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Egypt One year on the labor revolution is stalling [Egypt Independent] 2012-01-23

Global Take the survey - workers, unions and the net [LabourStart] 2012-01-23

USA More Lockouts as Companies Battle Unions [NYTimes] 2012-01-23

UK Usdaw wins £67 million compensation for former Woolworths workers [Usdaw] 2012-01-21

Colombia ICEM Condemns Assassinations of USO Oilworkers' Leader, His Wife [ICEM] For more info 2012-01-21

Kazakhstan VIDEO: Wounded Kazakh Oil Worker Describes Being Shot During Protests [RFE/Radio Liberty] ActNOW! 2012-01-20

USA Stand With Daniel Lopez: Tell Walmart to Stop Abusing Warehouse Workers [Change.org] 2012-01-20

USA When New Obama Chief of Staff Was NYU Exec, School Ceased Recognizing Union [In These Times] 2012-01-20

UK / Ireland Northern Ireland Finance Minister tells unions to shut up over job predictions [BBC] 2012-01-19

Qatar VIDEO: Interview on Qatar World Cup 2022 labour rights [Al Jazeera] 2012-01-19

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Today's news: 23.01.2012

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Africa Thousands of Implats mine workers on strike in South Africa and Zimbabwe [Reuters] 2012-01-23

Australia / Victoria Toyota blames dollar for 350 job losses [SKY News] 2012-01-23 12 more labour news stories from Australia today

Bulgaria Coal miners call off strike [Reuters] 2012-01-22

Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador Federal cuts could hit atlantic region hard [CBC website] 2012-01-23 15 more labour news stories from Canada today

Costa Rica Public workers plan more strikes over salary-hike dispute [The Tico Times] 2012-01-22

Cyprus EAC technical staff postpone strike measures [The Mail] 2012-01-22

Egypt The Trade Union Freedom Initiative.. Let us work together to issue the Law on Trade Union Freedoms [EDLC] 2012-01-23 2 more labour news stories from Egypt today

Fiji FTUC President's case adjourned [Torture Watch] 2012-01-23

Georgia Georgia Under Pressure to Change Labour Laws [Turkish Weekly] 2012-01-23

Guatemala Mass dismissals at municipal council in Guatemala [ITUC] 2012-01-22

India / West Bengal Tea plantation workers to hold relay hunger strike [IBN] 2012-01-22 1 more labour news stories from India today

Israel The Israeli labour court decision to pay compensation to the workers from Gaza Strip according to the Egyptian Law consider as a serious violation of international private law and the decision of the Supreme Court in Israel, who approved the operation of [AWUI] 2012-01-22

Italy How strike impacted economy [The Nation] 2012-01-22

New Zealand Ports action puts Auckland businesses and jobs at risk [NZCTU] 2012-01-22

Nigeria We suspended strike, mass protests to avoid massacre —Owei Lakemfa [The Tribune] 2012-01-22 1 more labour news stories from Nigeria today

Serbia Power plant workers continue strike [B92] 2012-01-22

South Africa / Free State COSATU statement on the impasse between Greater Mangaung taxi operators and Mangaung Metro on the use of a new taxi rank [COSATU] 2012-01-22 1 more labour news stories from South Africa today

Tanzania Doctors vow to go on strike [The Citizen] 2012-01-22

Tunisia January 25th Intermediary Workers General Strike Suspended [Tunesia Live] 2012-01-22

UK BMA and RCN pensions statement - UNISON response [UNISON] 2012-01-22 3 more labour news stories from UK today

USA / Asia National Science Board Report: US Losing Research and Development Jobs To Asia [Truthout] 2012-01-23 10 more labour news stories from USA today

Zimbabwe Rail union goes to Supreme Court to challenge National Railways of Zimbabwe attack on union registration [NewsDay] 2012-01-23 1 more labour news stories from Zimbabwe today