Bangladesh: union leaders arrested as garment wage board meets5 November, 2026At least ten union leaders have been arrested in Bangladesh after weeks of protests by thousands of garment workers demanding a higher minimum wage, as the country’s Minimum Wage Board held its first meeting.
Colombian workers are not alone2 November, 2026The Council of Global Unions (CGU), representing more than 210 million workers worldwide has undertaken an international solidarity mission to Colombia(28-30 October 2026).
Unions build battery supply chain power in Bratislava23 October, 2026Trade unionists from Europe, Asia and Africa met in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 20-21 October 2026 to strengthen union power across the global battery supply chain. The conference focused on organizing, workers’ rights and safe and decent work, including strong health, safety and environmental standards essential for a sustainable supply chain.
Building class consciousness among Tanzania’s young workers22 October, 2026Twenty-six young workers, including 16 women, met in Dar es Salaam on 20-22 October 2026. They examined how working class consciousness can strengthen union strategies to defend workers’ rights.
Union networks take due diligence to the bargaining table19 October, 2026Union networks at Pou Chen, Crystal and Coats are using their cross-border links to write human rights due diligence into collective agreements. This gives workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia a common route to enforce their rights across the same multinational employer.
Unions at BASF push for global dialogue14 October, 2026Unions representing BASF workers in Asia, Europe and Latin America met in Kuantan, Malaysia, on 10 October. Restructuring and job cuts are hitting workers from Germany to Argentina, and the unions recommited to their joint position seeking global recognition and dialogue with the company.
Adidas shirts made for about US$1 an hour13 October, 2026Workers making official Adidas shirts for some of Europe’s biggest football clubs earn a basic wage of about US$1 an hour and work in temperatures above 35°C, a BBC Sport investigation has found. Adidas is refusing to sign an agreement that would let Cambodian garment workers bargain for higher wages and protection from heat stress and harassment.
Ugandan textile union wins gender-based violence clauses in collective agreements11 October, 2026Four collective agreements in Uganda’s textile and garment sector now contain enforceable clauses on gender-based violence and sexual harassment. This comes after women in the Uganda Textile, Garment, Leather and Allied Workers’ Union took the lead on human rights due diligence.
From cobalt mines to car plants: the fight to organize10 October, 2026Put 120 trade unionists from around the world in a room for two days and you get a clear picture of what workers are up against and how they are fighting back. At the global organizing conference in Kuala Lumpur on 8-9 October, the stories came from garment factories in India, cobalt mines in DR Congo, battery plants in Hungary and car plants in Alabama. The countries were different. The challenges were strikingly similar.
Base metals unions adopt Prague declaration1 October, 2026Trade unions from the steel, aluminium, copper, nickel and related metals industries adopted the Prague Declaration on 30 September 2026, insisting that workers must not pay the price of the green transition.
