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Peoples Dispatch
NUMSA Embarks on Strike at Macsteel Against 20% Cut in Salaries
29 May 2020
The company’s management has gone to court seeking an urgent interdict against the industrial action called by NUMSA. The union’s general secretary Irvin Jim said “We reject their attempts to…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Over 4 Lakh School Teachers End 76 Days’ Long Strike Amid COVID-19 Fears, Govt Assures Salary Payment
05 May 2020
“The government has assured us that they will withdraw all actions taken against striking teachers and would pay the salaries of strike period to teachers,” said the president of the Bihar Madhyami…
Peoples Dispatch
South African Court Permits NUMSA to Supply Food to Striking Workers of Lanxess Chrome
19 Mar 2020
Workers had begun a sit-in strike underground in Lanxess’s Rustenburg mine on February 17 against various issues, including sexual harassment and the exploitation of contract workers at the mine.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Patna Municipal Corporation’s Sanitation Workers Strike Enters 4th Day
06 Feb 2020
Meanwhile, in a bid to increase pressure on the striking workers, PMC authorities have lodged FIR in Kotwali police station against six leaders of different unions of the workers for instigating and…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Patna Wakes up to Stench as Sanitation Workers’ Strike Enters Third Day
05 Feb 2020
Grade 4 PMC workers have been protesting against the Nitish Kumar government’s decision to remove them instead of regularising their jobs.
Peoples Dispatch
Workers at Cambodian Casino Win Pay Rise
21 Jan 2020
In a settlement deal offered within a day of the strike, workers of the NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh, clinched an impressive victory.
Peoples Dispatch
Braving Police Crackdown, Greek Telecom Workers Continue Strike
10 Jan 2020
The workers of the OTE telecom company have been on strike since the last week of December, demanding a single collective contract for all workers in the OTE Group.
Peoples Dispatch
Workers in Niger Threaten Strike Action if Revised Minimum Wages are Not Implemented
09 Jan 2020
The Nigerian federal government passed a law in April 2019, mandating an increase in the minimum wage from N18,000 (USD 49.36) to N30,000 (USD 82.27), but employees of State governments are yet to…
Newsclick Team
Why Are 250 Million Indian Workers Going on Strike?
07 Jan 2020
Workers across India are going on strike on January 8, in what is perhaps the biggest such protest in history.
Sumedha Pal
Jan 8 Strike: Culmination of Nation’s Anger Will Be Visible, Say Trade Unions
06 Jan 2020
Two days ahead of the strike, representatives of the unions gathered in Delhi to state that the government is failing to tackle a crisis-ridden economy and is busy in privatising and selling of PSUs…