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  • Unions shut down CBD streets as thousands turn out for Labour Day
  • Unions want transparency on India trade deal
  • Greens pledge mandatory trade union roles on boards of publicly-funded companies

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brisbanetimes.com.au /3 weeks ago

Unions shut down CBD streets as thousands turn out for Labour Day

The march through city streets comes as several unions butt heads over worker pay with the Queensland government.

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odt.co.nz /1 month ago

Unions want transparency on India trade deal

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last year. Photo: Getty Images Keiller MacDuff of RNZ The Council of T...

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thenational.scot /1 month ago

Greens pledge mandatory trade union roles on boards of publicly-funded companies

All companies that receive public funding should have trade union representatives on their boards, the Scottish Greens have said

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odt.co.nz /4 weeks ago

Unions, institutions, workers mark May Day with stoppage

PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN Union members of all stripes made their voices heard on International Workers’ Day, or May Day, in Dunedin.

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smeweb.com /1 month ago

Business groups express concern over ‘disruption’ and ‘bureaucracy’ from new trade union workplace access laws

Employers’ groups have hit out at the government’s decisions on new rules covering workplace access to trade unions. Responding to a consultation as part of the Employment Rights A...

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rte.ie /1 month ago

Unions to focus on cost-of-living supports on May Day

Unions are calling on the Government to tackle the cost-of-living pressures being felt by workers.

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order-order.com /1 month ago

Labour Bulldozes Through Overwhelming Employer Opposition to New Union Access Policy

Documents released by the government show overwhelming employer opposition to the union access proposals set out in the Employment Rights Act. Labour is obviously proceeding anyway...

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thejournal.ie /1 month ago

Unions go looking for cost of living measures in meeting with Government today

A union leader has accused the government of not doing enough for workers ahead of today’s meeting.

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onrec.com /1 month ago

New union rights to access workplaces risk undermining employment relations, says the CIPD

Published byCIPD14 Apr 2026|OpinionNew union rights to access workplaces risk undermining employment relations, says the CIPDOn the Government’s response to the consultation on tra...

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thenational.scot /1 month ago

Scottish Greens to address leading trade union event for first time

The Scottish Greens are set to speak at a leading union event for the first time as they pledge to protect young people from 'exploitation in the workplace'

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brisbanetimes.com.au /2 weeks ago

‘We own Fair Work’: Cairns companies recount decade of CFMEU intimidation

The Commission of Inquiry has heard evidence of intimidation and suspected sabotage by the CFMEU at the $176 million Cairns Convention Centre project.

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brisbanetimes.com.au /2 weeks ago

‘Cannot sell this’: Teachers’ union facing members revolt as crunch meeting looms

A new offer for teachers’ pay and conditions is imminent, but their union is under mounting internal pressure.

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ch-aviation.com /2 weeks ago

Qantas faces union pressure over AI strategy

The Australian Services Union (ASU) has requested an urgent meeting with Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) chief executive Vanessa Hudson regarding the airline's artificial intel...

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australianaviation.com.au /3 weeks ago

Union urges super funds to probe mooted aviation firefighting sale

Super funds with ties to the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), which is reportedly the preferred bidder for the proposal, are being pushed to “carefully investigate” their i...

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irishtimes.com /1 month ago

Unions threaten industrial action as they accuse Government of prioritising business

Workers’ living standards squeezed, Ictu chief says, with Coalition listening to ‘those who shout the loudest’

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freepresskashmir.news /1 week ago

Why workers’ unions and solidarity matter more than ever today

The question surrounding the existence of workers’ organisations in these trying times, full of challenges and crises, has gone beyond the scope of ideologies. In this age, dominat...

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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

UK Employment Rights Act 2025: Collective And Trade Union Rights - May 2026 (UPDATED)

The 2025 Act steps up enforcement, with the new Fair Work Agency, stronger record-keeping duties and an extended window for tribunal claims....By: A&O Shearman

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toledoblade.com /4 weeks ago

Building trades unions emerge as key ally of tech giants in push for AI data centers

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America's...

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australianaviation.com.au /3 days ago

Swissport workers protest company’s ‘dangerously low standards’

More than 100 members of the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) attended the protest at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, calling on Swissport to ensure job security and address “widespre...

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nltimes.nl /1 day ago

Strikes are coming: Trade unions after meeting with gov't on social assistance cuts

The Dutch trade unions will push forward with planned strikes because the government h

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southwalesargus.co.uk /3 days ago

Every trade union in Wales should adopt bilingual policy, congress told

Welsh union leaders are calling for every trade union to adopt a bilingual policy to support the use of the Welsh language in workplaces.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Police memo on bargaining campaign attempt to 'intimidate members' - union

The union says it is driving a pay bargaining campaign that included "active and visible advocacy from a workforce that is legally forbidden to strike".

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labourlist.org /3 weeks ago

Labour affiliated unions demand ‘urgent change’ after ‘catastrophic’ election results

Labour’s affiliated trade unions have demanded an “urgent change in direction” of the government after “catastrophic” local and… The post Labour affiliated unions demand ‘urgent ch...

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dailyrecord.co.uk /1 month ago

Union boss warns struggle continues for millions of workers century on from general strike

For nine days in May 1926, more than two million people across the UK downed tools in solidarity with coalminers.

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