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Pension pact promises some security for 1 million workers 2008-12-29 [Ha'aretz]

Gold Coast construction audit finds 80 breaches 2008-07-25 [Brisbane Times]

 Recruitment and supply of illegal workers hired out as agricultural labourers has become an organised criminal racket: AWU warns 2008-07-25 [The Australian]

 457 plan distorted: unionist 2008-07-25 [The Australian]

Tasmania Bosses deaf to safety pleas, miner says 2008-07-25 [SMH]

Tasmania Webb survived mine collapse after coin toss 2008-07-25 [The Age]

Tasmania Mine rockfall 12 hours before killer cave-in 2008-07-25 [The Age]

Tasmania Survivor had felt unsafe in mine before 2008-07-25 [Launceston Examiner]

Tasmania Public sector union urged to accept deal 2008-07-25 [Launceston Examiner]

 ZCTU pleas for more cash 2008-07-25 [Radio VOP]

 Ivorian union calls for July 31 general strike 2008-07-25 [Reuters]

 Alitalia board to meet on Saturday-union source 2008-07-25 [Reuters]

 De Beers optimistic about talks with S.Africa union 2008-07-25 [Reuters]

 Give workers a voice in climate change solutions 2008-07-24 [The Age]

 Union voices fears on carbon trade 2008-07-24 [The Australian]

 Union behaviour is taught 2008-07-24 [The Age]

 Young workers desert unions 2008-07-24 [The Australian]

Tasmania Beaconsfield wants to move on 2008-07-24 [The Australian]

Tasmania Company apology to mine family 2008-07-24 [The Age]

Tasmania Family of rescued Beaconsfield miner says it feels for the family of Larry Knight 2008-07-24 [ABC]

 Aussie bosses urged to curb worker stress 2008-07-24 [West Australian]

 Workforce survey finds union membership fall 2008-07-24 [Canberra Times]

Tasmania Gunns directors in court to face workplace safety charges 2008-07-24 [Hobart Mercury]

Tasmania Public Service work bans to hit hospitals 2008-07-24 [Hobart Mercury]

 Commission must come clean on targeting construction workers 2008-07-24 [CFMEU]

Employment law change but no shake up under Nats 2008-07-24 [NZPA]

'Get a haircut, don't eat tomatoes, you smell' - extraordinary catalogue of alleged abuse recorded by teenage apprentice 2008-07-24 [The Daily Telegraph]

Faction seeks control of SAG; Major rift in largest actors' union 2008-07-24 [LA Times]

Facing bankruptcy, Midwest sets union bargaining deadline 2008-07-24 [NY Times]

Recognize the UAW again, judge is urged 2008-07-24 [The Toledo Journal]

Legislature mediates Animale's industrial dispute with workers 2008-07-24 [The Jakarta Post]

Union membership falling – Time to build UNITE 2008-07-24 [UNITE]

National Young Workers Conference 2008 2008-07-24 [UNITE]

Nats employment policies would drive down wages 2008-07-24 [EPMU]

Nats workplace wolf in sheeps' clothing 2008-07-24 [NDU]

Jobs should come before profits 2008-07-24 [Workers Party of New Zealand]

Nat policy blueprint for low wages, instability 2008-07-24 [FINSEC]

No sunshine for workers in Nats employment policy 2008-07-24 [NZCTU]

New Zealand research workers start calling for change 2008-07-24 [Unite Union]

Union access blocked illegally by company 2008-07-24 [Unite Union]

Apprentice told 'Get a haircut, you're a fag' 2008-07-24 [News Ltd]

The Oshawa Plant Closing 2008-07-24 [The Bullet]

Use of "disposable" foreign workers continues to spiral out of control in Alberta 2008-07-24 [AFL]

UK: Passport workers strike over pay 2008-07-24 [PSI]

Death at 'unsafe' Fosters workplace - company faces up to $2 million fine 2008-07-24 [AAP]

Ageism most common form of employment discrimination 2008-07-24 [Irish Times]

Almost 200 jobs to go this week 2008-07-24 [Irish Independent]

Workers use equality law to combat discrimination 2008-07-24 [Irish Examiner]

LRC in IMPACT and HSE job freeze dispute 2008-07-24 [Irish Examiner]

