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Kaiser Permanente workers win 21% raise over 4 years after strike: The health care giant and the coalition of unions that walked out for three days earlier this ...
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Kaiser Permanente workers win 21% raise over 4 years after strike
Quick Glance: Kaiser Permanente and Unions Reach Preliminary Agreement
  • Kaiser Permanente and the unions have reached a preliminary agreement.

  • Staffing shortages at Kaiser Permanente were caused by pandemic burnout, leading millions of healthcare workers to leave their jobs.

  • The unions also raised concerns about the company outsourcing work to third-party vendors, which was another key issue during negotiations.

  • The previous labor agreement between the unions and the company expired on September 30, but hospitals and emergency rooms remained open during the strike.
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Lyft and Uber drivers’ largest strike yet, briefly explained: The protests spotlight how gig workers lack basic labor protections.
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Lyft and Uber drivers’ largest strike yet, briefly explained
Quick Glance: Lyft Stock Surges with Celebrities and Layoffs
  • Lyft exceeds Q4 profit estimates and projects positive cash flow in 2024.

  • Erin Brewer revised 2024 growth projection from 5% to 0.5%.

  • Rides to stadiums up over 35% driven by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and sports events.

  • New CEO David Risher leads Lyft in aggressive restructuring plan with layoffs and cost reductions.
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Pizza Hut workers at an L.A. restaurant strike, alleging wage theft: Although the number of striking workers is small, the wage-theft problem they are ...
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Pizza Hut workers at an L.A. restaurant strike, alleging wage theft
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Labor Sec. Bienvenido Laguesma warns that the legislated P100 minimum wage hike can cause a deep impact on operations and wage distortion. But he assures ... Show more
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Transport turnaround in Hamburg: Not everything is gold: Hamburg wants to achieve a transport transition with the MOIA shuttle service. The drivers complain ...
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Transport turnaround in Hamburg: Not everything is gold
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Uber driver claims he earns below minimum wage ahead of strike : Florin Talos said he works up to 60 hours every week
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Uber driver claims he earns below minimum wage ahead of strike
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Kwara workers threaten strike over wage award, others: The Joint Kwara Labour Congress, on Tuesday, has threatened to embark on a strike should the state ...
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Kwara workers threaten strike over wage award, others
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Minimum wage, tolls and timetable changes on the railway: Huge changes in December 2023
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Minimum wage, tolls and timetable changes on the railway: Huge changes in ...
Quick Glance: Germany in December 2023: New Regulations and Dates
  • Tenants to receive 2022 utility bills statements

  • Key dates for mail delivery to Germany

  • Deutsche Post advises sending letters by December 21st for Christmas

  • Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia closed from December 21st to January 6th
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Union janitors on Long Island vote to strike if Dec. 31 contract deadline isn't resolved
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Union janitors on Long Island vote to strike if Dec. 31 contract deadline ...
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Metalworkers' collective agreement: agreement on 8.6 percent: Up to a gross income of just under 4,200 euros, the increase is ten percent. The gross minimum wage ...
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Metalworkers' collective agreement: agreement on 8.6 percent
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Hard-fought agreement for social economy KV: salaries rise by 9.2 percent: The minimum wage in private care and health care and social sector is now 2,067 ...
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Hard-fought agreement for social economy KV: salaries rise by 9.2 percent
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Workers stage strikes, police deployed to secure Bekasi area: Police deploy hundreds of personnel and divert traffic as national strike begins.
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Workers stage strikes, police deployed to secure Bekasi area
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Unions double down on strike threat after wage announcements: Following Tuesday’s announcements of the 2024 provincial minimum wages, labor leader Said Iqbal ...
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Unions double down on strike threat after wage announcements
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Hubertus Heil: "You shouldn't think the other person is stupid": From budget crises to rail strikes - negotiating skills are more in demand than ever in politics ...
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Hubertus Heil:
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Millions of workers to strike over 2024 minimum wage: Unions: Labor unions have expressed their dissatisfaction with the 2024 minimum wage formula and announced ...
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Millions of workers to strike over 2024 minimum wage: Unions
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Unison school strikes: Schools and nurseries across four council areas close as support staff go on strike
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Unison school strikes: Schools and nurseries across four council areas ...
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More than 75,000 Kaiser workers go on strike amid clash on wages: The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions said unions were negotiating wages and other issues ...
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More than 75,000 Kaiser workers go on strike amid clash on wages
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Collective bargaining dispute: rail union sticks to 50-hour warning strike: An ultimatum passed without result. Now rail workers want to strike for two days as ...
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Collective bargaining dispute: rail union sticks to 50-hour warning strike
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Quick Glance: Major Railway Strike from Sunday: EVG to Paralyze Train Traffic for 50 Hours
  • Next nationwide warning strike at the railway is imminent

