Nearly 50,000 General Motors’ employees have been on strike since over a month now, demanding their rights as workers.

The strike by over 48,000 employees led by the United Auto Workers entered its 28th day on October 13. While the company has made offers regarding pay hikes and permanent jobs, the closure of four plants remains a sticking point

The union says that workers are being dismissed for taking part in the strike and announced that it will file a lawsuit against the company for anti-union dismissals

Nine South African unions, representing around 150,000 security guards, have termed the employers’ offer of a 1.1% hike an insult. Security guards earn barely enough to afford the basic necessities for a single adult, with hardly any means left to support dependents

The workers are demanding that the government revoke the suspension of driving licenses of thousands of drivers and take measures to ensure the safety of drivers

The call for the strike was given by the communist trade union, the All Workers Militant Front (PAME).

They are opposing Indian government’s decision to allow foreign companies’ entry into the sector

Trade unions denounced the anti-worker, anti-trade union reforms proposed in the New Development Bill proposed by the New Democracy (ND) government

The legislation is the first of its kind and will likely force app-based corporates like Uber to reclassify their workers as employees rather than as contractors

The new Collective Labor Agreement, reached after several months of intense bargaining between trade unions and employers, proposes a phased salary hike of nearly 8%

The workers suspended their strike this week in order to facilitate a dialogue with the authorities on their demands

The mine workers are demanding a dignified collective negotiation agreement and abolition of an anti-labor reform, approved by the president in July