LRC intervention in health service jobs freeze dispute 2008-07-24 [IMPACT]

 France ends 35-hour work week 2008-07-24 [RTÉ]

Report indicates private equity results are not so amazing 2008-07-24 [UNI]

Private equity council issues new guidelines 2008-07-24 [UNI]

Unite - Argos strike called off pending ballot 2008-07-24 [Unite]

Unite - 300 Wrexham workers threaten strike over pensions 2008-07-24 [Daily Post]

Unison to enter talks with local govt employers 2008-07-24 [Unison]

GMB Reaction To Hutton’s £2 Billion Regeneration Plan For West Cumbria 2008-07-24 [GMB]

  Metal workers should be given pollution permits: AWU 2008-07-24 [Metal Worker]

Victoria HOWES: Members and families first 2008-07-24 [Geelong Advertiser]

Nats policy will see wages slashed-unions 2008-07-24 [NZPA]

Indigenous peoples feel the blows of government policies 2008-07-24 [CUPE]

Free collective bargaining non-existent 2008-07-24 [CUPE]

Leaders visit displaced Afro-Colombians in Cali 2008-07-24 [CUPE]

CUPE BC to celebrate 30 years of Pride Day 2008-07-24 [CUPE]

IFJ condemns targeted killing of journalist in Northern Iraq 2008-07-24 [IFJ]

IFJ welcomes release of Tunisian jouranlist from prison 2008-07-24 [IFJ]

Masters Programmes for Trade Unionists now Open for Application 2008-07-24 [EI]

IFJ demands Turkey lift ban on workers' television network 2008-07-24 [IFJ]

IFJ calls for end to media repression in Ethiopia 2008-07-24 [IFJ]

Employers campaign against Kiwisaver rights miserable 2008-07-24 [SFWU]

Unite - London bus workers take action over pay and conditions 2008-07-24 [Unite]

Turkish Airlines pilots threaten a one-day strike 2008-07-24 [The Daily News]

Unite member awarded over £1 million after being struck by disqualified driver 2008-07-24 [Unite]

Work-life balance and better security – GWU 2008-07-24 [The Independent]

CAW close to `unique' deal over Oshawa 2008-07-24 [The Star]

Bell dispatch centre workers fight move to Toronto 2008-07-24 [The Spectator]

CUPW opposing Canada Post review 2008-07-24 [The Citizen]

Strike prompts suspension of classes in Laguna 2008-07-24 [GMA News]

Transport strike paralyzes Calabarzon areas--Piston 2008-07-24 [GMA News]

Threats of general strike 2008-07-24 [Afrik]

Potash union serves strike notice 2008-07-24 [The Star-Phoenix]

Ministry gives firm three days to resolve issue of striking workers 2008-07-24 [The Arab Times]

Workers all poorer this year , had reason to strike 2008-07-24 [The Sowetan]

Millions lost as Cosatu takes to the streets 2008-07-24 [The Herald]

Ditsobotla municipality strike enters third week 2008-07-24 [SABC]

Aleris situation 'a lockout,' Quebec says 2008-07-24 [The Gazette]

Union protests firing of Ont. food inspection biologist 2008-07-24 [Canwest]

Striking workers bring business, mines to a halt 2008-07-24 [The Business Report]

Cosatu warns of even bigger strike 2008-07-24 [Business Day]

NUPENG May Resume Strike Monday 2008-07-24 [This Day Online]

Teachers’ Strike: We Can’t Negotiate for States –FG 2008-07-24 [This Day Online]

Drummond Colombia coal miners to end strike 2008-07-24 [Steel Guru]

Dieu to get safety czar 2008-07-24 [Windsor Star]

More than 100,000 jeepney, tricycle drivers to join S. Tagalog strike 2008-07-24 [ABS-CBN News]

Stranded commuters line Laguna roads - report 2008-07-24 [GMA News]

Bus strike ends 2008-07-24 [The Gulf Daily News]

BC unions file Charter challenge against election gag law 2008-07-24 [BCFED]

Stiff warning to erring companies 2008-07-24 [The Times]

Ver.di Union Plans to Call New Strikes at Lufthansa 2008-07-24 [Bloomberg]

Ministers cut own wages to end public sector strike 2008-07-24 [Business Weekly]