general strikes

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Planning a general strike on Monday, a group of public employees in Erbil has formed a council to demand the government end its ... The group called for a general strike on Monday with a rally in front of the Kurdistan Region parliament and invited all civil servants to join them.

KOZHIKODE: CITU State general secretary Elamaram Kareem has informed that the general strike called by association of employees' organisations against the Central government's recruitment policy will observed 24 hours. The strike will be held from April 1 midnight to April 2 midnight. The joint strike ...

South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has called for a general strike on 25th of April against the introduction of the National Minimum Wage Bill, and the amendments proposed to Labour Relations Act (LRA) and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA). National Minimum Wage Bill, ...

The growth of conflict in the car works during the pre-war years represented more than simply conflicts over the size of the pay packet. After the turn of the century, it was the railway and metal-working industries in North America that sought to maximize profits through the assertion of greater control over the ...

Sanitas, the most powerful doctors' union organization in Romania, has decided to start the general strike after Easter. The employees in the public healthcare system are unhappy that the salary increases between 70% and 170% that the government announced at the beginning of March are only on paper ...

Strikes erupted afresh on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte and the return to school was delayed on Monday, after French military police tried and failed at 4 a.m. on Sunday to crush strike pickets outside the port at Longoni. Police used the trade unions' calls to temporarily halt the general strike for a ...

A day-long national general strike is scheduled in Italy on Thursday 8 March - International Women's Day - threatening the country's education and public transport sectors, including air and rail travel. Backed by Italian trade unions and the Non Una di Meno feminist movement, the strike is aligned with a ...

It's not enough to have an age limit on assault rifles and have better background checks on the buyers of guns. We need stricter regulations on gun control and should ban assault weapons. Congress is not willing to take any action and it's appalling that our children have to tell the adults what to do, so let's ...

Two hundred thousand women filled the streets of Barcelona with purple on March 8. It was International Women's Day and they were joining in Spain's first women's strike and the largest day of protest by women in Spanish history. Women of all ages chanted, smiled, sang and held onto one another. Many of the ...