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Greek seafarers strike over crews stranded in the Gulf, mariners can refuse to sail - Sight Magazine Greek seafarers held a 24-hour strike on Thursday, halting local ferry services as they protested over crews stranded in the Gulf.

GREECE: Seafarers strike over crews stranded in the Gulf, mariners can refuse to sail sightmagazine.com.au/news/greek-s...

Samsung shareholders concerned as union strike looms - The Korea Times Samsung Electronics shareholders are growing increasingly uneasy as the company’s labor union moves toward a potential general strike, market obser...

SOUTH KOREA:Samsung shareholders concerned as union strike looms www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/othe...

Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people...

US: Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. labornotes.org/2026/03/four...

Nairobi Civil Servants Elect Branch Officials Ahead of National Polls - The Weekly Vision By The Weekly Vision Reporter Members of the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) branch of the Union of Kenya Civil…

KENYA: Nairobi Civil Servants Elect Branch Officials Ahead of National Polls theweeklyvisionews.net/nairobi-civi...

The 'uberisation' of part time roles is driving insecurity for women The United Workers Union has surveyed 1200 women working part time. The results reveal a deeper slide into gig-economy like conditions.

AUSTRALIA: The ‘uberisation’ of part time roles is driving insecurity for women womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-u...

Union fails to win control of works council at Tesla’s German factory IG Metall says it will continue fighting for workers’ rights despite failing to win majority on employee body

GERMANY: Union fails to win control of works council at Tesla’s German factory www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Aussie Gen Z worker reveals dangerous issue in 'wild west' fast food job Young Aussies are entering the workplace without knowing their safety rights, or getting the training they need, unions say.

AUSTRALIA: Gen Z worker reveals dangerous issue facing young Aussies as union calls for new rules au.finance.yahoo.com/news/gen-z-w...

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI Canada’s labour laws and EI system haven’t kept pace with AI and technological change, leaving workers to shoulder growing economic risk.

CANADA: Country's labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/03/ai-l...

06-03-1984 UK: The great miners' strike broke out when Thatcher announced the closure of 20 wells and 50 others to follow. It will last a year without any results.

06-03-1964 GUYANA: Kowsilla, a striking sugarcane worker was killed in Guyana by a scab, and others badly injured. The British Tate sugar company was using African scabs to try to break a national strike of predominantly Asian workers.

06-03-1955 SOUTH AFRICA: Progressive members of the TLC join forces with CNETU unions to create SACTU (South African Council of Trade Unions) in Johannesburg with 9 affiliates and 20,000 members. By 1959 there will be 35 affiliates and 46,000 members.

06-03-1925 CANADA: Nova Scotia coal miners shut down the mines after the British Empire Steel Corporation refuses to continue contract negotiations and cuts off credit at company stores. It is the beginning of an historic five-month strike. graphichistorycollective.com/project/post...

06-03-1913 USA: Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book.

06-03-1912 AUSTRALIA: The Brisbane general strike officially ends after employers agree strikers will not face victimisation

ITF condemns killing and targeting of innocent civilian seafarers as Strait of Hormuz designated Warlike Operations Area The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns the continuing attacks on civilian seafarers caught up in escalating war in Iran and the Middle East, warning that the world’s m

MIDDLE EAST / IRAN: ITF condemns killing and targeting of innocent civilian seafarers as Strait of Hormuz designated Warlike Operations Area www.itfglobal.org/en/news/itf-...

EU court rules public contracts can promote collective bargaining [ETUC] www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

MIDDLE EAST / IRAN: IFALPA Monitoring Middle East Developments and Impact on Global Air Traffic www.ifalpa.org/media/4386/2...

Palestine: Education International members offer a lifeline of solidarity to Gaza’s educators Gaza’s education sector remains in one of the gravest crises in its modern history. After more than two years of war and genocide, Gaza’s schooling system stands “on the brink of collapse,” with over ...

PALESTINE: Education International members offer a lifeline of solidarity to Gaza’s educators www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3218...

AUSTRALIA: Workers deserve an extra week of annual leave www.actu.org.au/media-releas...

PRASA & UIA agree to begin negotiations, suspend strike. By THE STAR STAFFPuerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive President Luis González Delgado and Authentic Independent Union (UIA by its initials in Spanish) President José Cajigas Rome...

PUERTO RICO: PRASA & UIA agree to begin negotiations, suspend strike www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/prasa-u...

App Drivers’ and Couriers’ Union appoints new leadership as private hire pay and safety concerns raised The App Drivers’ and Couriers’ Union (ADCU) has elected Cristina-Georgiana Ioanitescu as its new General Secretary, with Farah Musa appointed President after both candidates were elected unopposed.Ioa...

UK: App Drivers’ and Couriers’ Union appoints new leadership as private hire pay and safety concerns raised www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/app-dri...

LESOTHO: US tariffs trigger gendered supply chain shock on Lesotho garment industries www.industriall-union.org/us-tariffs-d...

'Disgusting': Protesters slam Govt over cancelled pay equity claims Unions Bay of Plenty join nationwide protest calling for repeal of the new pay equity law.

NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty union members protest in Tauranga over women’s pay equity claims www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plent...

Feminist trade unionism IndustriALL At IndustriALL's 4th Congress in Sydney, affiliates votes unanimously to place feminist trade unionism at the centre of IndustriALL's agenda.

GLOBAL: From words to power: feminist trade unionism at the heart of IndustriALL www.industriall-union.org/feminist-tra...

Labour backs FG’s textile revival plan, says 650,000 jobs could return Organised labour in the textile sector has pledged full support for the Federal Government’s renewed drive to revive Nigeria’s struggling cotton, textile and garment industry, following the unveiling ...

NIGERIA: Labour backs FG’s textile revival plan, says 650,000 jobs could return www.vanguardngr.com/2026/03/labo...

Trade unionists gear up to train future leaders for changing workplace - Barbados Today Amid rapid changes in the labour landscape, the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) launched an intensive two-day workshop on Wednesday, focused on preparing a new gen...

BARBADOS: Trade unionists gear up to train future leaders for changing workplace barbadostoday.bb/2026/03/04/t...

AUSTRALIA / CANADA: MUA welcomes Canadian PM visit - calls for stronger maritime ties and bolstering of shared interests www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...

HONDURAS: PBI-Canada and PBI-Honduras meet with the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) in Tegucigalpa pbicanada.org/2026/03/04/p...

05-03-1984 UK: 6,000 miners went on strike at Cottonwood Colliery starting the great UK miners strike. They were joined by the majority of workers in the industry in opposition to pit closures, but their eventual defeat marked a damaging blow for working class power.

The Strike Against Fear On this day in 1943, a strike in Italy’s FIAT company marked the beginning of the end for Mussolini.

05-03-1943 ITALY: The strike at FIAT that marked the beginning of the end for Mussolini starts. Within a week over 100,000 workers were on strike and the armed resistance had begun. jacobin.com/2018/03/ital...