Mexican government kill striking workers Mexican Police have shot and killed 2 steelworkers, injured 45 more in recapturing the occupied SICARTSA steel mill in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.
Spain: Supermarket strike in Barcelona to enter second month This Saturday the 22nd of April will mark the end of the first month of an indefinite strike in Barcelona by workers at the Sant Sadurni d'Anoia logistics centre for the major Spanish Supermarket chain Mercadona.
Rail workers may strike across the UK Rail workers across the entire national network are preparing to strike over increases to employee pension contributions.
NYC transit union fined and leader jailed The New York trade union whose workers brought the city's public transport system to a halt last December has been fined $2.5m by the State Supreme Court for the illegal strike.
Strike wave hits US universities Janitors at the University of Miami have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks, and were joined by seven students from the university last Monday.
Tehran bus workers leader released Mansoor Hayat Gheibi, one of the leaders of the Tehran Bus Workers Union was released yesterday following a hunger strike that started last week.
University strikes wind down 12 universities remain disturbed this afternoon (Friday), of which one is blocked (Toulouse II) and one is closed by the university on grounds of safety (Rennes II).
Iran: Wave of strikes shakes Tehran The Iranian government also has an internal crisis on its hands. The country's high level of poverty has triggered a series of intense social struggles.
Terry Wogan: "sympathetic" to strikers, and scab Terry Wogan, one of the BBC's highest paid presenters scabbed on the strike of BBC workers against cuts in 2005.
Canary Wharf cleaners to ballot for strike action Cleaners at some of Britain's leading banks and financial institutions are to vote on strike action after a long-running campaign to make bosses improve working conditions and pay them a living wage.
Rennes postal workers take short strike action in solidarity with blockades Postal workers take short wildcat strike action in support of sorting office-occupying anti-CPE demonstrators.
Successful strike at Opel-GM in Antwerp Belgian car workers won a short strike to demand less work and more workers employed at their plant in Antwerp.