  • EVG announces details of upcoming labor dispute

  • In wage dispute with employers, EVG plans to paralyze train traffic nationwide from Sunday evening for 50 hours

  • Deutsche Bahn's head of personnel, Martin Seiler, to speak on Thursday at 11:15 am at Cologne Central Station
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Labour warns FG over delayed MOU, threatens strike: The organised Labour has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the Memorandum of ...
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Labour warns FG over delayed MOU, threatens strike
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Today's Biggest Headlines ======= Here are some of the news that you should not miss this morning: 1. Multiple taxation: Tinubu panel asks govt to drop 190 ... Show more
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N30,000 minimum Wage: Bayelsa teachers threaten indefinite strike: The Nigeria Union of Teachers has threatened to commence an indefinite strike in public ...
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N30,000 minimum Wage: Bayelsa teachers threaten indefinite strike
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Scotland schools: Strikes set to go ahead as engagement fails: Strikes in 24 of Scotland’s local authorities are set to go ahead this week after councils and a ...
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Scotland schools: Strikes set to go ahead as engagement fails
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Unite rejects branch that told members to cross Scottish school strikes picket line
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Unite rejects branch that told members to cross Scottish school strikes ...
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Labour suspends planned strike: The organised labour rescinded the decision to go on with its planned strike in a Memorandum of ...
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: Labour suspends planned strike
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One union leader said some staff couldn’t even afford groceries their own employers were selling. Full story: bit.ly/ColesWooliesProtest
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Fuel Subsidy: Shelve your planned strike, Abbas tells NLC: Mr Abbas said the strike, if embarked upon, will aggravate the current economic challenges facing the ...
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Fuel Subsidy: Shelve your planned strike, Abbas tells NLC
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Nigerian President #BolaTinubu raises minimum wage for 6 months amid workers calling off their indefinite strike. The country marks its 63rd Independence Day ... Show more
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Lincat workers continue strike as company 'refuses' to engage: They are demanding a pay rise
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Lincat workers continue strike as company 'refuses' to engage
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Wrigley Field concessions workers authorize strike ahead of the final home weekend of the Chicago Cubs’ regular season
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Wrigley Field concessions workers authorize strike ahead of the final home ...
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Spain's women footballers call off strike after deal reached in pay row: The new deal will increase the minimum wage for the women's league to €23,500 (£20 ...
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Spain's women footballers call off strike after deal reached in pay ...
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The TUC’s misguided war on the Tory strike crackdown: The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has vowed to report the government to the UN workers' rights watchdog over ...
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The TUC’s misguided war on the Tory strike crackdown
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Los Angeles public school district, service workers reach bargaining agreement: The agreement comes following a three-day strike that closed schools.
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Los Angeles public school district, service workers reach bargaining ...
Quick Glance: The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers' union have reached an agreement.
  • Following a three-day strike, the Los Angeles Unified School District and Service Employees International Union Local 99 reached an agreement, officials announced at a news conference Friday evening.

  • CNN has contacted the school district and the union for additional information.

  • According to a school district news release, if the agreement is ratified, it will be in effect until June 30, 2024.

