Healthcare
Costa Rican health care workers begin a two-day-long general strike
The health care professionals are protesting against a tax reform approved last year in December, which seeks to privatize public health care services in the country
Around the World in 8 Minutes | Episode 32
In this episode, we report on protests and strikes in India, Honduras and Swaziland.
Nurses in Swaziland seek urgent solution to drug and food shortage in hospitals
The nurses have threatened to stage a strike if the crisis is not addressed in four weeks. The dire shortage of vital drugs has been termed a “population extinguisher” by activists.
Stop & Shop employees continue protest against unfair contract
The workers are protesting under the banner of the United Food & Commercial Workers union. The strike began after the company introduced fresh provisions to cut down on workers’ benefits during contract negotiations
- Irish workers intensify struggle to save jobs at the Harland and Wolff shipyard
- Turkish police brutally crush protests against removal of Kurdish mayors
- Migrant workers in Qatar score rare victory over unpaid salaries
- China and Russia call for UNSC meeting over US missile test, provocative statements
- UN postpones regional conference on torture in Egypt, after rights groups oppose it
