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South Africa’s Largest Mining Union Seeks Wage Hike From Industry Giants
16 Sep 2019
The union’s demand of a phased wage hike for mine workers, along with other health and housing benefits, is in light of the windfall gains accrued by the mining companies due to soaring prices of the…
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Glass Industry Workers in South Africa Strike for Better Pay and Regularisation
28 Aug 2019
Led by the GIWUSA, the workers have been demanding a hike for 8.5% across the board to counter the cost of living and regularization of the workers hired through labor brokers.
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50,000 Teachers Take Part in New Zealand’s Largest Education Strike
29 May 2019
Unions say that low pay and lack of equity are significant contributors to the escalating teacher shortage and increasing class sizes.
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Belgian Workers Hit the Streets, Demanding Rise in Minimum Wages
16 May 2019
The mobilization was called by the General Federation of Belgian Labor (ABVV/FGTB) as part of the national day of action for more purchasing power and against inequality.
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South African Revenue Service Employees End Strike After Winning Pay Hike, Benefits
02 Apr 2019
The South African Revenue Service offered an 8% wage hike this year and a 2% annual hike for the next two years. The workers’ strike was led by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’…
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Teachers’ Union In Denver Votes To Strike For Fair Wages
24 Jan 2019
The call for strike was given by Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA), which represents about two-thirds of Denver Public Schools’ 5,600 educators.
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Audi Workers In Hungary Agitate For Higher Pay, Benefits
21 Jan 2019
The nearly 11,500 workers at Audi’s plant in Győr receive much lesser salaries than their colleagues in other countries in the region. The two-hour work stoppage on Friday was termed a “warning…
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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,…
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Bank Employees to go on All-India Strike on December 21
20 Dec 2018
AIBOC has called for a strike on December 21, while UFBU has given a strike call for December 26, raising the same demands.
Musawenkosi Cabe / The Dawn News
Workers Reject Eskom’s Wage Hike Proposal, Demand Minimum Wage
12 Jul 2018
After a month of protests and negotiations, then company has been willing to consider only a 6.2% increase