  • Separate contact negotiations are taking place between the United Teachers Los Angeles union and the district.
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US actors' union strike: Everything you need to know: Hollywood and the creative industry at large has been dealt another blow following the announcement of ...
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US actors' union strike: Everything you need to know
Quick Glance: SAG strike disrupts films and shows beyond Hollywood
  • Production on many shows already impacted by the US screenwriters strike in May.

  • Now, with Hollywood actors joining the writers on union picket lines, studios have come to a halt.

  • Filmmaker Shawn Williamson, founder of Brightlight Pictures, compares it to driving into a lot during Covid.

  • The Canadian film and television industry heavily relies on American writers, actors, and studios.
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Manitoba minister attacks NDP and union in video about liquor stores strike: Progressive Conservative ministers blasts NDP ‘and their union friends’ for Manitoba ...
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Manitoba minister attacks NDP and union in video about liquor stores ...
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Can a voluntary progressive wage system work?: A letter from DR GOH LIM THYE, Senior lecturer Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya.
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Can a voluntary progressive wage system work?
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Hollywood's writers are on strike. Here are five things you need to know: Hollywood's writers have gone on strike for the first time in 15 years amid a sea ...
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Hollywood's writers are on strike. Here are five things you need to know
Quick Glance: Here's What Will Happen to Your Favorite TV Show If Writers Go On Strike
  • It would be the first WGA strike since a 100-day strike in 2007.

  • But, while we can look back to that strike for some guidance, the times are a-changin', and things are looking a little different these days.

  • The strike would occur during the summer, when most major-network TV shows (Abbott Elementary, the Chicago procedurals, Ghost, and so on) are wrapping up for the season.

