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NUMSA Ekapa mine strike South Africa South African police attack and arrest striking workers at Ekapa diamond mines 

Hundreds of NUMSA members began a strike at the Ekapa diamond mines on August 7. On August 10, police forces arrested 43 striking workers after attacking the picket line with water cannons and tear gas

Teachers strike New Zealand New Zealand’s teachers demand better pay and working conditions

Teachers had rejected the recent government offer on pay rise, arguing that it neither accounts for the decline in real wages, nor offers solutions to the understaffing and underfunding of schools

Metal workers strike Turkey 2,000 metal workers to go on strike in Turkey 

Unions have questioned the policy of linking wage hikes to inflation, claiming that official inflation rates are unreliable. They also warned against government attempts to impose a “strike ban”

Teachers' Strike - Scotland Scottish school teachers intensify protest demanding higher wages

School teachers and their unions in Scotland launched the ‘Pay Attention’ campaign last year demanding a 10% hike in wages to meet the soaring inflation

NHS Scotland NHS unions to vote on new pay deal proposed by Scottish government

Health workers across the UK are mobilizing for industrial action starting with a strike by nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on December 15 and 20

Danish Healthcare Leftists in Denmark demand more funds for health and welfare sector 

The Danish health sector is struggling without adequate staff and resources, even as workers in female-dominated professions like nursing make less money than those in male-dominated professions

Airport security strike - Germany (1) Airport security staff across Germany go on strike demanding wage hike

Security staff at various airports across Germany, under the leadership of the Verdi union, are demanding a general increase in hourly wages along with pay parity in different sectors of work 

Australia health workers strike Nurses in Australia’s New South Wales strike over wages, staff shortage

Thousands of nurses and midwives went on a day-long strike in Australia’s most populous New South Wales State to protest stagnating wages and unsafe staffing conditions

US workers strike In US, over 10,000 workers in John Deere warn of a strike

A strike deadline was announced by the United Auto Workers unions at various John Deere plants after workers overwhelmingly voted against the company’s tentative contract

Professors strike Kenya Public university professors in Kenya suspend strike, give last chance for dialogue

The Universities Academic Staff Union had threatened to launch a strike on Monday over employers’ failure to provide the salary adjustment and clear arrears in payments as promised in the 2017-21 Collective Bargaining Agreement

Canada miners strike 2,600 Canadian workers on strike after rejecting Vale Canada’s contract deal

In a vote held among members of United Steelworkers which represents the workers at Vale Canada, over 70% voted to reject the deal the company had reached with negotiators

Palestinians in East Jerusalem resist ethnic cleansing and blockades and other stories

Today we look at the mass arrests of Palestinians and the blockade in Sheikh Jarrah, the strike by ArcelorMittal workers in Canada, and more