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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Monday brings a new Photo of the Week to our main page: CGTP members were a large proportion of the thousands who marched through Lisbon on 10 October to demand peace in the Middle East and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. (Photo:CGTP)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We've a new Photo of the Week for you: On 29 September, over 100,000 public sector workers struck for a day to put pressure on the Franch government as it plans yet more cuts to public services. (Photo:CGT)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week just went up. Around 175,000 workers took to the streets across Germany on 21 September, defending jobs, working conditions and demanding investment in the future of the automotive industry.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Photo of the Week: 10,000 public service workers across New Zealand went on strike on 9 September, in a major show of strength in support of fair pay and decent working conditions.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Has your union issued a statement of solidarity yet? If so, please let us know - ericlee@labourstart.org - and we'll share it widely. Thanks!

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is why LabourStart exists. labournewsnetwork.org/2026/09/08/t...

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Photo of the Week: Nurses in the US states of California and Nevada will walk out for a day next week in solidarity with striking comrades in Chicago. 7 have been suspended for speaking out on behalf of patients. (Photo: NNU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week just went up. As the US attacks Canada's manufacturing sector with tariffs, the labour movement is mobilizing to protect Canadian workers. (Photo: Unifor)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

LabourStart’s home page today is dominated by just one news story.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you're in London this Thursday, join me at this important event - a rare chance to meet Ukrainian trade unionists and hear about their struggles and need for solidarity.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For the latest news about workers, unions & the climate crisis, visit the brand new LabourStart page - www.labourstart.org/climate/

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For the latest news about workers, unions & the climate crisis, visit the brand new LabourStart page - www.labourstart.org/climate/

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Monday everyone. Here's a new Photo of the Week for you. Unions representing miners are pressing globally for improved safety. The Pakistan Central Mine Workers Federation is just one of many unions participating in a global campaign co-ordinated by IndustriALL. (Photo: IndustriALL)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A new Photo of the Week just went up, this one from Ottawa, Canada. Healthcare workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, are protesting across Ontario where a right-wing government is cutting healthcare funding in favour of tax cuts for corporations and the rich. (Photo: CUPE)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Photo of the Week: Romanian healthcare workers began a nationwide strike on 28 July over cuts to allowances including payments for night, weekend and holiday work. The workers union, the SANITAS, has the support of the EPSU which is pressing the workers’ case at the EU. (Photo: SANITAS)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Photo of the Week: Thousands of trade unionists, including members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, greeted the US Secretary of State when he visited the Philippines last week. (Photo: KMU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week is from Argentina where far-right President Milei is attacking the pension system. Unions and retired workers are pushing back. (Photo: Data Gremial)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New Photo of the Week. With the election of the former president of the Chamber of Commerce as Luxembourg's new Prime Minister, the labour movement there is now consciously organizing itself to become the only effective opposition to government policies. (Photo: OGB-L)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We have a new Photo of the Week. In June the Building Workers International's Regional Organizing Academy for Pan-Europe took place in Bishkek, bringing together trade union activists from Georgia, Latvia, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan to strengthen a network of organizers across the region. (Photo: BWI)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Photo of the Week: A court in Türkiye has ruled that a prominent trade union activist, Hasan Hüseyin, supported by UNI and the Steelworkers of Canada, was unfairly dismissed and must be reinstated to his position as a TikTok content moderator at Telus. (Photo: UNI)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Photo of the Week: The end of a 6 weeks-long general strike in opposition to government policies organized by the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) was reached late last week. During the strike members of the union's national executive were detained, resulting in a complaint to the ILO. (Photo: COB)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Photo of the Week: Filipino migrant women workers at TaiDoc Technology Corp in Taiwan built a union from nothing and won. Now the company is trying to destroy it. The workers are fighting back. (Photo: TTLU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Photo of the Week: On 3 June trade unions organized a national general strike to protest proposed changes to the country's labour legislation. (Photo: SPGL)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Union members have always stood in the front ranks of the fight against fascism. This is from today’s LabourStart home page.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New Photo of the Week: The trial of Hong Kong trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan concluded on 22 May. ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle said: “The conclusion of this trial is another stark reminder of the shrinking space for trade union rights and civil liberties in Hong Kong." (Photo: ITUC)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