  • Streamers have already altered how we watch television, so how they handle a strike will reveal exactly how much they rely on American staff writers.
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Doctors in Nigeria continue strike action over pay and conditions | Africanews: Thousands of doctors in Nigeria have walked out over pay and conditions ...
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Doctors in Nigeria continue strike action over pay and conditions | ...
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'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections
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'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum ...
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Today's Headlines: Hotel worker strike begins: Plus: Migrants continue to arrive on Texas buses and West Hollywood reaches the highest minimum wage in the ...
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Today's Headlines: Hotel worker strike begins
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Wage dispute with EVG: Why rail strikes are still possible: Although the 50-hour strike at Deutsche Bahn is off the table for the time being following a ...
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Wage dispute with EVG: Why rail strikes are still possible
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Germany ticket, minimum wage: That will change in May: The Deutschlandticket starts on May 1st. In view of the pandemic situation, the federal government is also ...
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Germany ticket, minimum wage: That will change in May
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EVG: "We could paralyze the railway for weeks": Further warning strikes on the railways are very likely after the latest wage round. Both sides blame each other ...
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EVG:
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Railway cleaners launch first ever national strike over pay: Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) who work as cleaners for several rail ...
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Railway cleaners launch first ever national strike over pay
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Göttingen train station: train cancellations despite canceled train strike: The 50-hour strike on the railways was averted on Saturday, but there will still be ...
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Göttingen train station: train cancellations despite canceled train strike
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Amazon raises hourly warehouse pay to £11 as strikes threatened: Online retailer says minimum pay has risen by 10% in past seven months and 37% since 2018
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Amazon raises hourly warehouse pay to £11 as strikes threatened
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LAX catering workers launch unfair labor practice strike: The employees’ primary aim is to secure a significant raise to keep pace with the soaring cost of ...
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LAX catering workers launch unfair labor practice strike
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Progressives have a new minimum wage goal: $20 and up: After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to ...
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Progressives have a new minimum wage goal: $20 and up
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Insider reveals breakdown of six months of pay talks at Fife firm which could lead to strike action
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Insider reveals breakdown of six months of pay talks at Fife firm which ...
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California low-wage workers demand more amid rising living costs: California workers from fast food to school staff are demanding better wages and benefits ...
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California low-wage workers demand more amid rising living costs
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Strike of the Lieferando couriers: Ah, how good unions are!: The drivers at Lieferando, together with their union NGG, are demanding a minimum hourly wage of 15 ...
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Strike of the Lieferando couriers: Ah, how good unions are!
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Why the British are suddenly so strike-happy: Double-digit inflation has spurred a wave of strikes across the UK not seen for 40 years ...
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Why the British are suddenly so strike-happy
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Ireland found in breach of labour rights in European Social Charter: Too low a minimum wage for young workers and Garda strike ban are among breaches ...
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Ireland found in breach of labour rights in European Social Charter
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In South L.A., cafeteria and other workers join picket line: A worker at Parmelee Elementary School in South Los Angeles helps prepare over 1,500 meals a day ...
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In South L.A., cafeteria and other workers join picket line
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Why are Bangladesh tea garden workers protesting?: Nearly 150,000 tea garden workers, who are among the lowest paid in the country, demand rise in daily wage by ...
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Why are Bangladesh tea garden workers protesting?
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Temple grad students overwhelmingly ratify agreement, ending their six-week strike
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Temple grad students overwhelmingly ratify agreement, ending their ...
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Criminal barristers begin strike in row over legal aid fees: The CBA says the offer of a 15% uplift in fees is insufficient and is calling for a 25% rise to make ...
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Criminal barristers begin strike in row over legal aid fees
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What changes in France in February 2023?: From the carnival of lemons and pancake day to rising bills for homes and drivers and - of course - strikes ...
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What changes in France in February 2023?
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On the Agenda: What's happening in France this week: From the French pancake festival to school holidays and another mass strike, here's what is happening in ...
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On the Agenda: What's happening in France this week
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Sudan: Striking Sudan Teachers Reach Agreement With Khartoum Govt: The Sudanese Teachers Committee, whose members have been participating in months of strike ...
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Sudan: Striking Sudan Teachers Reach Agreement With Khartoum Govt
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Bolton: Unison members back pay rise for 'vital' workers: Thousands of Bolton workers have swung behind a major new claim aimed at raising pay for ‘vital’ ...
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Bolton: Unison members back pay rise for 'vital' workers
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Saccawu to strike at Makro over wages: The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union has served Makro with 48 hours' notice of intention to ...
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Saccawu to strike at Makro over wages
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Hundreds of people attend Enough is Enough rally: The gathered crowd heard from UNISON, the Communication Workers Union, and the University and College Union
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Hundreds of people attend Enough is Enough rally
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Chris Mason: Why health service strikes will not end any time soon: Relations between the health unions and the government have soured since talks last week.
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Chris Mason: Why health service strikes will not end any time soon
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UC strike causes union organizing surge for academic workers: The massive and successful strike by University of California academic workers has helped energize ...
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UC strike causes union organizing surge for academic workers
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Ambulance staff take to picket lines for second day over pay: On the second ever day of ambulance worker strikes, paramedics and drivers manned picket lines for ...
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Ambulance staff take to picket lines for second day over pay
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Bin workers call off strike action after deal reached: Bin workers in east Suffolk have called off planned strikes after a deal was reached.
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Bin workers call off strike action after deal reached
Quick Glance: The RCN Wales has announced strike dates in connection with the nurse pay dispute.
  • The Welsh Government, which administers the NHS in Wales, has stated repeatedly that it supports a fair wage offer for nurses but is limited by the funds it receives from Westminster.

  • "The Welsh Government was allocated an extra £1.2bn in the Autumn Statement," she stated.

  • The Welsh Conservatives' shadow health minister, Russell George, said a strike would have "will have devastating consequences for patients"

  • Instead, the Senedd approved an amended motion urging the Welsh Government to "to meet with the Royal College of Nursing Wales to discuss its campaign for fair pay and safe staffing to avoid strike action this winter"
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Food delivery riders strike in a fight for better pay and treatment: AROUND 100 food delivery drivers take part in a strike in Bournemouth to fight for better ...
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Food delivery riders strike in a fight for better pay and treatment
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Taiwanese producer of Adidas footwear won’t reinstate 26 fired workers in Myanmar
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Taiwanese producer of Adidas footwear won’t reinstate 26 fired workers in ...