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CANADA: How a Canadian Union Finally Bested Walmart https://t.co/pC0iTrCC07

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22-10-2012 PERU: Doctors return to work after 33 day long strike wins first pay rise in a decade.

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22-10-1981 USA: The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its previous strike.

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22-10-1976 TURKIYE: Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Union (HAK-İŞ) founded; affiliated with International & European union confederations.

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22-10-1972 CANADA: Feminists in Vancouver found SORWUC – the Service, Office and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada. They aim to represent workers in marginalised, low-paying, largely female-dominated sectors that were not priorities for established unions. https://t.co/owmQ9zNu4u

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22-10-1903 FRANCE: Jean Jaurès, then Deputy for Tarn, met 3,000 strikers from the textile factories of Armentières and 6,000 in Houplines and agreed to plead their cause in the National Assembly.

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CANADA: Hancock issues grave warning to MPs at special committee on Bill C-39 https://t.co/rmDkziOLZl

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21-10-1966 UK: 18 houses and a school were buried when a slag heap collapsed in the mining village of Aberfan, Wales, resulting in 144 deaths including 116 children.

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SERBIA: Open letter to Dejan Kocić on https://t.co/GGICAH02pY https://t.co/nmYmQN1ZJy

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MYANMAR: SEANF Rejection of Junta-backed Myanmar Human Rights Commission, a win for Accountability https://t.co/nKyDVlfkWt

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MALTA: Everyone remembers where they were on 2 September 2026 and 16 October 2017 https://t.co/uRaySX8DYp

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EUROPE: European Unions Rally in Strasbourg Over 'EU Inc' Worker Safeguards https://t.co/jp9O6nPF6C

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NEW ZEALAND: Thousands of tertiary education staff are striking over pay https://t.co/7vo4Zm7JU9

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ARGENTINA: Surprise Buenos Aires Subte strike ends after union leaders released https://t.co/zi9T4EWhFR

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OMAN: Four agreements signed to boost women’s trade union role https://t.co/bZiB42LOjL

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ON: Les membres d'Unifor du secteur de la fabrication à Active Dynamics déclenchent une grève https://t.co/NqKjrfLNGm

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SENEGAL: Workers protest rising living costs ahead of three-day general strike https://t.co/tBgYdvxUPl

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GREECE: Mass Support for the Hospital Doctors’ Strike on 21 October https://t.co/z3ZNmExCg1

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TAIWAN: Micron union in Taiwan to launch strike as bonus dispute escalates https://t.co/nIBBIMPftY

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FRANCE: "Legitimate and enormous anger": French union leader calls on PM Lecornu to respond to protesters' demands https://t.co/yBgGbcZgT7