The protests organized across the country by workers outside the formal trade unions is a sign of the growing realization of the need for collective bargaining and united struggles.

The mass mobilization comes a day after President Lula da Silva presented a new law to the National Congress to end the 6×1 work week, a new effort in the years-long struggle for the same.

The introduction of four new labor codes and the repeal of the national rural employment guarantee program by the ultra-right-wing government is widely opposed, as it may further increase the economic misery of India’s majority working population.

Resistance to proposed labor law changes in Portugal persists following a major general strike on December 11.

Many workers in Pakistan are not paid minimum wage, which unions claim is already inadequate to fulfill their basic needs

Unions accuse TCS, despite recording growth and profit, of using cruel and illegal methods to force thousands of its employees out in complete violation of labor laws.

TCS, India’s largest software company, has announced plans to layoff around 2% of its global workforce this year which would translate into over 12,000 mid and senior-level employees losing their jobs.

The strike was called by the trade unions and farmers groups against anti-workers labor codes and failures of the government to enact a legal support price for farm products.

A proposal was recently introduced by the Karnataka state government, where India’s major IT companies are located, to increase the maximum working hours from 10 to 12, despite opposition from trade unions.

Hundreds of million Indian workers are ready to strike on May 20 to demand higher minimum wages and a rollback of BJP’s anti-worker policies

Jutt, a long term Nestlé employee, was fired by the management for trying to form a union. He self-immolated after a decade-long legal battle.

Railways, one of the largest public sectors in Pakistan with over 70,000 active workers and the most important source of transportation for millions, has long faced government neglect and mismanagement