoo.com/news/article...
USA: More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’
More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive ca...
labornotes.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
USA: More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
TURKIYE: Migros workers: Protests will continue until demands are met english.anf-news.com/human-rights...
Migros workers: Protests will continue until demands are met
Migros warehouse workers, who were dismissed for demanding solutions to long working hours, pay rises, forced overtime and mobbing, said they will continue their struggle until their demands are me...
english.anf-news.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
TURKIYE: Migros workers: Protests will continue until demands are met english.anf-news.com/human-rights...
USA: Evers Administration Unveils Largest Child Labor Case in State History urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/02/06/e...
Evers Administration Unveils Largest Child Labor Case in State History
Governor’s office highlights sweeping DWD findings against Burger King operator Cave Enterprises.
urbanmilwaukee.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
USA: Evers Administration Unveils Largest Child Labor Case in State History urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/02/06/e...
UK: Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unio...
Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education
RECENT months have seen a spate of strikes in further and higher education, and there are more to come. Around the country, workers at colleges and universities are resisting management attacks on pay...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
UK: Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unio...