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NETHERLANDS: Court victory for posted non-EU driver in the Netherlands etf-europe.org/court-victory-…

21-03-1884 FRANCE: The Waldeck-Rousseau law authorizes the creation of professional unions, but requires the filing of statutes and the names of directors.

21-03-1857 AUSTRALIA: Trade unionist and suffragist Alice Henry is born in Melbourne. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hen…

21-03-1804 FRANCE: Article 1781 of the Civil Code stipulates that in the event of a dispute over wages, the word of the boss prevails over that of the worker before the courts (repealed in 1868).

LEBANON / ISRAEL: Journalist killed in Israeli air strike in Beirut ifj.org/media-centre/n…

EUROPE: Inside the Voices Festival in Florence: Key moments that sparked conversation europeanjournalists.org/blog/2026/03/1…

IRAN / USA: International unions condemn US-Israel war on Iran greenleft.org.au/2026/1449/worl…

COLOMBIA: Oil Workers Threaten Strike Unless Ecopetrol CEO Quits bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW ZEALAND: How a crucial 45-minute meeting between ministers took pay equity claims away from tens of thousands of women rnz.co.nz/news/top/59010…

USA: Sex workers are fighting to own their likenesses in an AI world 19thnews.org/2026/03/sex-wo…

INDONESIA: Journalists assaulted while reporting on tin mining dispute ifj.org/media-centre/n…

TANZANIA: Union, Zanzibar govts move to expand job opportunities dailynews.co.tz/union-zanzibar…

GLOBAL: CSW70: Decent work recognised as essential for women’s access to justice ituc-csi.org/csw-70-ituc-st…

SOUTH AFRICA: Collective bargaining changes lives for South African workers industriall-union.org/collective-bar…

INDIA: Unions unite around organizing and Just Transition industriall-union.org/india-council-…

MEXICO: CISO Denounces Shooting of Striking Tornel Workers mexicosolidarity.com/quebec-labour-…

SOUTH AFRICA: Bus strike looms over Easter weekend as wage talks deadlock witness.co.za/news/2026/03/1…

GERMANY: Bus and tram strikes hit several states hard dw.com/en/germany-new…

SAUDI ARABIA / GLOBAL: Cease and desist: Saudi Arabia wants a repeat of the Qatar World Cup – little or no accountability over the treatment of migrant workers josimarfootball.com/2026/03/19/cea…

ROMANIA: 30,000 bank workers in Romania to be left without sector-wide collective bargaining protections uniglobalunion.org/news/30000-ban…