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May Day 2026 – Joint Statement: A Feminist Labour Justice Agenda in a Time of Crisis

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This May Day 2026 joint statement from Global Labor Justice, IDWF, WIEGO, and Working Horizons outlines a feminist labour justice agenda in response to rising authoritarianism, funding cuts, and the erosion of worker organizing infrastructure globally. It calls for four urgent shifts: uniting formal and informal workers, acknowledging limits of legal strategies without organized power, contesting corporate-driven economic change, and connecting labour, feminist, climate, democracy, and human rights movements.

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