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London Tube workers strike, New Zealand health strike scuttled and other stories
Today we look at the London Tube workers’ strike, state pressure against a major health workers’ strike in New Zealand and more
London Tube workers continue protests against mass layoffs
Transport for London has decided to make cuts worth millions in the transport sector in London, including in the underground rail network (Tube) where it has decided to cut 600 jobs
UK transport union demands justice for London metro sanitation staff
The transport workers’ union RMT has called on the city government to guarantee dignified rights and conditions of sanitation staff of the public transportation system
Unions demand enhanced safety measures for transport workers in London
Trade unions including Unite the Union, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), among others, have raised concerns about the rising number of deaths of transport workers due to COVID-19. 14 transport workers have died in London alone as of April 8
- Turkish trade unions demand release of arrested unionists and journalists
- Bolsonaro was “fully aware” and engaged in a coup plot, report reveals
- Honduran court confirms the sentences of Berta Cáceres’ murderers
- US social programs under threat with Trump’s promised government cuts
- Gunman killed, Jordanian policemen injured in a shooting near the Israeli Embassy in Amman
