- Upwards of 300 Palestinians and their international supporters, rallied near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza on Wednesday to call for the crossing to be opened, thus putting an end to the three year siege.
- Close to 6,000 people marched in Manila on Wednesday to protest any attempt to amend the constitution and scrap next year’s presidential election.
- South African Broadcasting Corporation employees staged a sit-in outside the CEO’s office to protest the corporation’s failure to implement a pay increase.
- 200 construction workers at an oil refinery in Lindsey, England staged a walk-out to protest job cuts.
- Bus drivers in China’s Bazhong City went on strike over low wages, but returned to their posts when the municipal government agreed to negotiate a pay increase.
- Several homeowners and members of a non profit organization protested outside Chase Bank in Howland, Ohio yesterday to demand that the financial institution help customers obtain affordable home loan resolutions.
- More than 600 prison guards in New South Wales Australia are going on strike to protest the planned privatization of one of the area’s prisons.
