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GLOBAL / SLOVAKIA: Unions build battery supply chain power in Bratislava https://t.co/hcUIOxpbwy

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TUNISIA: IFJ passes solidarity motion with imprisoned journalists https://t.co/gx6onyfvcT

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GERMANY: Volkswagen Confirms 12,000 Additional Job Cuts as Union Sets January Strike Deadline https://t.co/Wb2O5IhwKG

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FRANCE: Rail workers join November strike https://t.co/QlvrQynV7l

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SPAIN: More than 2,500 company committees join the general strike on November 11 https://t.co/LJp0EqahIh

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PAKISTAN: Four years without justice for murdered journalist Arshad Sharif https://t.co/RS8mFIlLpP

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LEBANON: A crucial meeting of Ogero’s Workers’ Union executive council: the union is considering major escalation, including an open-ended strike https://t.co/zfC3xmi6Sf

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INDIA: Maid to order: Mumbai’s app-based domestic workers face pay cuts, safety gaps and eroding ties with employers https://t.co/dLtYDhsxa6

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PORTUGAL: The largest Portuguese union denounces the "repressive action" after the eviction of the housing camps https://t.co/GujGUpOlyz

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BANGLADESH: How vulnerability is structurally produced for Bangladeshi migrant workers https://t.co/hsompovblY

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SOUTH KOREA: KCTU Election Begins Amid Social Dialogue Debate https://t.co/UDfh1GXCdY

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COLOMBIA: Global unions to converge in Bogota in solidarity with Colombian trade union movement, October 29-30 https://t.co/aR3JHL8JZL

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Our latest Photo of the Week is from Portugal where 17 October saw a national one-day warning strike by Portuguese public sector workers organized by CGTP. The issue? Wages that are not keeping pace with increasing costs. (Photo: CGTP)

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PORTUGAL / SPAIN: Spanish and Portuguese unions discuss joint general strike https://t.co/ChWb4ef5ku

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26-10-1948 FRANCE: The police invade the Gard basin. The mason Max Chaptal, who was demonstrating with the miners, is killed by a machine-gun bullet fired by a tank. There are also 8 seriously injured.

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26-10-1849 FRANCE: Police forces seize three mines in Alès during a strike that began on October 1. The operation resulted in the death of a miner and 400 arrests. The strike ended on November 29, after two deaths.

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26-10-1825 USA: After 8 years and over 1,000 dead, mostly Irish migrants, the Erie Canal is open, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

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MALAYSIA: Who protects workers from the haze? https://t.co/7tstE7nReW

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NORWAY: Tripartite “superpower” to help roll out AI in Norwegian working life https://t.co/WqnW5oRYGF

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SOUTH KOREA: Resident physician vacancies lead to 200 nurses being reassigned… Seoul National University Hospital union declares “indefinite strike starting the 28th” https://t.co/Lga6NCChWU