80 years ago today - from LabourStart’s home page:

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Photo of the Week: A care home strike by thousands of members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in the province of Nova Scotia is garnering widespread public support, especially from the families of residents. (Photo: P. Barss)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week: 650 Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund members are on strike in Oslo. Employed by several cleaning contractors, the mostly migrant workers are demanding a wage increase that keeps pace with the Norwegian standard and improved income security, especially when ill. (Photo: UNI)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week comes from Peru where healthcare union FECUT has been able to recruit almost 3,000 new members in a national organising drive following the participation of its leaders in the Organising for Power training programme, developed in partnership with PSI. (Photo: FECUT)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A new LabourStart Photo of the Week was just posted: Last Friday workers in Rome and around the world marched to mark May Day demanding an end to war, social, political and economic justice for all. (Photo: CGIL)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Our newest Photo of the Week is as topical as they get. The trial of 15 women trade union leaders from KESK in Turkey may finally come to an end today. The case stems from the women’s involvement in KESK’s Women’s Assembly, advocating for gender equality and workers’ rights. (Photo: EPSU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Let’s never forget our fallen heroes. (This is from Today in Labour History, which appears every day on LabourStart’s home page.)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, French teachers and union activists, were arbitrarily detained in Iran for 4 years. After intense campaigning by their union and Education International, they were released and arrived back in Paris on 8 April 2026. (Photo: CSEE-ETUCE)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Our latest Photo of the Week: Since the US-Israel attacks on Iran and Lebanon, unions around the world have been joining in the calls for an end to hostilities. This march last week in Lisbon was led by CGTP members. (Photo: CGTP)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Each week we bring you a new photo of workers in action. Last week huge marches across Argentina marked the 50th anniversary of the military coup that still echoes in the country's politics. During the dictatorship thousands of trade unionists were disappeared, tortured and murdered. (Photo: ITUC)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This week's Photo of the Week just went up. Swiss unions are mobilizing for a long fight against a new government austerity programme. 5.2 billion francs are being cut from the federal budget. This despite the 2025 budget surplus. (Photo: SSP-VPOD)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

USA: A Movement Responds: Leaders Rally Around Dolores Huerta After Chávez Allegations msmagazine.com/2026/03/21/a...

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

A new Photo of the Week just went up: Last June the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain organized a protest by cleaners, security and catering staff against outsourcing and exploitative working conditions at University College London on student open day. (Photo: Judy via Flick)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Here’s how unions around the world marked the occasion - on LabourStart.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Our post-IWD Photo of the Week is of Emma Purcell of RMT at United Kingdom's TUC Women's Conference seconding Motion 27 last week at the UK's TUC Women's conference. The motion seeks support for seafarers experiencing menopause while at sea for long periods of time. (Photo: RMT)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

New Photo of the Week at www.LabourStart.org 25 February was the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Tucapel Jiménez Alfaro, leader of the Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF) by agents of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE).

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A new Photo of the Week: On 19 February, as the self-described 'anarcho-capitalist' Milei regime passed labour 'reform' legislation that, among other things, encourages 'dynamic wage rates', Argentina's unions responded with a national general strike and promised more resistance. (Photo:CTA-A)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A new Photo of the Week just went up on our main page. 300 million workers were on strike in just one country last week. India's Joint Platform of Trade Unions organized a general strike on 12 January against governments policies, the new labour codes which just came into effect. (Photo:CITU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Our new Photo of the Week: Students for International Labour Solidarity is a member of Dignity & Rights, a coalition of 30 human and labour rights NGOs campaigning on behalf of Haitian women workers making Gap clothes who were fired for being pregnant and for organising a union. (Photo: SILS)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Every week, LabourStart publishes a photo on our home page. This one was particularly moving, I thought.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

New Photo of the Week just went up on our main page. On 28 January nurses unions around the world organized events in memory of Alex Pretti, the nurse executed by ICE in the US. This candlelight vigil was one of dozens held across Canada. (Photo: CFNU)

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Every week, we post a new photo & caption on LabourStart’s home page. Here’s what the latest looks like:

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We have a new Photo of the Week on our main page. On 12 January 15,000 nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association, were forced out on strike. The walkout is the largest in the history of New York. The key issues relate to the safety of both nurses and their patients. (Photo: NYSNA)

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