Women all over Iceland left work at 2:45 on Monday in a co-ordinated action to highlight continuing inequality in society. As well as equal pay and promotion opportunities in the workplace and respect in the home, this year’s special theme was domestic violence.
Residents of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem carried out a sit-in protest Thursday over a strike that has reduced healthcare services across the Palestinian territories and abroad.
Kashmiri leaders and activists organized a sit-in before the UN office in Islamabad on Wednesday to mark the day of invasion and occupation by Indian troops as a black day in the history of Kashmir.
Rail traffic in Greece came to a standstill on Monday at the start of a three-day strike by state railway employees in protest against plans to privatize the loss-making national rail system (OSE).
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), on Monday began a one-week nationwide warning strike to protest the non-implementation of the 57.3 per cent salary increase for their colleagues in universities in the south eastern part of the country.
Truck loaders at Grocery Haulers, Inc., represented by Teamsters Local Union 863, staged a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Wednesday to protest the company’s refusal to negotiate a contract.
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