Significant dates in labour history.
- November 01 - Malbone Street Wreck occurs on the first day of the BLE strike in 1918 in the U.S.; the first congress of the International Trade Union Confederation is held; the International Harvester strike of 1979–80 began
- November 02 - Brian Behan died
- November 03 - Nathan Feinsinger died; the U.S. Supreme Court decided Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild Inc.; Dennis McDermott was born
- November 04 - Tomasz Arciszewski was born; James Green was born
- November 05 - Eugene V. Debs was born; Nimrod Workman was born; Agustín Tosco died; the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike began
- November 06 - Lloyd McBride died
- November 08 - Ed Boyce was born; the 1892 New Orleans general strike began
- November 09 - Congress of Industrial Organizations founded in the U.S.; Philip Murray died; Danny Greene was born; the Chicago Federation of Labor is founded
- November 11 - Centralia massacre occurs in the U.S.
- November 12 - Bituminous coal strike of 1974 begins in the U.S.; the Democratic Confederation of San Marino Workers is formed
- November 13 - The UK firefighter dispute 2002–03 begins; Karen Silkwood died; the International Typographical Union begins publishing the Green Bay News-Chronicle during a strike
- November 14 - The High Court of Australia issues its ruling in New South Wales v Commonwealth, upholding the validity of WorkChoices; Daniel J. Tobin died; the 2007 German national rail strike began
- November 15 - Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions founded in the U.S.; Raymond McKay was born
- November 16 - Jean Maitron died; the Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers is founded; Georges Marchais died
- November 17 - Harold J. Gibbons died
- November 18 - Chris Watson died
- November 19 - William J. McCarthy died; Joe Hill is executed; the National Writers Union is formed
- November 20 - Giles Hart was born; Richard Cordtz died
- November 21 - William Green died; the Columbine Mine massacre occurred in 1927 in the U.S.
- November 22 - David McDonald was born; Philip Murray is elected president of the CIO
- November 23 - Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. died
- November 24 - Charles Millard died
- November 25 - George Mock died; the 2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute begins in New Zealand; Ted Saskin becomes executive director of the NHLPA in 2005
- November 26 - The National Confederation of the Trade-Union Organizations of Ukraine is formed; Nimrod Workman died; Eliot V. Elliott died
- November 27 - Donald Richberg died
- November 28 - The U.S. Supreme Court decides Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America; André Morell died; William McFetridge was born
- November 29 - John P. Frey died
- November 30 - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones died; the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea is formed