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UK Students Join Mobilisations on Climate Change
16 Feb 2019
On February 15, tens of thousands of students in the UK joined the school strike for climate by boycotting classes and taking to the streets in around 60 towns and cities. The previous day, the…
Peoples Dispatch
German Trade Unions Hold Warning Strike Against Delay in Wage Negotiations
14 Feb 2019
Public service employees and teachers in various German cities went on a massive warning strike on February 12 and 13. The unions are demanding a 6% rise in salaries. Two rounds of discussions on…
Prasanth R.
Are We Seeing the Unravelling of the United Kingdom?
20 Jan 2019
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the aftermath of British prime minister Theresa May's historic defeat in the vote on Brexit and its ramifications.
Muhammed Shabeer
The Government Must Recruit 30,000 Teachers on a Permanent Contract: Greek Union
16 Jan 2019
Chrisoula Lampoudi of PAME talks about the ongoing struggle of the teachers against the Greek government’s neoliberal policies in the field of education. The protests have met with brutal repression…
IANS
Theresa May’s Brexit Fails, as PM Faces No Confidence Following Historic Commons Defeat
16 Jan 2019
The House of Commons witnessed 202 votes against 432 with the Tories rejecting May’s proposal setting out the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union on March 29.
Peoples Dispatch
Security Staff At German Airports Go On Strike Demanding Wage Hike
16 Jan 2019
The strike followed a stalemate over the workers’ long-standing demand for a pay rise to a minimum of 20 euros per hour. Some of the airports where workers are striking include Frankfurt, Hamburg,…
Peoples Dispatch
As Historic Defeat Looms Over Brexit, Theresa May Scrambles to Reduce Margin
15 Jan 2019
The first vote on the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by prime minister Theresa May is likely to see her government lose by a massive margin. It may even lead to a no-confidence vote against May.
D. Raghunandan
Brexit: Yes, No, Crash, Redo?
14 Jan 2019
The EU has repeatedly stated that this is the best and only Brexit deal possible, and that it will not re-negotiate it. So, where does that leave the UK and the mandate received from the referendum…
Peoples Dispatch
Irish nurses, midwives to strike demanding increased recruitment
12 Jan 2019
Nurses’ organisations said that the refusal of authorities to recruit more staff was compromising the safety of patients. The number of staff nurses fell by 6% between 2008 and 2018.
Surangya
Yellow Vests Wave Continues With Broader, Transformative Demands
08 Jan 2019
Belying claims by critics that the movement was weakening, 50,000 protesters took to the streets of France over the weekend. Their demands included constitutional reform to introduce referendums on…