MEMPHIS SANITATION WORKERS WHOSE DEATHS INSPIRED MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FINAL SPEECH RECEIVE MINUTE'S SILENCE

Minute's silence honours Memphis workers whose deaths inspired Martin Luther King's final speech... READ MORE›

WORKERS AT AMAZON'S MAIN ITALIAN HUB, GERMAN WAREHOUSES STRIKE ON BLACK FRIDAY

Amazon employs around 1,600 people on a permanent basis at the Piacenza site, the first it built in the country after launching its Italian website in 2010... READ MORE›

WORLD CUP FANS FACE TRAVEL CHAOS AS TALKS FAIL IN IRISH RAIL DISPUTE

Fans heading to Ireland's World Cup play-off game against Denmark in Dublin next week face travel chaos after talks to resolve the Irish Rail dispute failed... READ MORE›

MCDONALD'S WORKERS TO COORDINATE STRIKE WITH ALLIES AROUND WORLD

We don't trust McDonald's to deliver these guaranteed hours to workers, he said... READ MORE›

I DON'T NEED TO BE LECTURED

John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border crazies... READ MORE›

NO 10 FACES BACKLASH FROM LABOUR AND UNIONS OVER PUBLIC SECTOR PAY CAP LIFT

A Labour government will end the public sector pay cap and give all workers the pay rise they deserve and so desperately need, he said... READ MORE›

80,000 MIGRANTS RE-HIRED WITHOUT NEED TO LEAVE COUNTRY

About 80,000 migrant workers in Taiwan whose contracts are up for renewal have been granted permission to stay, the Ministry of Labor reported on Thursday... READ MORE›

MPS TO DEBATE STRIKE LAW REFORMS

The Trades Union Bill proposes minimum turnouts in strike ballots time limits on mandates for industrial action and changes to political levies... READ MORE›

NHS STAFF STRIKE IN DISPUTE OVER PAY

Workers from seven trade unions took part from 07 00 to 11 00 BST in England, while two unions were involved in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

CLEANERS AT LONDON HOSPITALS STAGE SEVEN-DAY STRIKE OVER PAY

Since Serco came there has been a lot of changes, said one cleaner at the Royal London... READ MORE›

FEAR OF TRUMP TRIGGERS DEEP SPENDING CUTS BY NATION'S SECOND-LARGEST UNION

An internal memo outlines plans to slash budgets by 30 percent at SEIU, the group behind the Fight for 15... READ MORE›

TUC FEARS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA RESTRICTIONS

Frances O Grady said an attack on trade unions was unfinished business for some elements within governments ... READ MORE›

AUSTRIAN TRADE UNION UNDER FIRE FOR FB POLL SUGGESTING MUSLIMS BE STRIPPED OF CHRISTMAS BONUS'

Austrian trade union under fire for FB poll suggesting Muslims be stripped of Christmas bonus' -- RT News... READ MORE›

'WE'RE CHEATED, FIRST IN INDIA, THEN IN QATAR'

'We're cheated, first in India, then in Qatar' how World Cup workers are deceived... READ MORE›

FEAR OF TRUMP TRIGGERS DEEP SPENDING CUTS BY NATION'S SECOND-LARGEST UNION

An internal memo outlines plans to slash budgets by 30 percent at SEIU, the group behind the Fight for 15... READ MORE›

ALL-OUT STRIKE AT BUS EIREANN WILL BEGIN AT MIDNIGHT

The National Bus and Railworkers Union NBRU has announced an immediate all-out strike at Bus Eireann from midnight... READ MORE›

JASON MOYER-LEE: WHY THE GIG ECONOMY IS A THREAT TO US ALL

His involvement in trade unions stems from his student days at Soas University of London... READ MORE›

CHRISTMAS STRIKE MISERY AS POST OFFICE WORKERS STAGE FIVE-DAY WALKOUT AND RAIL SERVICES ARE HIT BY INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Britain is facing Christmas strike chaos as militant unions have announced walk-outs at the Post Office and on one of the country's busiest railway lines... READ MORE›

Dr Craig Spencer A doctor recently returned from Guinea is in isolation at a New York city hospital... READ MORE›

TUBE DRIVERS VOTE TO GO ON STRIKE

Mail online uk tube drivers set for strike action after colleague is sacked for failing two alcohol breath tests 15 hrs ago... READ MORE›

AFL-CIO MAY DELAY ENDORSEMENT OF CLINTON AS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Exclusive AFL-CIO may delay endorsement of Clinton as 2016 presidential candidate... READ MORE›

UNION PAYING SOUTHERN RAIL CONDUCTORS A?300 A WEEK TO STRIKE

Mr Cash, a Jeremy Corbyn-backer, took up the post at the head of the RMT after the death of the far-left union baron Bob Crow... READ MORE›

TUBE DRIVERS VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION OVER 24 HOUR TUBE

London Underground LU drivers have voted to strike for 24 hours over pay and the introduction of a new all-night service union Aslef said... READ MORE›

GREEKS WALK OUT IN GENERAL STRIKE OVER CUTS

Thousands of people stopped work on Wednesday and marched through Athens to demonstrate over the measures being demanded by international lenders... READ MORE›

TALKS TO RESUME IN NIGHT SERVICE DISPUTE

LU and the unions had been trying to reach a deal over the introduction of the new night Tube service... READ MORE›

HOW WELL OFF ARE LONDON'S TUBE STAFF AND WHY ARE THEY STRIKING?

Tube drivers get 43 days in annual leave, significantly more than soldiers 30, firefighters 28, nurses 27, teachers 28 and police officers 22 ... READ MORE›

CARE UK WORKERS CELEBRATE PAY OFFER TO END 90 DAYS OF STRIKES

Staff who transferred to Care UK from Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust would receive an additional 500 non-consolidated payment next month... READ MORE›

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WORKERS TO JOIN STRIKE

Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to join a strike over labour reforms that has already paralysed oil refineries and triggered fuel shortages... READ MORE›

OBAMA DANCED TO KENYA'S BIGGEST NIGHTCLUB JAM DURING HIS AFRICA TRIP

During his two-day trip to Kenya, US President Barack Obama performed Kenya's version of Gangham Style on Saturday night at Nairobis State House... READ MORE›

JOHN MCDONNELL PLEDGES NO MORE MIKE ASHLEYS, NO MORE PHILIP GREENS

John McDonnell reflected the feelings of more than just the Labour conference when he said the free market must be brought to heel... READ MORE›

TATA STEEL WORKERS IN STRIKE BALLOT

Trade unions accuse Tata Steel of being hell bent on closing the pension scheme and refusing to compromise... READ MORE›

AIR PASSENGERS FACE CHRISTMAS MISERY AS BAGGAGE HANDLERS ANNOUNCE STRIKE

More than 1,500 members of the Unite union employed at Heathrow, Gatwick and 16 other UK airports will stage a 48-hour strike starting on December 23... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER SPIRE LIT BLUE, WHITE AND RED IN SOLIDARITY WITH FRANCE

Paris attacks New York's One World Trade Center spire lit blue, white and red in solidarity with France... READ MORE›