Bolivian miners strike against Morales pension reform The Bolivian government has lost over $1.5 million due to a strike at the country's largest tin mine, Huanuni, where workers are demanding a deeper pension reform.
TV Times - 2 - 8 August 2008 This weeks pick is a telling documentary which presents reels of amateur video footage shot in Europe in the 1930's which innocently and unknowingly charts the rise of anti-Semitism and Nazism.
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Strike in the docks of Constanta in Romania, 2008 An account and analysis of the largely successful strike of Romanian dockers over pay and shift working in 2008.
Scottish council workers set strike date 150,000 Scottish council employees in Unison, Unite and the GMB have set a date for their strike action over a sub-inflation pay offer which would see schools shut, rubbish uncollected and other frontline services hit.
Lufthansa strike ends Lufthansa and its main union on Friday ended a five-day strike that disrupted air traffic in Germany and highlighted the pressure for higher…
Arnie terminates California state workers California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order to sack 22,000 state workers and reduce 200,000 to the minimum wage.
South African Telekom workers begin three-day strike Around 14,000 Telkom employees will be going on strike from today (August 1st) over an unresolved wage dispute with management.
Grenada: electricity workers strike About 100 employees of the Grenada Electricity Company (GRENLEC) stayed off the job yesterday, for the second consecutive day, to press for a…
Lufthansa workers strike in Frankfurt and Hamburg A walkout mouse paralyzed the Monday operations of Lufthansa AG in Frankfurt and Hamburg after airline officials and unionized workers deadlocked over salary increase negotiations.
14,000 workers strike in Vietnam Nearly 14,000 workers at a South Korean footwear company in Vietnam have gone on strike to demand higher salaries, blaming the action on rising…
Rail workers strike over pay Railway maintenance workers have begun an 18-hour strike in protest against their present pay and conditions package.